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Google Advertisements is infested with funding scams that earn it thousands and thousands

Neither the United Kingdom's monetary watchdog or Google appear ready to do a lot about a virus of funding scams on its advert platform.
Neither the UK's financial watchdog or Google seem prepared to do much about an epidemic of investment scams on its ad platform.

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