What do you think? ppc scam?

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 4

hello,
recently ive found alot of ppc (pay per click) sites. where as most people know advertisers pay the site to advertise and the site pays you to view the ads.

getting to the point:
ive found a site called "at-mails.com" and im not sure if it is legit or not. im pretty suss because you get paid $1 to look at an ad via email and 50c to look at it on the site. even though most sites are about 2cents. Ive also looked at the advertising section of the site, and have noticed that you pay say $200 for 1000 people to look at your advert on the site ( so the site would lose $300) not making much sense Crying or Very sad

I want your guys opinion because i can earn 3cents for people looking at the website and i want to advertise it on other 100% legit ppc websites so i can earn 1c a click. So i can get some nice pocket money Very Happy

NOTE: If you dont wanna read that, all i want is your opion on the site "at-mails.com"

thankyou deeply for your time.
i await your response.

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:50 pm

I've moved this thread from Main Scambaiting as it has no connection with scambaiting, advance fee fraud, nor anything else that we get involved with at Eater.
If someone should happen to know the answer to the Op's question I'm sure we'd all be interested. Smile

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:36 pm

My advice on these things is usually to "do the math". Seeing as you've done the math and seen that the company would, if they kept their word, be paying people to use their service, which isn't good business practice, my opinion is they're full of it.

"It" being natural fertilizer.

Not to mention, they've been listed as a scam on at least one page and one forum.

http://earninguide.biz/en/ptrscams.php

http://www.gptboycott.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18412

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:26 pm

The "pay per click" sites make money because of the sheer volume of ads that they are serving. Even the "legit" ones in my experience are riddled with spyware, adware, and worse. And in order to get credit for the clicks, you have to take off the tinfoil... Shocked

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:06 pm

^^yup, spot on. PPC click fraud is pretty rife. Every time big G finds away to combat it the blackhats find another way to game the system.
Often in a situation like this the site is trying to re-direct people to viagra/gambling ads. All very high paying PPC which will far outweigh the money the site looks like it may be loosing.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 4

well that kinda sucks =[ i thought they were a scam when i tried to contact them about the site a few times and they never replied. but i really hopped they wernt.

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