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Request for informtion: PROXY.ORG

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by fr0gman, Apr 9, 2007.

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    I am in the process of preparing legal action against the owners for www.proxy.org. The problem is that they are hiding behind a maildrop located in Pamona, NY. If anyone has any information on the group I would certainly appreciate a PM. Thanks
     
    fr0gman, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    login Notable Member

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    What did they do to you ?
     
    login, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    BTW, are you the owner of proxy.org? They did something to you?
     
    butterfingers, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    fr0gman Peon

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    Without getting in to specific legal issues I will say that the result of the Google Adsense Click Fraud detection evaluation resulted in Google saying, "An overwhelming majority of the traffic coming from www.proxy.org is non-human."

    I think that if you understand the nature of things you can figure out what was "done".
     
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    fr0gman Peon

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    Ummmm.... if I were the owner of proxy.org why would I need my own contact info?
     
    fr0gman, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    Can you sue them for that?
     
    sukantab, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Cows need to use proxies sometimes too. Whats wrong with that?
     
    immortality, Apr 9, 2007 IP
  9. fr0gman

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    We shall see...

    If you bought advertising from me and I sent you an "overwhelming" amount of fake traffic would you feel that you have been well served or defrauded?
     
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    What does that mean?
     
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    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    I was bustin your balls.
     
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    LOL... I totally missed that one. I guess when you are flaming mad sometimes sarcastic humor escapes you.
     
    fr0gman, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. Now I understand the problem. Is there a us based company behind this site?
     
    sukantab, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    Well they use PayPal, they have a mailbox in New York state and there servers are in Texas.

    At a bare minimum they will likely lose their hosting and billing but so far I can't find any physical location. I guess I might have to wait until law enforcement gets done with the criminal investigation before I have them served with the civil action.
     
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    So basically you think the the problem is:

    - you paid for advertising at proxy.org
    - they sent you fake traffic that clicked on your ads to justify the price of the advertising

    If this is so there should be a pattern and many proxy owners complains about banning. Why don`t you make thread here at DP and asks how many of the banned adsense account holders had a proxy and did ads at proxy.org.
     
    login, Apr 10, 2007 IP
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    prilep Well-Known Member

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    I have over 10 proxies, i have adsense on them, and i buy advertising from proxy.org

    - Prilep :D
     
    prilep, Apr 10, 2007 IP
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    Then your account was reviewed last week by Google's Adsense Click Fraud team. Together we compiled a list of about 40 advertisers on proxy.org and ALL of them showed the same patterns. Then Google evaluated ALL of the advertisers that have Adsense and listings on proxy.org and came up with the same results.

    "An overwhelming majority of the traffic coming from proxy.org is non-human..."
     
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    Do you mind to tell what date exactly you reviewed them ?
     
    login, Apr 10, 2007 IP
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    Not at all... the reviews happened between April 4 - 6. I suspect some are ongoing.
     
    fr0gman, Apr 10, 2007 IP