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by dorfsmay 3548 days ago
Agreed, if anything, this story is interesting because it shows that Google will let brand new customers go from 0 to 100 k$ without any checking!

I really thought I had to add a credit card before I could use adwords,and that they charge at the end of the first month.

I feel like there's something missing from this story.
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ParanoidShroom 3548 days ago
No the story, is bullshit. You will get charged the first 250$, after that it will be increased to 500$. And only upped once the payment is complete. This continues for a few more steps. So you can't spend 100K on a new account. This entire story just sounds like pure BS. Google has a LOT of stuff against fraud, especially on it ads business. As it's the core ...
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beejiu 3548 days ago
He was being billed from his savings account. It was only when the threshold increased (which Google increases after some time) that the bank raised the warning. (Source: The Register)
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dorfsmay 3548 days ago
Ok, this explains it. Thanks!

Big surprise, a site named "freshasfuck" is not a really good source for news!

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