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Old 06-24-2009, 08:27 AM  
Barefootsies
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Originally Posted by WiredGuy View Post
They're going after people who are conning surfers into joining/subscribing to products and services under false pretense. Most of these people would probably be terminated by the affiliate program anyways so I don't see this as anything more than what would occur in a typical affiliate/affiliate program relationship. I can't see the FTC wasting their resources going after someone who got a free laptop and is saying how great it is. I really think this is just the FTC going after people who are scamming and lying to get paid. My opinion at least...
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Correct.

ShoeBitch has been talking about this stuff since last year. Apparently there are a lot of mainstream mofo's doing fake testimonials and other things that have fallen into the cross hairs of of the FTC.

First it was ringtones, and now this weight loss and other shit.
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