Cathys Teeth and Java Script – Acai Has a Friend – CPA
I really should get into the CPA thing, but after Cathys Teeth was just brought to my attention I’m really having a problem considering this type of marketing.
I’m sure it’s just a couple of bad eggs, but here’s what I found. Looks like Cathy’s Teeth is just another promise to lure the customer in with a free sample and then charge them anyway. It just kills me that these companies do this as they not only kill themselves but they hurt other companies with legit CPA offers.
CPA is “cost per action” meaning the affiliate gets paid when getting someone to click through and sign up for a product. Affiliates don’t make money off the actual product, but are paid for the sign-ups they generate. The incentive for the consumer is usually a free sample of some kind. All that is left for the affiliate to do is drop the links to the promotion all over the web.
The Cathy’s Teeth product might even work, but someone was really dancing with black hat when developing the website. There appears to be a line of javascript that will determine the the ip address and instantly drops in the location. What do you know? Cathy lives in your hometown! Well, and everyone elses that is unless you are roaming with a high speed broadband card like myself.
In addition, multiple pages of the exact same site were created (probably for the affiliates) and they are all up and running. This allows affiliates to run google ads quickly as they are able to point the ad to a fresh domain.
The complaints are coming in now, but I am confident the list will grow as more people get charged the $79.00 without realizing. Just a matter of time before they get their credit card bills. Those paying with a debit card will find out much sooner.
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5 Comments on Cathys Teeth and Java Script – Acai Has a Friend – CPA
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Wed, 27th May 2009 7:19 pm
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Sat, 30th May 2009 4:39 pm
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Thu, 25th Jun 2009 8:43 pm
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Steve on
Sat, 25th Jul 2009 10:46 pm
Ah ha… I suspected it was a scam. Just too weird that she would be from my small town.
Thanks…
I hate this ad and disabled my javascript and java just to avoid getting these irritating ads. It reaks false advertising.
Yes this is a SCAM they got me now there giving me a run around to recover my money after those 10 free trial they charged my credit card $88 bucks
It's not only the script that places it in your howetown. That it looks like a blog posting is the other misleading part. These type of people deserve to be hounded out of the market by legit folks, Pass the word around to your family and friends about it. They ARE a scam, just put Max White Teeth (entry on my credit card) into a search engine to see. Hopefully the Attorney General of Florida (where the principals live) will be able to do something about these idiots before too long. Yes, I made a formal complaint as well as many other people.
Yup..as much as I hate to admit being duped I too fell into this trap. Ordered my "free" samples from Cathy's Teeth website…got my credit card bill today for almost $150 monthly billing for this crap! I've had excellent luck with filing complaints through the BBB and I will be reporting this scam too. Arggh I hate scammers and feel really stupid now….oh yeah my teeth ain't gonna be white any time soon either!!
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