July 9th, 2024

Google advertisement for "Wordle" returns a spam fishing result

The article covers the game Wordle, where players guess a 5-letter word in six tries. It includes a 50% discount subscription offer, hints, answers, alternatives, and a review page with spoilers. Wordle is a daily brain teaser available on Google Play.

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Google advertisement for "Wordle" returns a spam fishing result

The article discusses the popular word game Wordle, where players have six chances to guess a 5-letter word. It mentions a subscription offer for a 50% discount and provides hints and answers for specific game numbers, such as #1116 on July 9. The game's concept is to find a five-letter word in six guesses, with a new puzzle released daily. Various websites offer Wordle alternatives and solvers for players. Additionally, there is a Wordle Review page with spoilers for the daily puzzle, advising players to solve Wordle before viewing. The game is available on platforms like Google Play for Android users, offering daily brain teasers to challenge spelling and mind skills.

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By @awkii - 7 months
Link warning, this site a rather quite aggressive fishing scam. The Google Ad displays that the link will resolve to "www.nytimes.com", however it instead redirects to a [spam fishing site](https://lpeedxcddfgffdsxxxzzs.z13.web.core.windows.net/index...).

My primary question is how is this possible?

By @MisterDizzy - 7 months
Google's ads have been a headache in the office for a while. Older users don't know to ignore the first screen or so of fake promoted "results" in favor of the actual search results. This has led to multiple phishing attempts.
By @Sohcahtoa82 - 7 months
You should post a screenshot of what you're seeing, because I don't see any ads or spam phishing results.
By @xnx - 7 months
You can use the three dot menu to the right of each URL in search results to submit feedback.