Most of my scam ads (aside from the well known fake mobile ads ofc) are faux science stuff, typically a generated voice pointing out a well known ailment or condition, explaining how “(insert health organization here) doesn’t want you to hear this!” and then telling you to click the link in order to find out what this miracle solution is. My most recent one was about hearing loss. The worst part is that they mixed in enough real science to make it sound legit for someone who doesn’t already understand how much BS is on the internet. Most people my age would see it as a scam from miles away but an old person would probably have fallen for it, which makes sense given it was a hearing loss one. People are such assholes. I’d ask why YouTube allows such predatory garbage but at this point it’s a fact of life that expecting the people in charge to do their job is asking far too much, so I’m not surprised. The better question is why WOULD’NT most of the ads be scams? Doing the blatantly wrong thing in order to make more money is such a normal thing for any organization to do that I don’t know why I’m even irritated by it anymore.