17 BILLION STEAL

IT IS TIME FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FACEBOOK, GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT WHO ARE ALL COMPLICIT. Each year the Internet con artists extract 17 BILLION from Americans and especielly seniors.

I made a mistake. I had a Microsoft glitch and I accessed the Microsoft website for a solution. I thought. Google let’s internet pirates pay them to be listed above official websites like Microsoft. They are mirror image sites, which means it is copyright infringement. Google designates them as “Sponsored” which is supposedly gives them an out for resposibility if you or your email friends are screwed out of $$$$.

I learned that the true Microsoft site does not have a box that says “Contact us” Which gave me a choice of email or phone. I choose phone.

I felled for it and I thought I was talking to Microsoft tech guy and it was someone from East India and the Server was in New Zealand. Microsoft told me this after the fact. They stole all my 500 or so emails and mailed a email to all my friends and etc pretending to be me requesting money. Three of my senior friends almost did.

I did not have a Microsoft glitch. Microsoft choose to add a icon on my home page to push their new Co-Pilot AI program. When you clicked on it it would not open. A sharp marketing practise to garner more $$$. You fix the glitch by subscribing to a new program.

I sent the following email to all my dead on their feet Congressman who worry about staying in office rather that representing the interests of their constituents and fixing the problems that suck money out those who can least afford it.

Americans who live in the wealthiest country in the world are being targeted by those who want to steal anonymously and live in other countries around the world. Their sights are set on seniors who are most vulnerable because with age, with metal capacity starting to diminish, they construct events that seem legitimate.

I, unfortunately, became a facilitator for them when they hacked my computer and stole my emails of my family, friends and associates.

They are being aided and abetted by Facebook, Google and Microsoft who turn a blind eye to their role in helping facilitate the steal.

How? All three money making internet machines have aggressive marketing policies that allow this to happen.

FBI reported that in 2024 $16.6 billion dollars were sucked out of the pockets of Americans and primarily seniors because we do not have firewalls in place to prevent this from happening.

It happens when you access a website which you think is legitimate and it is a mirror image of the legitimate website and is actually a clone that has the capacity to fool you. The clue that is shown is the word “Sponsored” which is more often than not ignored. That is the solution devised by the internet money machines to absolve them from responsibility.

I had an issue with Microsoft in their aggressive marketing program placing an icon on my browser for Microsoft 365 CoPilot. Their intent was to convince me that I should sign up for copilot when I had no intention to do so. I clicked on the icon and it would not open and I thought it was a defect and I then went to www.microsoft to have it corrected.

I made a mistake and clicked on the top site that came up and did not realize it was a mirror image of the Microsoft legitimate website and I was sucked into communicating with a man from Aukland, New Zealand ? who was after my email addresses to find vulnerable friends who would send him money because he was pretending to be me.

Three of my friend thought what they read was legitimate and from me. They almost did it.

This happened because Google in their money making schemes sells top spot to anyone who will pay them for the privilege. THEY DO NOT CARE IF THEY ARE FRAUDSTERS.

They allow it to happen because they increase their profitability and don’t give a damn if they are crooks.

Here is how the Big Three hide from their responsibility.

The Core Problem

Malicious Sites Paying to Outrank Legitimate Ones: Cybercriminals are exploiting Google Search ads to steal Microsoft advertising account credentials, revealing a sophisticated phishing scheme that has potentially been active for years. The attackers created malicious Google ads mimicking Microsoft Advertising’s official platform Trend Micro NewsCoursera.

Copyright-Infringing Mirror Sites: Scammers are using Google ads to push fake versions of real websites – and they’re after business accounts and company data. This promotion makes the fake pages show up higher in search results than the respective authentic websites FTC Imposes $5 Billion Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrictions on Facebook | Federal Trade Commission.

Microsoft Impersonation: The phishing page is a lookalike version of its legitimate counterpart (”ads.microsoft[.]com”) that’s designed to capture the victim’s login credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes Data Privacy in 2025: TikTok, Facebook, and US Laws | Coursera.

Amazon and Other Brands: A legitimate-looking ad for Amazon in Google search results redirects visitors to a Microsoft Defender tech support scam that locks up their browser 2024 data privacy predictions? more, more, and more.

Legal Protection for Google

Section 230 Immunity: Courts have consistently ruled that Section 230 protects Google from liability in the negligence and false advertising action Ftc, treating Google as an intermediary rather than a publisher of the fraudulent content.

Limited Liability for Intermediaries: The court deliberates that Google does not create malicious advertisements, it merely acts as an intermediary FTC opens broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, and courts have found that platforms fulfill their duty when they have systems to detect and remove malicious ads expeditiously.

The Revenue Incentive Issue

The investigations haven’t directly framed this as “aiding and abetting,” but there’s clear tension between Google’s revenue model (getting paid for ads regardless of legitimacy) and protecting users from fraud. Google supports criminals and loves their money 2024 data privacy predictions? more, more, and more according to one financial institution that complained about Google refusing to remove scam ads targeting their customers.

While Google has policies against copyright infringement and misrepresentation, the enforcement relies heavily on post-publication reporting rather than pre-publication verification, which allows sophisticated scammers to exploit the system by paying to outrank the legitimate sites they’re impersonating.

THE MONEY MAKING INTERNET SITES THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOM TO CAN FIX THE PROBLEM BY VETTING ALL THE SITES THAT THEY ALLOW TO BE ACCESSED. IT CAN BE DONE BUT WILL COST THEM.

My belated rant because for the last month I have been busy restoring my apps which required a new email address and etc. Had the same email for over 30 years!

Thomas A Braun RPh

PS: I doubt that those in DC will get their head out of the sand!