Haptik, one of the world’s largest conversational AI platforms today announced its alliance with vCommission, leading Global affiliate network, to implement Conversational AI solutions in performance marketing. While Haptik will work with publishers in integrating chatbots on their digital properties, vCommission will work closely with marketeers to offer performance based advertising options which is non-intrusive … Read more
A huge scheme to defraud advertisers via android apps has been discovered. A SWATHE of sophisticated bots were able to bypass Google’s checks to put a giant fraud operation at the heart of the Google Play Store and generate what some experts claim could be over $500 million in fraud. An investigation by Buzzfeed News … Read more
Martin Lewis is a well-known figure who runs MoneySavingExpert.com, the Money & Mental Health Policy Institute charity, and presents on ITV’s The Martin Lewis Money Show. He is now suing Facebook because of fake ads that have been using his name and image in advertisements that lead to scam sites, binary options trading sites, and … Read more
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted the activities of four individuals who allegedly promoted deceptive money-making schemes involving cryptocurrencies. These alleged schemes falsely promised that participants could earn large returns by paying cryptocurrency such as bitcoin or Litecoin to enroll in the schemes. In a complaint, the FTC … Read more
Let’s step into the world of a modern-day high-tech entrepreneur who became a millionaire off unsuspecting suckers, not once but twice. But as good as he was, he was also bad. He was tagged by the Federal Trade Commission, not once but twice, 10 years apart on two different kinds of computer schemes. His latest … Read more
A judge has ordered Donald Trump and his closed program “Trump University” to reveal their internal playbooks on how to trick consumers into spending as much as much as $36,000 on the fake university. Trump’s attorneys had previous refused to open these books to the public. Trump immediately attacked the judge by pointing out that … Read more
Trying to get more information on this, but it seems that super-affiliate, owner of PPC Classroom and much more Amit Mehta (Facebook profile) has been shut down by the FTC. The FTC has charged basically that they have been selling worthless software under the guise of technical support. Worse, the software didn’t do much, nor did … Read more
Anyone who has been online more than a few days has seen advertisements for websites that claim to be able to help you make major profits off of penny stocks. They often ask you to sign up for their email where they will shoot out the ‘hottest penny stock tips’ as they become available. While … Read more
A federal court has imposed a $27 million judgment against the operator of a phony work-at home scheme who lied about his financial assets in an effort to hide them from the FTC when he agreed to settle with the agency in 2010. Jonathan Eborn was one of the marketers behind a work-at-home scheme that … Read more
The Illinois Attorney General yesterday filed lawsuits targeting what it alleges to be student loan debt scams that purportedly seek to exploit people struggling to repay their debt. The lawsuits are the first in the nation to crack down on an emerging industry of alleged scam operations charging upfront fees for services or for government services that may already be free of charge. … Read more
For some reason, the launch of startup Coin received enormous attention this past week, with news sites and blogs talking about all the cool things that this digital wallet could do. The press ate up the story of a startup using crowdfunding, in this case Kickstarter, using the press release talking points to create article … Read more
A January study by the industrious folks at Digitals shows that 55% of people just aren’t comfortable with giving their credit card information via a social media site. This included even secure transactions by a known brand. Why? Perhaps because of all the scammers pushing their junk on Facebook, those actually wanting to do legit … Read more
Human beings are social creatures that seek out companionship and relationships. Our map of reality can be viewed as a series of concentric circles which include the most trusted relationships and those who are in our hearts at the very center. We crave trust. Without it, we would be consigned to a world where we … Read more