Scammy banner ads promising to give away a free video game console in exchange for completing a costly survey or accepting costly "free" tial offers for overpriced services or outright junk are never on the level, but some people aren't aware of that (somebody has to keep the scammers in business, I guess).  Fortunately, sometimes a banner ad goes out of its way to alert its audience that it's a scam.  Consider this ad for a "free" Sony PlayStation 3 that has to be sourced from a quick image search by someone completely unfamiliar with the product they're claiming to give away.  That's a prototype silver PS3 with notorious boomerang controller from E3 2005 in the ad to the right, of course.  Perform a Google Image Search for "ps3" and you'll find plenty of silver prototype images mixed in with the real black consoles.  Whomever made the ad probably chose the model that looked "cooler" than the product that eventually came to market in 2006.  At least the ad matches the Spider-Man font for the "PS3" text.  Better luck next time, scammer, but thank you for holding up a big silver flag that you're up to no good.  Then again, given that somebody has to keep these scams in business, I bet that someone out there somewhere fell for this just the same and is eagerly awaiting their "free" silver prototype PS3 after dishing out $450 in fees.

(via Reddit)