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"You’ve seen them. Peeking out from sidebars, jiggling and wiggling for
your attention, popping up where you most expect them: those “One Weird
Trick” ads. These crudely drawn Web advertisements promise easy tricks
to reduce your belly fat, learn a new language, and boost your credit
score by 217 points. They seem like obvious scams, but part of me has
always wanted to follow the link."
Via Tad Donaghe and Yonatan Zunger.
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