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CPA Empire Caught Red Handed for Scamming Affiliates

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by Super Affiliate, Oct 20, 2008.

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    Super Affiliate, Oct 20, 2008 IP
  2. easydolla

    easydolla Peon

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    WOW that is crazy... that is horrible, he should sue them , that is just ...crazy!
     
    easydolla, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    Wow, thanks for this.. I just signed up with cpaempire a few weeks ago... never used any of their ads yet, too busy with other networks... I think I will login, change all my info and never use them..

    Thanks again for the video.. I will be sure to send it out to all of my students as well!
     
    onlinebusinesshelp, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    wokaka Peon

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    are you the guy on that video? he touched his nipples sometimes.
     
    wokaka, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    Yes, I saw this earlier today.
    Is it any surprise though? I am not saying all networks do this but come on it is the advantage of being a CPA network. Let the affiliates do the hard work, then just copy them and ban them from running the offer :)
     
    www.buxincome.com, Oct 21, 2008 IP
  6. Super Affiliate

    Super Affiliate Peon

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    No, it's not me. I am just sharing the video with the community here.

    Well, buxincome, IMO, this is very very wrong from a business viewpoint. You as an affiliate is to become a middleman between merchants and affiliates, not a person who suck benefits out of both parties. With that, I would say that CPA Empire somehow misplaced the trust that their affiliates have in them.
     
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    I agree they shouldn't do it but we all know that they scrub and do this thing because let's be honest, not all affiliates play the game fair either.
     
    www.buxincome.com, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    Seqqa Well-Known Member

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    I bet the owner of CPA Empire bloody squeaks when he walks.
     
    Seqqa, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    Thank you for pointing out the video! Ripping off an affiliates website then cutting them out of the commission violates copyrights, trust in engagement, and has ethics challenges. I just won't have time for CPA empire promotions anymore and will focus on other networks.

    Best,

    Justin
     
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    Never really liked that affiliate in the first place. Very shady network.
     
    Shaz07, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    anyones shoud read about Scott Ricter and the affiliate cpaempire. he spamms people, steals myspace profles, and more. i don't know why anybodys trusts them ever. checks it yurselfs
     
    BigJoeBigBucks, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    Haha yeah I saw an episode of the daily show with John Stewart a while back, they interviewed him because he was a spammer, he looked like a total nutcase, they were rippin on him pretty good
     
    easydolla, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    I made a post about it (not trying to promote) so I hope others get this information out.
     
    Shaz07, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    you should really have attributed this to wickedfire since thats where this story first broke.
     
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    was anyone able to get the video before it was removed ?
     
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    Video is removed,what it was about?
     
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    "This is the video proof of CPAEmpire scamming a fellow publisher. Basically what happens is that the publisher was doing very well with a campaign and converting about 40% of his clicks. This was about $1000 a day he claims. The percentage number kept going down and down over a few weeks and CPAEmpire claimed that the advertiser was “scrubbing” (which means revoking) bad leads. After a while CPAEmpire had told him to take down the campaign and stop all traffic for it because the advertiser is removing the campaign. What they really did was steal his landing page, remove the campaign from his publisher panel so he wouldn’t be able to see it, and take all the profits that he was making for themselves. That’s the gist of this video, but I think it’s important for everyone to watch it so here it is."
     
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    He made a new video stating that him & CPAEmpire are working it out, I;m sure they bribed him because he really could have sued them over that, not just because they scrubbed his leads, because they basically cloned his website, probably could have got them for copyright infringement.
     
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    Thanks for the details dude,the AM of that guy should be thrown out in this case.
     
    getjimmy, Oct 21, 2008 IP
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    Please tell me "Clickbooth" and "Azoogle" aren't in this same category?
     
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