Some of you might be wondering how Google keeps serving scam ads on Mediaspy and other sites.
Essentially what happens is the scammer will buy ad space for a website with generic, inoffensive content (in this case, Quokkas - but I’ve also seen ads for other animals and fruit/veg). This results in ads like the below:
Then on a later date they will change the ad content and image, therefore requiring a significant report volume for Google to review the ad and eventually remove it.