Lawrence Dallaglio scam YT advert

[mac96]

I have just seen a You Tube advert for an obviously scam financial product (claims an investment of £200 will yield thousands annually).

It is presented by a very shifty looking Dallaglio. I assume he, even with his financial problems, wouldn't stoop to fraud, particularly not to one for which he would be the obvious suspect. It must be a completely AI thing. Anyone else seen anything similar?

How can YT accept ads that are obviously fraudulent? And which in this case trash the reputation of the person who is faked.

[njw1]

Saw one yesterday with Daniel Craig, it was quite amusing and obviously fake as he was talking with an Australian accent. I've seen one with Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper too.

[charltjr]

YT don’t care about scams, never have.

Half the adverts on there are fake, from flat out AI generated hoaxes using fake famous people to the incredible devices that big energy/pharma/oil/government hid but two plucky scientists/engineers/college students developed blah blah blah.

[mac96]

I suppose the reason this one struck me in particular is that I was watching on TV, amongst the normal ads for cleaning products. And using real people like this seems particularly nasty for them, as well as for the intended financial victims.

[hidetheelephants]

There's any number of stty AI slop adverts with fake celebrity endorsements(recently the malgorithm decided I should see a fake Martin Lewis hawking some scam product), they're a plague but the platforms do not give a st and complaining is pointless. Also weird ads for solar panels and a scheme "that could save you thousands" which doesn't exist. No doubt if I could be bothered to enquire I'd find a solar panel installer "who just happen to have technicians installing panels in my area".

Edited by hidetheelephants on Thursday 18th September 22:16

[rodericb]

mac96 said:

I suppose the reason this one struck me in particular is that I was watching on TV, amongst the normal ads for cleaning products. And using real people like this seems particularly nasty for them, as well as for the intended financial victims.

Were you watching YouTube on your TV or an actual TV station on your TV when you saw that ad?

[mac96]

rodericb said:

mac96 said:

I suppose the reason this one struck me in particular is that I was watching on TV, amongst the normal ads for cleaning products. And using real people like this seems particularly nasty for them, as well as for the intended financial victims.

Were you watching YouTube on your TV or an actual TV station on your TV when you saw that ad?

It was YT using the TV.

It makes no sense, but it annoyed me a lot more than it would had I been watching on a phone or laptop..