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The story of Ymads, the latest advertising scam network.

Discussion in 'Pay Per Click Advertising' started by yeahyeahs, Jul 4, 2011.

  1. #1
    Ymads.com, a new company that rose prominently during the latest months, has eventually left the sinking boat without paying the Publishers. Just as many expected but yet some stubborn and greedy (new) publishers didn’t want to believe that it was a scam.

    Oh well. Where shall we start ?

    The WHOIS shows that it is registered by a shady registrar to an individual in Zimbabwe. The WHOIS info could be fake and/or it could be run by a group of individuals. Some believe it is run by some online serial scammers.

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    I called the number but I got no response Oh well.

    Ymads was offering very high and absurd prices for putting their ads in your site. Every old webmaster could understand that it was a scam as no company would pay this high.

    At the end they send this e-mail to the publishers, as an “excuse” for not paying up.

    Don’t even expect to get paid. Here is who has your money.
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    Protip : Don’t trust any new company that pays high.

    Have a good day and don’t bash on yourself for losing some money with Ymads
     
    yeahyeahs, Jul 4, 2011 IP
  2. boy_lx84

    boy_lx84 Peon

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    i will put this article to the top because i think its brilliant. I stop using ymads since i reach $50 to see if they do pay or not. And until now, noone receive the payment :D
     
    boy_lx84, Jul 4, 2011 IP
  3. IntEZ

    IntEZ Greenhorn

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    It's funny that the admin email is alex@ and Alexander Fernandez is not their employee any more, are they having two Alex in their company? It is such a coincidence.
     
    IntEZ, Jul 5, 2011 IP
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    Hipto Peon

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    alex@ doesn't imply that he/she is an admin lol
     
    Hipto, Jul 5, 2011 IP
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    ballmdr Peon

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    Last week I think I'll be rich from ymads.

    But now It's gone... lol
     
    ballmdr, Jul 5, 2011 IP
  6. yeahyeahs

    yeahyeahs Peon

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    A lot of people thought like you :) It turned out they were wrong.
     
    yeahyeahs, Jul 7, 2011 IP
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    Irfi0009 Banned

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    best of luck for ur good future.
     
    Irfi0009, Jul 7, 2011 IP
  8. Hemang Shah

    Hemang Shah Greenhorn

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    YES, I also confirm that they scammed me and now site has gone.
     
    Hemang Shah, Jul 10, 2011 IP
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    azonic Peon

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    It was too good to be true.
     
    azonic, Jul 10, 2011 IP
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    aassociatehit Well-Known Member

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    Thats what happens when people don't accept the reality and reality is no network can pay more than what traffic is worth for, when they do that means there is something wrong and has to be careful, only webmaster who gets greedy they get cheated with such network, thats how a network can cheat these many webmaster, because they know most people run after high benefits, without even figuring how good or real it could be and when get cheat, they blame such sites, instead I would say, if you want do online business than put your own common sense and join only network which looks reliable not just high paying sites.
     
    aassociatehit, Jul 10, 2011 IP
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    neviel47 Peon

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    Ymads is scam
     
    neviel47, Jul 12, 2011 IP
  12. yeahyeahs

    yeahyeahs Peon

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    Well said.
     
    yeahyeahs, Jul 12, 2011 IP
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    wedostreams Peon

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    So how much money did people get scammed? I got a fairly large sum taken off me :( fair to say lesson is learned :(
     
    wedostreams, Jul 15, 2011 IP
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    crookboy Greenhorn

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    A Good lesson for greedy webmasters-Thats Ymads..No one listened to me when i said its a scam network after 1 month of their service.Infact at that time i was the one who reported it as scam.All was asking for proof and all i can show was their email reply to my payment request and no one was ready to accept that..I lost only 1 days ad impressions from my site(made around $10 in ymads in 1 day),but there are so many GREEDY WEBMASTERS WHO MADE $1000+ in "YMADS"(hehehe)..I feel extremely sorry for those guys..Anyway learn from Your mistakes.Good Luck
     
    crookboy, Jul 15, 2011 IP
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    Shahar Active Member

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    I feel stupid, i believed them. but, like Jessie J said, 'This is a lesson learned'
     
    Shahar, Jul 15, 2011 IP
  16. alexgreatcpa

    alexgreatcpa Well-Known Member Affiliate Manager

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    Present is a beauty full teacher. It tells us what we did in past!, also a warning for future :lol:
    When we do business we should ready for loss/profit. Some cheaters come and create problem for honest and clean network who exactly want business. We can not deny each new network. Because company grown after age and if it could not create trust it go in hell.

    It is a cycle let it run............
     
    alexgreatcpa, Jul 17, 2011 IP
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    abhebaik Peon

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    Nice Info Guys..... Thanks for your information
     
    abhebaik, Jul 19, 2011 IP
  18. yeahyeahs

    yeahyeahs Peon

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    Thank you guys for the feedback. glad you enjoyed the report.
     
    yeahyeahs, Jul 28, 2011 IP
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    Thanks for the info, I saw ymads from many traffic ex and ptc sites but I haven't join it yet. Just only Neobux now.
     
    daica85, Oct 4, 2011 IP
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    chirag88 Member

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    me too loss 28$ with them...fkkin scammer :(
     
    chirag88, Oct 17, 2011 IP