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Re:To show how easy it is for plagiarized news sites to get ... by kevsim on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:06PM (#23277037)
> These firms mostly sold “popunder” ads, which pop up a new link in a browser tab when you click something

Who is buying ads on these networks? There cannot possibly be any returns can there?

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Re:To show how easy it is for plagiarized news sites to get ... by is_true on Friday May 22, 2020 @05:53PM (#23277498)
It might be a "victim filter", some scams are created to avoid wasting time in people smart enough not to fall for the scam in the following steps.
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Re:To show how easy it is for plagiarized news sites to get ... by 9HZZRfNlpR on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:04PM (#23278079)
Often it's just affiliate fraud, you load casinos, aliexpress and what not affiliate links as be hope for the payout. That is why they redirect like crazy in order to hide the tracks since the sites offering affiliate services don't want it.
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