Ask HN: Have you encountered this “please don’t let me die” ads on YouTube?

How does YouTube approve this scam?

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Yes I have. I didn’t know it was a scam. I just ignore it.

I found some info in a Reddit post by googling the name: https://reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/saydui/i_went_down_a_chi...

maerF0x0 4y ago ↗

I've been skeptical of similar potential fraud going on at stoplights in my town recently

Basically someone holding a sign with a picture of a child w/ a sad story and a cash app QR code.

The thing that triggered my suspicions was seeing multiple similar type campaigns w/ just a different photo and disease. Seemed too coincidental to me.

dimitar 4y ago ↗

Yeah, in several languages at that: Russian, Hebrew and Ukrainian.

reiichiroh 4y ago ↗

I don’t know this is allowed by Google unless it’s not human reviewed at all.

is_true 4y ago ↗

Most of my family gets a "you have a virus" ad on their smartphones while using YT.

I guess the guys at Google are having problems paying their bills and are allowing these kind of ads.