i just saw an ad about pl2w

[Demotry]

that's down right account sharing. hope steam bans their accounts.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Just report site, and accounts abusing things.

[rawWwRrr]

From their page:

Due to the technical characteristics of the software, it may be mistaken as malware by some antivirus software.

Gee... I wonder why...

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Fun times!

https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/6x7rjx/do_not_buy_from_pl2w/

[cybertooth humanoid]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Fun times!

https://www.reddit.com/r/FireEmblemHeroes/comments/6x7rjx/do_not_buy_from_pl2w/

:nkCool:

So they did completely different stuff 8 years ago, which seemed suspicious to people, but are still standing.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by cybertooth humanoid:

So they did completely different stuff 8 years ago, which seemed suspicious to people, but are still standing.

Difficult to get something shut down that is likely in a different country. They can even move countries and hosts at will. May even be located in a country that has laws protecting them from being shut down or making it impossible to be shut down.

There are many reasons such place can go on existing, doing shady stuff.

[Lystent]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by cybertooth humanoid:

So they did completely different stuff 8 years ago, which seemed suspicious to people, but are still standing.

Difficult to get something shut down that is likely in a different country. They can even move countries and hosts at will. May even be located in a country that has laws protecting them from being shut down or making it impossible to be shut down.

There are many reasons such place can go on existing, doing shady stuff.

I feel that who hosted the ad was found might also be of relevance. That said, I don't know where the OP found said ad.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Lystent:

I feel that who hosted the ad was found might also be of relevance. That said, I don't know where the OP found said ad.

You know how many shady ads and scams Google has hosted over the years? They system is so automate, it likely doesn't matter. Wouldn't surprise me if others were even more lax on the issue.

[Lystent]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Lystent:

I feel that who hosted the ad was found might also be of relevance. That said, I don't know where the OP found said ad.

You know how many shady ads and scams Google has hosted over the years? They system is so automate, it likely doesn't matter. Wouldn't surprise me if others were even more lax on the issue.

I'd suspect that there would (or maybe just should) be more motivation if it were with Valve and the ad being hosted through somewhere in Steam Community.

[Demotry]

Originally posted by Lystent:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Difficult to get something shut down that is likely in a different country. They can even move countries and hosts at will. May even be located in a country that has laws protecting them from being shut down or making it impossible to be shut down.

There are many reasons such place can go on existing, doing shady stuff.

I feel that who hosted the ad was found might also be of relevance. That said, I don't know where the OP found said ad.

it's on youtube. i'm in youtube right now and I'm staring at it. LOL.

[edit] I think we can agree that if it's a google ad, it's everywhere.

[Lystent]

Originally posted by Demotry:

Originally posted by Lystent:

I feel that who hosted the ad was found might also be of relevance. That said, I don't know where the OP found said ad.

it's on youtube. i'm in youtube right now and I'm staring at it. LOL.

[edit] I think we can agree that if it's a google ad, it's everywhere.

I'm unaware of any instances of Valve's websites showing Google Ads.

(Also, I had some imagining about a scenario where someone used an ad service for revenue, and said service hosted ads for services from a third party that only specializes in breaking their TOS, and the general quality of their site while at that.)

[Demotry]

Originally posted by Lystent:

Originally posted by Demotry:

it's on youtube. i'm in youtube right now and I'm staring at it. LOL.

[edit] I think we can agree that if it's a google ad, it's everywhere.

I'm unaware of any instances of Valve's websites showing Google Ads.

(Also, I had some imagining about a scenario where someone used an ad service for revenue, and said service hosted ads for services from a third party that only specializes in breaking their TOS, and the general quality of their site while at that.)

there seems to be a misunderstanding.

It's not here, steam/valve forums.

what I'm saying is that there's a website that "sells" cheap games.
but what it actually is, is a service where the seller/website lends its accounts to the buyers.

I did not saw the ad in steam. i saw it in the internet.

[HikariLight]

Originally posted by Demotry:

Originally posted by Lystent:

I'm unaware of any instances of Valve's websites showing Google Ads.

(Also, I had some imagining about a scenario where someone used an ad service for revenue, and said service hosted ads for services from a third party that only specializes in breaking their TOS, and the general quality of their site while at that.)

there seems to be a misunderstanding.

It's not here, steam/valve forums.

what I'm saying is that there's a website that "sells" cheap games.
but what it actually is, is a service where the seller/website lends its accounts to the buyers.

I did not saw the ad in steam. i saw it in the internet.

Then report it.
Every ad has a small button on it you can click to either remove that specific ad or to report it.

Scam sites of course will spend money to advertise themselves so they can get more targets to scam.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Lystent:

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

You know how many shady ads and scams Google has hosted over the years? They system is so automate, it likely doesn't matter. Wouldn't surprise me if others were even more lax on the issue.

I'd suspect that there would (or maybe just should) be more motivation if it were with Valve and the ad being hosted through somewhere in Steam Community.

Valve doesn't advertise 3rd party sites and being shady/scam doesn't mean it will be added to the filter. G2A was removed from the filter, after all, and the only reason it was added was due to spam of their referral links, not for being shadow and/or a scam.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by Lystent:

I feel that who hosted the ad was found might also be of relevance. That said, I don't know where the OP found said ad.

You know how many shady ads and scams Google has hosted over the years? They system is so automate, it likely doesn't matter. Wouldn't surprise me if others were even more lax on the issue.

Funny thing is: If you report these obvious scam ads, YouTube will tell you that these aren't against their guidelines so they won't be removed.
As long as YouTube gets paid, they don't care what the ad is about. Scams, porn, anything that would get any creator instantly demonetised for the next two centuries is all perfectly fine.

[IX NINE]

so basicly its a scam ads? kinda suspicious when i saw teh discount, and it posted in youtube