This clickbait trend (haha – trend – see what I did there?) is getting too much.
Have a look at this screenshot I just made:
![2016-02-23.png](https://davepriceuk.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-23.png)
If you look carefully you will see three adverts claiming that:
- Preston Millionaire Exposes How He Earns £472/Hr From Home
- Preston Man Shocks Doctors with Fast £3 Weight Loss Trick
- Preston Mum Sheds 1.4 Stone in 2 Weeks With This Odd “Trick”
Wow – Preston must be like Albert Square, Wetherfield, Emmerdale or anywhere in Maine, in Stephen King’s books: there seems to be a lot of unusual activity happening in these places.
Lets explore the first one, see what happens, then I’ll show you how it’s done.
Preston Millionaire Exposes How He Earns £472/Hr From Home (Click it by all means, but don’t forget to come back)
The link actually sends you here (I advise you to scroll down past it:)
http://trends.revcontent.com/click.php?d=eJwdlIsRgjEIg1eClvIYp0DZfwTze6eenlpK8iUjzL0fVS0lkpHge1%2B%2BSR1%2BxTueV6yt9uxcoz22Ova693azztBeWfvS6Ko40r3XcxHJbbd1n52Rpt6kvPta%2Bvaz4uDkxPmzPeiIHtXbsomoPDon41wfnp7zcAbjkMa5fu3m8Bo577x1sp9KLlW%2FKXlWX70kdDHMLu%2FDSX5mU%2BKSj1y8q8S5sVq7Tfc6fI43R%2BaQdpx8t%2Foef6V8wjJLiwNnaPgu1n6jdDk8Y8Tqhpwbe2Q9Jmebb5DJqY2h7XjYYqUeejzDQU1zF%2F5zpahN26CXxGo29kVaR5IWMY1k0s7CH3FhTsHrEogJLa7cbZYwBurVpm%2BkrR2whe6LJ1BTPezdrWoiUK4hak3frNgQJ3re0rQjvldBphM0VmQvLhnm0C6f2Hu1E3ayse2755IrrasxHmHmPQKlHlmNUKyzdD2JgTKDex2%2Bi7%2BRDB6w4Ttzm55Oh84qeVwFA72WMUR%2FNJCj33vVMH7y8Upf85kyZhckijXL25L3Gg%2Fn4Hx9BRNCdUKX7VNRfACeiFoYtHoCIeHnci3gZ1Yi%2B35oqedsY7msWGsTEBIGTXBPaLJc530sUXiwwiV8RfoCI6DTfmd391QBDsxz7w21tWHKUgGG%2FnStLklxoAJoFvPBzhqc0KDhVbnoIszTy6aMpQUfYri4ecOQUcQr02JMeF%2Beq%2BvCYXfsCOopBYSU34f1lDaWAVOCJL8LEJUCV851Yu6uuX4RvoXj0tpPf3lai1bjx63HYxQJMfFx3B8ZfQLbEANMRmYAIFK458Gr%2BHrAvjAq2FVxdTsOCaf%2FJQL%2FHeHq2aOMuz6sfCQOexHDfVOpq9mbkIoF73zJSwLTEkp67dQkegA9wqibPQDyKDjqUjkO9T2R9lUEcRFBPamndTG6SnozJngrsZ4FFmoOAqDJE4xYSgEDsF0HuW9Jrwzjj88qd8eW%2Bn83QOUZ0Bp7ifgPHEMhFfDt1DiBMkG4UQ90FLwzOwILPoDyOnARRBshIxveGUMDwPvcwLimiu1tuM9dg64I0ysqIfDtzjkHaZR6qM6DYsHTBQkjwePdvAspN1RiowUhOGLtlh%2FM6KyD%2B6AgU24UDFdUI0wN9HsnAnkDvi6hitnIytqzmjgiPzCQ%2F4eCBLPOj%2FI0cjpIFWKzTul2BAHVvRFOAEMJxS9K9cmYo%2FJR68vHDtJ66%2FgP21q9jw%3D%3D
Yeah – sorry about that. Apologies for showing you that – but bear with me – it takes you here – I’ve added the red bold bits to draw your attention to them:
http://dailynews-reports.com/uk/workathome/287/?c1=Preston&boostid=41320&contentid=458047&accountid=%7BACCOUNT_ID%7D&widgetid=18054&city=Preston&state=H2&country=United+Kingdom&utm_targeting=celebrity+and+gossip&sxid=j6m1cz30xwfc
And the page looks like this:
![2016-02-23 (2).png](https://davepriceuk.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-23-2.png)
Wow – so it must be true – the link takes you to a web page full of references to Preston.
Lets have a bit of fun, shall we?
Try this link, and see what you think.
http://dailynews-reports.com/uk/workathome/287/?c1=Westeros&boostid=41320&contentid=458047&accountid=%7BACCOUNT_ID%7D&widgetid=18054&city=westeros&state=Wyvern&country=Westeros&utm_targeting=celebrity+and+gossip&sxid=j6m1cz30xwfc
![2016-02-23 (3).png](https://davepriceuk.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-23-3.png)
Yup – Westeros. I’m pretty sure that’s where Game of Thrones happens, doesn’t it?
Not a real place.
Okay – my point is this: How can they get away with this?
How?! Are people really that fucking stupid?
Here’s an excerpt of the small-print from the bottom of the page:
Thus, this page, and any page on this website, are not to be taken literally or as a
non-fiction story.
What in the glimmering unicorn shitting world, is a non-fiction story?
Let’s deconstruct it:
non-fiction = fact
That whole sentence, summarised, says that the page is not to be taken as true.
So it could all be a lie, then?
Glad we got that cleared up.
I used to work in IT, and I also used to work in IT for a company that sold get-rich-quick schemes to gullible retired people. We used to target old men that thought they could invest their pensions in schemes like this.
My point? Well, those outrageous stories I’ve been linking to are scattered everywhere, hidden in local news outlets masquerading as fact, possibly even on this page itself.
Open your eyes, world. We are living in the matrix.