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Google Ads Host Deepfake Bill Gates Alzheimer Scam, 14 M Views

7/18/2026

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Google’s ad platform runs a YouTube scam that uses a deep-fake Bill Gates to sell a bogus Alzheimer’s cure.
The ad promotes “biblical drink” and “Memocept” pills, claims a 72-hour cure, features Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, and Bill Gates’s staff says he is not involved.
The ad, listed under MARKET AUTO EXPORT LLC in Miami, has been viewed about 14 million times and targets elderly, Black and religious viewers.

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Story summary

Google’s ad platform runs a YouTube scam that uses a deep-fake Bill Gates to sell a bogus Alzheimer’s cure.
The ad promotes “biblical drink” and “Memocept” pills, claims a 72-hour cure, features Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson, and Bill Gates’s staff says he is not involved.
The ad, listed under MARKET AUTO EXPORT LLC in Miami, has been viewed about 14 million times and targets elderly, Black and religious viewers.