Why is there so much false advertising all over the internet?

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Almost every page I go to, especially Facebook, has masses of false ads that are absolutely ridiculous - people who want to be friends with you, free merchandise if you can click on this box, unread mail in your inbox, and more. It just doesn't make sense why there's so much false advertising when that space could be use more effectively through advertising something that is at least real...
Why is Google allowing false advertising? It doesn't matter what good it does for them, because technically, it can lead to invasion of personal privacy and fraud, right?

[HeyTherePony]

I know. Unfortunately, it's just the same as people selling stuff saying it does something and it doesn't do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TyWyJ_74Lo

[jannahuchiha]

the only reason why (and it is obvious ) that they try to trick you into their traps...SPAM...best way to get away from falling in this is don't give away yr credit card number to any company you think isn't professional or that you hesitate...if you do...sometimes they trick you into getting your money and using it without you knowing it...so be careful...these people are trying to make money by lying to people and sit on their asses...

[DarkLily]

Society is getting cruel these days and all the company want is money, money, and money. They put false ads to get you to put your personal info and they spam you. Eg. If you enter your cell phone number, they spam you texts that cost even if you have unlimited texting and by doing this, they're causing the consumer to lose money. If you enter your address, they send you false bills and even more advertisements.
The false advertisements can also have a virus behind that link and hack into that user's computer. Advertising something real would be great, but remember it costs money. Those false advertisers have nothing better to do than to use the money they've scammed to put up more advertisements.
Anyway, that's just a brief opinion of mine's.
Just be careful with your judgement on the internet. (:

[Dreamer]

$$$$ and Viruses

[Dunbar Pappy ÏŸÏŸ]

These, and many other un-invited junk items (and malware) can be greatly reduced with some tweaks to the main conduit into your system: the browser.
Browsers automatically 'fetch' assets that don't arise from the 1st party (FB in your example), but come form 3rd parties.
The following tips help, but methods ("vectors") are dynamic.
FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy> top drop menu set to "Firefox will use custom settings..."> Check 'Accept Cookies from sites'
â–ºUn-Check 'Accept 3rd Party cookies'.

A good collection of effective add-on's (Official Mozilla) is here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/collections/d...nbarpappy/
AdBlock Plus (with 'subscription' added) & "Better Privacy" also help defray rubbish.
►► At minimum, get the #1 item for malware prevention: NoScript, which constrains automagically fetching & deployment of tainted assets.
[see this page for how it works, and how to use it...very straight forward; http://noscript.net/features#contentblocking

CHROME> wrench icon> Preferences> Under the hood> Content settings> Cookies (heading): tick "Allow local data..." & "Ignore exceptions and block 3rd party..."> close tab.
Add-on's for Chrome:
AdBlock Plus (with 'subscription' added).
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?q=ad+block
"KB SSL Enforcer" add-on: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...ofphddckof
Another 'privacy' setting I recommend, also in "Content settings" >tick " Do not allow any site to track my physical location", and uncheck "Allow background applications to run".

INTERNET EXPLORER does not handle 3rd party assets very well (or anything else) and won't give nearly the control as Firefox or Chrome. It is garbage.
Use at your own risk.