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..

[rodericb]

The ads you see will be coming from youtube, as they would if you were watching youtube on your phone or computer. Wathcing on your telly isn't going to make any difference. As other have said, Youtube/Google/Alphabet can be pretty slack with scam ads. As AI gets better they need to step up their game too.

[mac96]

Yes, I do understand that! It's irrational that it is more annoying on TV screen.

[Zetec-S]

I think it's a sad state of society that people are prepared to trust some random "celebrity" for unsolicited investment advice, as if their fame for something completely unrelated somehow makes them qualified.

(I'm not victim blaming, just commenting on how bizarre our celeb obsession has become)

[daqinggregg]

I actively go out of my way to not buy anything endorsed by a celebrity; they can’t have much belief in their products if they’re unable to sell without a celebrity endorsement.

That’s me I’m taking the higher moral ground, but then I thought about a bit, concluding there may be circumstances where a celeb might sway my decision.

Example: if was a biker and famous bike racer endorsed a helmet for road use, I may be inclined to buy similar, only if it was well known they actually used that equipment.

Jamie Oliver’s pans, he can FRO!

[mac96]

daqinggregg said:

I actively go out of my way to not buy anything endorsed by a celebrity; they can t have much belief in their products if they re unable to sell without a celebrity endorsement.

That s me I m taking the higher moral ground, but then I thought about a bit, concluding there may be circumstances where a celeb might sway my decision.

Example: if was a biker and famous bike racer endorsed a helmet for road use, I may be inclined to buy similar, only if it was well known they actually used that equipment.

Jamie Oliver s pans, he can FRO!

I don't really care about fake adverts for things like pans (helmets maybe, if safety standards are compromised) but it is the financial ones inviting the gullible to part with their life savings that are genuinely evil.

[Mont Blanc]

AI generated video crap is now absolutely flooding everything, and it is highly irritating.

Fake celebrity adverts and frauds, fake voiceovers, fake videos of accidents, fake car crashes, fake industrial accidents,

Worse, is that whenever anyone shares a video of a real freak accident/crash/incident etc, the comments are nothing but people shouting "AI" and not believing it.

This is only the beginning. AI will absolutely ruin the reporting of pretty much any incident via video or photo as no one will believe anything anymore, and why should they?