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13 years ago

Yes they make it look pretty official with the logo. I've seen this website or parts of it many times. Isn't that illegal to copy that logo like that? And I also notice it always knows what city I'm located in and gives me ad copy as if it's happening where I live.

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Giftys

13 years ago

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! - Trust your instincts and don't let the dollar signs in your eyes keep you from using your head!

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Steven Miranda

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Giftys

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! - Trust your instincts and don't let the dollar signs in your eyes keep you from using your head!

This is great advice.

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Jeremy Kelsall

13 years ago

The email you received wasn't actually "from" that person - Their email has been comprimised, and that message is being sent to everyone in their address
book.

it's going "around" right now...I've gotten 6 or 7 emails like that in the last week.

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hardraysnight 13 years ago

That, indeed may have been a key factor in the re-routing of Plimus, due to all the refunds for IM products
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- rts2271 13 years ago
  
  Plimius didn't want to lose their merchant account or pay outrageous fee's.
  
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Stephen Meyer

13 years ago

That is definitely possible, a fact or not I do not know. The real point is for people to stay away from these scams. Sadly, some people must be falling for it or they wouldn't take the trouble to send it out this way.

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

The email you received wasn't actually "from" that person - Their email has been comprimised, and that message is being sent to everyone in their address
book.

it's going "around" right now...I've gotten 6 or 7 emails like that in the last week.

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weblink29

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jeremy Kelsall

The email you received wasn't actually "from" that person - Their email has been comprimised, and that message is being sent to everyone in their address
book.

it's going "around" right now...I've gotten 6 or 7 emails like that in the last week.

Yep, there has been a recent jump in compromised accounts also. IE: Hackers get your user/pass to your email address. They log into your webmail account and send spam from the website from your account. General concensus where I work is it might have something to do with the recent Sony database getting hacked. IE: They get your email address and they have your pw to the Sony site. Many people use the same password for all of their email accounts. I hear that somebody posted the entire Sony database online for hackers to download and exploit.

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tgdrew 13 years ago

If you are unsure about a link, you can always hover over the anchor tag and see where the link leads. It may be inconvenient, but by taking the extra 3 seconds to look at the link, you can make sure that you aren't being fooled into a look alike site. It's always a shame to see posts about people being scammed or attempting to be scammed, so much deception out on the net.
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- IMWinner 13 years ago
  
  Self discipline goes a long way. its amazing that people still trash junk around littering everywhere. and still expect people to take it kindly. Spamming is one of the horrible things people can do online. i always advice cross checking every invite no matter where its coming from.
  
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jgchess

13 years ago

I agree. We all know there are many marketers out there that try to deceive us but when it comes from a fellow warrior you definitley feel slited and really taken advantage of. I don't know about anyone else but I sometimes receive messages sent to me that seem that they are coming from the administration of the warrior forum and they are not. They would indicate I just got a private message but obviously I didn't after I followed the link. I have made note of the warriors who do that and have chosen not to buy from them again. They know who they are.
Beware of fake emails. The good thing is that most of the warriors are great and don't have to resort to lower level tactics.
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Claire Sharp

13 years ago

Found this post very informative. Thanks for sharing this and this will probably help those who don't know.

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Ducksauce

13 years ago

Trend Micro internet security, (which I will not be renewing or recommend by the way !) Has flagged it as a dangerous page.

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MingJong

13 years ago

From your description, those kind of sites are called "advertorial" or fake blog....which generally used by scammers. Sadly but true, lots of people still buy into that.

Why would I say that? Just look at the ridiculous alexa ranking (5000) and check out major ad network sites, you will see the same ads all over the place. If the conversion is bad they wouldn't drive traffic like crazy!

Something to learn from those site (though I never endorse it):

1. Their presell copy.
2. Their media buy banner ads.
3. Their traffic sources

Still, agree with Stephen, avoid those scammer sites unless you want to do some research.

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rkcc4

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Stephen Meyer

I don't like using the word "Scam" but when a website tries to trick me and make me think it's something that it's not then that is exactly what it is.

I know this has been discussed before but I just received a email from a friend and current warrior recommending a site. His email stated he had just got a "New Job" and suggested I check it out. The link went to a page titled "CNBC7 News". I won't show the link because I don't want anyone being scammed into this junk. The site looks like a CNBC news site and the article is written like a news article. But it's not news and it's not a news site, it's a scam, plain and simple.

Since a friend and warrior sent it to me I was a little amazed that people who have been around this forum a while still fall for this stuff. All I can say is don't do it and don't get involved. It's very bad marketing and will kill your reputation quickly. marketing is marketing and has nothing to do with lying and deception. Stay away from fake news site or any program that practices false advertising and deception.

Stephen

Hi Stephen

One thing to consider is whether the email is a fake, open it up and check the message header then run it throught spamcop. You may find that it was not the person you thought.

I use unique emails for every subscription e.g. myname+warrior@gmail.com, this way I always know where the email started. In doing this I have uncovered two scams:

1. Marketers taking people who unsubscribe from one auto responder company and stick them with another, usually icontact because they are less stringent.

2. Being spammed on an email address when you change email, this is something I can reproduce and it always starts with Aweber lists and the spammer usually almost always users reachmail.

A new trend is that they are faking the names and addresses of real marketers but with silly mistakes.

It is hard to say whether the marketers are selling the names or someone in the ITdept at Aweber is selling them, but I have a substantial number of examples.

If you want to get back at the fake news scammers go buy Charles Kirklands PPV Ninja, it has a great way you can make money from them and is available from this very boutique.

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