Youtube Ad scams (ecoheat and evoheat)

[albion]

The very first ad to play today was for an Ecoheat money saving heater.
Explained here.
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/ecoheat-portable-heater/

The ad says they have already sold to (scammed) 300,000 people.
I recently bought a little one at lidl, of fairly similar design for £6.

Best be wary of all ads on social media. The truths in them are minimal at best. Xmas will be plagued by them.

 

[cyberknight]

some folk will believe owt, mrs ck just bought a ring that claims weight loss ............................

 

[welsh dragon]

Someone was advertising a drink on tiktok to lose weight. It consisted of lemon juice, coffee and hot water. And people were being taken in and asking where they could get it.

 

[HLaB]

I looked at the heater years ago but when google suggested that they were catching fire, I never pursued it.

 

[albion]

The ad scam also said 'safe for children' yet this type is one of the worst for safety.
But for the fact of a claimed 300,000 punters I would have simply ignored it.

It is a cheap China item that cost them about $5 to bulk buy.

 

[Smthers]

I've been using https://piped.video to watch YouTube without ads - can be a bit hit and miss though. Yes, maybe I am depriving content makers and Google a little ad revenue, but Google need to get their act together and stop these scams.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've been using https://piped.video to watch YouTube without ads - can be a bit hit and miss though. Yes, maybe I am depriving content makers and Google a little ad revenue, but Google need to get their act together and stop these scams.

I use Firefox browser with a couple of free plugins and never see ads on YouTube ( or any other site )

 

[EltonFrog]

I use Firefox browser with a couple of free plugins and never see ads on YouTube ( or any other site )

Which plug ins? Does this work on an iPhone?

 

[Tenkaykev]

Which plug ins? Does this work on an iPhone?

Macbook Air with Firefox Browser. I have " Privacy Badger " " Ublock Origin " " DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials " and although I don't have a Facebook account I use " Facebook Container " so none of their tracking cookies on other websites can see my browser. I tend to use Safari on my iphone, but don't watch YouTube videos on it. I do have Firefox browser on my iphone which I have just launched and can see static advertising.

 

[Cycleops]

Someone was advertising a drink on tiktok to lose weight. It consisted of lemon juice, coffee and hot water. And people were being taken in and asking where they could get it.

Gen Z never ceases to amaze me.

 

[albion]

I gad the ad again watching the cricket on youtùbe. It appears the scam is updated to evoheat. Not to be confused with the company evoheat I imagine.

Probably the same people involved.