Amazon pop-up. Is it just me?

OMG, what the hell are you doing browsing this site without an adblocker, proxy connection, Ghostery and half a dozen condoms?

No, I don't get pop-ups.
I’m not very clever. Have one in PC but don’t know how to do it on my phone. It’s actually the first time I’ve had a problem
 
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fisicx

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I get it as well - but only on my phone.

Already reported to Sift.
 
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I have been having it as well over the last few days, also on my phone, which sadly has no adblocker.

Following Clinton’s advice though I knew I had a couple of condoms lying around so I’ve just popped the phone into one, and thus far no pop ups!

Makes typing a bit interesting, but at least I can visit the really mucky websites now without the fear of catching e-chlamydia.
 
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@Ray Newman , this is what we all see:
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Note the URL - A bit of digging on the server will find the offending advertiser.
 
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It's not amazon it's com-gift-winner.vip
 
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It's back. Sometimes between 10pm on Saturday and 7am Sunday.

Can't tell you what adverts I see as the popup displays almost as soon as the page loads.

@Ray Newman - it's going to affect your income as people will leave and not return.
 
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I've flagged it with the IT administrators but it seems to be something only third-party ad providers can sort.

Here's an attempt to explain what's going on from Vox Media:

https://product.voxmedia.com/2018/1...-giftcards-and-what-were-doing-to-secure-them

They're fighting a whack-a-mole battle with ad hijackers and it impacts some really big media sites, not just smaller ones like UKBF.

What can help, in my experience, is clearing your cookies and cache so you might get served different ads.
 
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    it might be relevant that I just stopped my subscription to Prime

    How many hoops did they make you jump through to do that. I just cancelled my free trial and one of the options was "extend free trial" with small lettering under the big button explaining that it actually meant paying when the free trial finishes in a few days. That was just one of three "are you sure" pages I had to click a button on.

    Try deleting Amazon cookies, or all cookies.
     
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