If I'm clear on what you're taking about, seems to me they sometimes have the "X" buttons surrounded by a "subscribe" area. Miss it a smidge and bang, you're subscribed. Like the "vote for" areas being different for the two candidates on the last voter machine scandal...
Vote for:
Sam Progressive________________________________________
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Jack Conservative __
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Or maybe that's just the popup ads.