They tested it and dropped it — copy the angle, not the exact creative.
Ran for 23 days across 8 GEOs but hasn't been seen in over a week.
Seen across 8 markets (Australia, Canada, Chile…) — a broad multi-geo angle that has already proven it travels.
- Seen 23/30 days
- 8 GEOs
- Redirect chain checked
- LP host: traffic.outbrain.com
- Tracker: Outbrain
Reverse-engineered from the live ad — longevity, GEOs, and the affiliate funnel behind it. Verified by following the redirect chain on May 7. Free, no login.
Funnel, reverse-engineered
The campaign behind this creative
← the actual path the money takes.
Creative
Outbrain
Landing page
traffic.outbrain.com
where it lands
Product / Offer: not detected
Tracker
Outbrain
detected
Affiliate network: not detected
How we know: the tracker and affiliate network come from the live redirect chain we followed and fingerprinted hop by hop. Greyed nodes weren’t detected.
Cooling off
running 23d · last seen 39d ago · 8 markets
No fresh sightings in over a week — momentum has dropped. Study it, don't chase it.
Gravity
85/100
push pressure now · 30d index
Strength
85/100
overall scale · 30d index
Run
23d
last seen 39d ago
Markets
8
countries seen
Landing page
traffic.outbrain.com
screenshot on file
Screenshot
Captured
LP rendered
Operator
—
unidentified
Network
Outbrain
traffic source
This creative was first seen Apr 14.
Here's the campaign context we can read so far:
- Reach
- Running on Outbrain in 8 GEOs (AU, CA, CL, FI, KR, QA…).
Scammer uses AI image of missing woman in attempt to extort money from sister | Globalnews.ca
Days alive is a profitability proxy — advertisers don’t pay to run losers.
Geo reach
Broad multi-geo8 marketsPredominantly Tier 1, concentrated in APAC — Australia, Canada, Finland….
- Tier 15/8
- Tier 21/8
- Tier 32/8
Regions:APAC 4North America 1LATAM 1Europe 1MENA 1
What the data shows
This Outbrain creative has been running for 23 days across 8 countries and first seen on April 14, 2026 and last seen on May 7, 2026. It has been observed in Australia, Canada, Chile, Finland, South Korea, and QA, and 2 other markets. The ad lands on traffic.outbrain.com. On our 30-day observation series the creative has run in intermittent bursts over the last 30 days.
Creative headline: Scammer uses AI image of missing woman in attempt to extort money from sister | Globalnews.ca. Indexed on Outbrain by mediabuyer.
Landing-page intelligence
Landing page intelligence
Where this ad lands · globalnews.ca
The lander is the product — screenshot, redirect chain, offer, tech stack, and on-page text in one place.
Landing page
globalnews.ca
1 page · final host: globalnews.ca
Redirect chain
Chain not captured yet.
Final host: traffic.outbrain.com. Hop-by-hop capture runs as a separate pipeline; ads observed in recent ingests get crawled first.
Tracking parameters
- p
- K0q_AQh3lnIyPf7Hna7Ho9nBp5qnF6ofko_VJ2UFoh7XOdHs0Tmf4NReluE4mhJq7jLMlsnrSSHntH_NrOsxnvg5vyhthvkXb0APwpej5Xf0uv_jg0hFqHPumVG92kuzSa3SBFMS3p6_SAz08J53PpOIDgYb0vYbJckiWi61Qiv5v4BqWhJ8LxKEKJSyKG0Jn6EfU9M4b-HCYa-EW35_ANnSzMr4_47L4WdeDSxnklpw5jEpH6txFsVgemTsb-IKUs85xaUdPmTOAYN-vhJYABWprVn6JqvSjeEg7WMy9WJc2g2Qz5uVua4jUj5zA7oN9HVJjLEmekLlgYok4_FV02TX8RJuAgbVsmr1JVJbeuKYSr4G5OWnf_aMY7kcfQ3NAFENlA4LxNiTAjWtZUnkx4DMXrNvXTFd6wYdq4bT9PAtpFKiUORIeomqJVmP1jNgfe3daYzTcMAfGEQzKenZWX3td4g4yvoZPts26zOSUipUCZbhNoDpKt_nq5_IpLk-jF5CbE8_9fzcGCLGieFZAT6FFoUSXnz-iT6YzM7euPlr9YmSr0JMzlqKC710MYXBaAn8zPic2W_khiTi_KDL-RCRWQlBQawSgH3qwWvLZwC256M7GJX1SwfLH7nhye_ob5ogHM31Dq_i0tamURA9YirDCTyzpKSODoXYxOU9wI1tIH-i1xe8-bUfv07sKFntGUAm8y7FMKaUXrVfh6HGeAsurAqhhyRqfpM2AyV31-Zi59LbzPETnU0TmZdK6zVbMwpGL2yOPmrp21Mnyf3KN87-huQm2oKzzeZ_SsA3a1JMxBT7RZfj0hhzvT8JLg7bRDx45m_X-NaLRi1HOH6e65iypY2aMWnEHsBnhx0LSHiZCnQkY2eymHPvLR9f09eO
- c
- 40d46a5a
- v
- 4
Tracking setup · Outbrain
Outbrain emits ob_click_id (your unique click), ob_source (publisher), ob_section (placement), and ob_position. Forward ob_click_id to your tracker as the postback key. ob_source and ob_section are the two highest-signal sub-IDs for blacklisting.
?ob_click_id={ob_click_id}&ob_source={ob_source}&ob_section={ob_section}&ob_position={ob_position}Default Outbrain setup template: ?ob_click_id={ob_click_id}&ob_source={ob_source}&ob_section={ob_section}&ob_position={ob_position}
Tech stack
- Outbrain widget
Landing page hubs
Landing page text
On-page text not extracted yet.
Observed daily (last 30 days)
Apr 25 → May 24·peaks May 5
30-day run pattern
PulsedIntermittent runs with quiet stretches — likely paused for budget cycles or rotation against fresher creatives.
- Coverage
- 40% of 30d
- Peak surge
- 2.9× vs median
- Last 7d
- 0
- WoW
- —
Peak day: — 2.9× the median day, indicating a deliberate budget push.
Window: Apr 25 → May 24
Auto-summary
At a glance
Outbrain direct LP. Lead-gen / DTC. Running in 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇨🇱 Chile. Active 23 days.
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