Originally Posted by Chimmy

A couple of weeks back I posted an expose pointing out the greatly inflated membership numbers claimed on AFF. To recap, if you use the ACTIVE member numbers for each state, compare these numbers to the census population figures of Adults over 18 in each state. The results will show you that IF AFF's member numbers are accurate, then this would mean that, on average, 1 out of every 7 to 11 adults in the United States are ACTIVE members of AFF. Similar results were found for Canada, with 1 out of 13 of ALL adults being claimed as ACTIVE members.

I have no doubt that AFF does in fact have a large member base, so why resort to using these obviously fraudelent numbers?

And the trickery continues on in their Geo-targeted banners. One version of banners lists a selection of "members" who all live in my home town. So, curious to see if they do in fact live near by, I logged into my account, and did a search for the 4 different "members" presented.

The first one does indeed exist - albeit in a different COUNTRY.

The Second was a generic ad, with no photos provided. And again, not within a 1,000 miles of me. The lack of photos also seems very questionable. After all, according to other threads by AFF, the members they show in the geo-banners how approved the use of their profile and photos in newsletters and other marketing materials. So, doesn't it seem kind of strange that a person would provide a photo for worldwide distribution, but not provide a photo for their own profile.

The third and fourth had "removed their profiles". And I can already predict the AFF response. "The members had such great luck with the geo-targeted banner exposure, that they decided to remove their profiles". If this is in fact true, I would expect that the members would have also expected that their profile would be removed from the geo-targeted banners.

And yes, I know that the webmasters all make "great bank" and the conversions are "off the hook". But again I ask the question. Why must AFF resort to slime tactics, when surely the real membership numbers and real profiles would be equally impressive.