Odd Banner ad

[tricolore]

So my with ads boards Banner of the day tells me, "US govt green card lottery-- your country is eligble' [i'm on wifi in Belgium].

Creepy and sad at the same time.
Anyway, to all the Americans (native or 'lottery' winners)... Happy 4th!

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Why is it creepy and sad? I don't understand...

[allibally]

Jul 4, 2012 3:39:13 GMT -5 @myblue said:

Why is it creepy and sad? I don't understand...

Because the ads are specifically targeting IP addresses outside of the US. Also those ad's are likely 100% scams...

[Cheesecake]

Oh, that ad pops up all the time, everywhere where you're on the web with a non-US ip address.

It's just an ad for immigration lawyers that make mucho money on people who'd like to give it a try.

Sad is that people still fall for all kinds of stupid internet scams and ads.

I have fat fingers, please excuse typos!

[Deleted]

ah okay. My boss has a cousin or something that won the lotto for the green card, so I was wondering why winning the lotto was creepy or sad

[tricolore]

Sorry, yeah the targeted pop-up was weird (hadn't seen it in Italy) and the scam part was sad. Didn't mean to make it sound like I was bashing perm residents!

[clogged]

I see those all the time. I love to see an American friend on facebook bash immigrants, with a green card ad right there next to their bash. The irony kills me! Hmmmm, maybe I should take a screen shot and send it to them. LOL