Fake News Scam Sites Advertising On Real News Sites 128
Virtual_Raider writes "Wired is running a story about a new twist in the never-ending quest to prove P. T. Barnum's adage. Old: Scammers are creating fake news sites that look almost like the real thing. New: They are advertising on real news sites, making it difficult for unwary readers to catch on they are being duped with fake coverage of get-rich-quick scams. Among those running the scam 'news' ads are the Huffington Post and Salon. From the article: 'The story has art, it has a sidebar, there's weather, supposed reader comments — even ads. Steadman is described as "a mother from San Francisco" — at least, when I read the article. Thanks to cutting-edge reporting techniques perfected by News 5, she will automatically move to the geolocation of your internet IP address when you read it. Look, she lives right in your neighborhood!'" Forbes also wrote about the scam news sites a couple of weeks back.
Yeah, they're all claiming Michael Jackson died... (Score:5, Funny)
Real News? (Score:3, Funny)
What site brings real news? (except Slashdot, of course)
We are all traveling... (Score:3, Funny)
Fake news site (Score:5, Funny)
I got redirected to an obviously fake news site [slashdot.org].
Re:You almost got me... (Score:5, Funny)
You thought something posted by kdawson was a real article? You must be new here.
Re:Yeah, they're all claiming Michael Jackson died (Score:2, Funny)
And we all know he's undead... Like in the movie Death Becomes Her, Jacko has been touching himself up with latex and paint for years...
Re:What news sites is it showing up on? (Score:5, Funny)
Now what did the Onion do to deserve being listed with HuffPo~
Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
I got redirected to an obviously fake news site. [foxnews.com]
Fixed
You know how I know it's fake? (Score:2, Funny)
The comments down at the bottom are all spelled correctly and using proper grammer.
"ideas like effective government action" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah, they're all claiming Michael Jackson died (Score:2, Funny)
Oh Come On (Score:3, Funny)
Since when (Score:2, Funny)
is The Huffington Post consider a "news" site?
If I want to listen to idiots foaming at the mouth and blaming all the world's problems on a President who's been out of office for almost six months, I'll turn on MSNBC.
Kinda funny if you live someplace remote... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Actually the spammers have already started that (Score:2, Funny)
Thanks for the info, just started this 3 weeks ago. I've gotten 2 checks for a total of $1900, pretty cooll.