Travelbob Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 not sure who to send to. I am writing to inform you that on your main menu screen you have a small Adchoice box in the bottom right corner, sometimes there is no Ad, just a small message saying, "you have one message" of course there is no message, it takes you to a new page where it fools you into believing you been picked (for one pound fee) to receive a free Apple Pro, it is a con/lie, what they dont make clear, it is in fact a 5 day trial of a skill games portal to compete to win prizes, with a £49.95 subscription fee (it mentions this in a very small grey line at the bottom of the page ), i can see a lot of people being victims for this and dont understand that they have been conned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 This type of scam has been around for some time in one form or another (there are 2021 and 2019 examples here) https://www.npinc.ca/iphone-x-1-radiuniverse-subscription-email-scam/ https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250957489 At the bottom of the main forums’ homepage is the message Any problems? Contact the administrator and the email address of the administrator that should result is forummoderator@outandaboutlive.co.uk It’s not something that the ‘volunteer’ forum moderators can deal with, so I’ve passed your comment up the Warners ladder to have the matter investigated by the forum Administrator.. (I’m doubtul that Warners can do anything about this at their end, as I’ve seen exactly the same scam advert appear in recent months when I’ve been looking at other websites that carry adverts.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowdriver Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I do not see any ads since I run an ad-blocker. It is a solution, but does mean you are deprived of seeing all the legitimate adverts, assuming there are some. (I wouldn't know, since I cannot see any !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I've now had a reply from the forum Administrator. The intention is to 'ban' the advert, but - as this is complicated - it's been passed to the web team for attention. As slow driver says, running a suitable ad-blocker should address this particular issue from the forum user's end, but which blocker to use will depend on the device and browser involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinkydot Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hey all, The advert should now have been blocked but if you notice any more, please email the forum moderator email address already highlighted by Derek and we'll forward it onto the web team to handle. Thanks Rachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindiboy Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 slowdriver - 2021-02-16 9:36 AM I do not see any ads since I run an ad-blocker. It is a solution, but does mean you are deprived of seeing all the legitimate adverts, assuming there are some. (I wouldn't know, since I cannot see any !) Another vote for Add Blocker also privacy Badger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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