Google has been notified that 90% of adverts it displays when searching for common investments send users to directly to scams. It’s fast becoming an epidemic, says campaigner Mark Taber, who has flagged 126 adverts for investment scams with both Google and the UK‘s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over the past six weeks alone. Solving the issue might require intervention from the British government, as an exemption in UK law keeps Google at arm’s length of the country’s lead financial watchdog. I first reported @theinvestmentsupermarket.com scam to @GoogleAds @RonanHarris on 10 Jan + several times since. Further proof that @GoogleAds…
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