Promote shady CPA offers, which are consumers, included to fake testimonials or wrong products trying to make a sale, you could be sued personally. But not only that, the network that you promote could assets frozen and may pay to you all your commissions.
In has anti-corporate brought yet another case, the unethical CPA affiliates, the FTC, which use fake news sites, to promote products such as Acai. One of the companies is suing a popular affiliate network who know most affiliates. Note: If you are using this network, you can not pay because the FTC tries to freeze their assets. (History and links below.)
But 1st I wanted to point out that it not only the networks that will get busted, but are affiliates also. The Attorney General of Chicago sued only directly an affiliate marketer in the context of this FTC succeed.
Chicago Attorney General CU AFFILIATE for Acai scams
Chicago - Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued diet today a Chicago area man for marketing purposes fraudulent acai berry systems online, as part of a national police raid with the Federal Trade Commission against affiliate marketers, consumers to buy weight loss products by false news sites con.
The FTC had just a press conference here is the current press release.
The FTC complaints claim that typical fake news sites title such as "News 6 news alerts," have "Health news health warnings" or "health 5 beat health news." The sites are news, CBS, CNN often the names and logos of big media - such as ABC, Fox, United States today and consumer reports - and falsely represent convey that has seen the reports of the sites on these networks. An investigative sounding headline on one such site announced "acai berry diet exposed: miracle diet or scam?" The Sub reads, "as part of a new series: ' diet trends: a look at America's top diets we examine consumer tips for dieting during a recession." Have the article following purports to document, a reporter who experience complemented by acai berry - usually claiming, lost 25 pounds in four weeks.
"Almost everything about this sites forged,", said David Vladeck, Director of the FTC's consumer protection Bureau. "The weight loss results, the so-called investigations, the reporter, consumer recommendations and the attempt to represent an objective, journalistic endeavor."
The following companies have been called the FTC complaints:
Interbank market of Communications Inc. DBA COPEAC and IMM interactive
-Beony International LLC, Ambervine Marketing LLC and Encastle Inc.
-TL advertising; About direct LLC; Coulomb media, Inc.; DLXM, LLC; run exposé, Inc., and Uptown media, Inc.
The only name I recognize is interbank market media AKA COPEAC, a well known affiliate network.
According to the FTC press release on "the FTC seeks to permanently stop this misleading practice and asked courts to freeze the operations of assets pending trial." So I ask me, if she owed affiliate commissions pay can???
As I always say "Market with integrity and each WINS!" If you are marketing gets spammy, scammy offers and merchant broken and not pay you, then you've got what you deserve. Not only that, but you could be in trouble you get. It is simply not worth it!
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