Is this Genius or just a dirty little scam?

Since that is one of those scammy websites that mentions the person is from the IP addy area of the visitor (obviously fake) you should kill the live link and not give them any additional link juice.

~Bill

All due respect to Bill's paranoia (j/k) I don't think
I can offer much of an opinion without seeing the site.

Tsnyder

dirty Big scam

So many people with shady ethics...
I believe there is room for honesty in marketing.

There is no difference in that or a FLOG. It's fake and therefore a scam.

I've recently come across more and more of those sites and I have to say, at first i was definitely tricked as well, but now they're becomming easier to spot.

I wasn't trying to prolong someones scam. I just couldn't believe someone would fall for this. I figured that fellow warriors would know this is a scam and see how unethical this site is.

I kind of like the "news" type of site though, just think there is a more ethical way to do it so your not infringing upon the belief that they are a news organization. There is a difference saying your affiliated with NBC and having a news type of site geared towards affiliated products with no affiliation. One is unethical (see the above link) and one is ethical.

If the site didn't try to use scam tactics or NBC, but was a news type of site geared towards the product, I wouldn't have a problem with it. Even though the product is crap in my opinion, but thats not what they did. They are assuming because of the NBC thing the reader will believe its an actual news story, therefore is credible. Very misleading and thats why I don't like this site personally.

There are far better ways to earn money online ethically then to scam people. Plus you can sleep good at night knowing that you are not breaking any laws or "screwing" people out of their money.

Definitely a FLOG!

Personally I couldn't do this to people. It's blatantly ripping people off. I don't know how the people behind this sleep at night.

Trying to pull a fast one on people leveraging the comfort of NBC.

Send the site to NBC or even a C&D yourself.


caleb smith
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Just looked at the site - without any doubt its a FLOG - however I must note that I found the news layout to look much more trustworthy then a normal sales type page.

Im not making any notes as to this being fake or not as this is clear - looking at it from a conversion angle then I think these guys might actually be experiencing a much higher conversion then usual - just because the design and news layout makes it look like a site you will pull your wallet out for and buy from.

So someone that hasnt had any experience with these type of sites and is not very clued on towards the filthy scams around the net then it would be very appealing to them and would assume the conversion much higher.

Just my 2 cents

I've seen this type of thing a lot over the last few years. It's an old advertising concept, of course, with a modern twist. There are a few things that really push it over the edge, however -- the blatant NBC rip-off and the fact that they're using real reporters (without their permission).


In short, ALL of these guys seem to use her image, so if you ever see her face pop up in some type of ad or "advertorial," you know straight off that it's scammy.

My mother inlaw came across a site like this, but it was for some diet stuff. She kept telling me its on the news so it has to be real. It took me about 20 minutes to convince her that it was a fake site. The site may be scammy but I bet they make a lot of sales based upon their fake credibility.

My guess is that NBC (and their slew of corporate lawyers) would really like to know that their name and logo are being ripped off - especially since NBC10 is the name of (at least) 2 genuine NBC stations. The NBC affiliates in both Philadelphia and Providence are called NBC10.

Talk about *blatant* copyright infringement... boy, some people are really, really stupid.

This took me two seconds to recognize it as a scam. I guess people that are gullible and not on the internet that much would be the only ones falling for this type of site.