Tag Archive: scammers

Justice Prevails: Scammers Finally Get Their Comeuppance

About 2 and a half years ago, I wrote a post exposing a series of e-book scams that were plaguing the Internet. These scams all had the same claim, that a few mere grocery items would help cure various diseases. That led to a series of followup posts and email from people expressing their thanks…

Why Affiliate Marketers are Scum of the Earth and Should Rot in Hell

Typical Acai Berry Scam Ad

There were several advertising networks I used to deliver ads to my blog here, and for a while I had a pretty good setup going, to the point that with a little more traffic I could actually earn a decent secondary income, and maybe some day live off my blog altogether. A few of them…

How to Spot A Fake – A Case Study of Affiliate Related Spam

Black-hat affiliate marketers follow a common pattern in their efforts to liberate you of your money. Once they decide on a niche, they then sign up for the most lucrative affiliate programs that appeal to that particular niche, and then they’re off to work their dark magic. As a case study, let’s take a look…

You’re Being Lied To – Anatomy of an Affiliate Marketer

A while back I wrote an in-depth post on how an online scammer was promoting cures for ulcers, shingles, warts and whatnot, all packaged in eBooks you download for a fee. It’s time to take that a little further and dissect how these scumbags run their games online, especially when they’re working as affiliate marketers….

Natural Cure For Shingles – Or Not

Previously, I wrote a post pointing out several suspicious sites that were offering natural cures for shingles, GERD, ulcers and genital warts, all written by the same person. It was ranking pretty well on Google for about a week or so, and then suddenly my rankings vanished. I couldn’t find it anywhere on Google, no…

Adsense Nonsense: Dropping an Ad Service That Has Succumbed to Spams and Splogs

Previously I wrote a piece about my suspicions on a series of websites I think are scams. So what happens? After proofreading my post, I happened to noticed that Google was displaying contextually relevant ad links… to one of the VERY SAME SITES I was writing about and suspected of being a scam. Only me….

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