Why Influencer Marketing is A Scam
When Unilever’s chief marketing officer Keith Weed called for “urgent action” to clean up the influencer marketing ecosystem, people listened. However, I personally had been talking to agencies and writing about this fraud for years before – and no one wanted to hear what was going on because they were all a part of it. … Read more
Inside One of the Biggest Fraud Networks Ever
A massive team of security companies and federal agencies worked together to shut down an enormous click fraud operation. Although 3ve, pronounced Eve, started as a small botnet, by the time it was sinkholed, it was using 1.7 million infected computers to falsify billions of ad views, which resulted in businesses paying over $29 million … Read more
Jason A. Kotzker Accused Pay Day Scammer Banned for Life by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has successfully taken down another accused Pay Day Scammer, Jason A. Kotzker, who is also an attorney. He had been charged by the feds in this case for selling personal information from people who thought they were applying for payday loans online and sold it to a scam that tapped consumers’ … Read more
Cashier Myricks Jr. Busted Again But Still Scamming
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
FTC Pursues Fake Tech Support Scammers
The FTC has shut down a multinational tech support company that they allege are using pop-up ads with loud siren type audio sounds, to alert computer users of false security threats. The alerts prompt the users to call a toll-free number that connects them to overseas telemarketers. These telemarketers then offer, for hundreds of dollars, … Read more
ITT Tech Shutting Down, All Affiliate Earnings Lost?
ITT Technical Institute is shutting down all campuses after the U.S. Department of Education banned it from enrolling new students who use federal financial aid. ITT Educational Services owns and operates more than 130 for-profit vocational colleges nationwide “The actions of and sanctions from the U.S. Department of Education have forced us to cease operations … Read more
Jeremy Johnson Fraud Trial Begins
Jeremy Johnson, the owner of iWorks, a Utah-based marketing company, went on trial this past week in Federal Court – with Johnson strangely representing himself, and unable to give any reason for this weird behavior because of a gag-order by the judge. Why the secrecy? Because while Johnson is charged with extensive bank fraud via … Read more
