How many webmasters are scamming AFF and other dating sites? - GoFuckYourself.com

KRL · 08-09-2004, 11:16 AM

Seems like a lot of fake profiles and then the webmasters doing the scamming send bogus personal like e-mails to lure guys into joining a site to get the girl's pics and contact info.

Global Dialers · 08-09-2004, 11:17 AM

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Originally posted by KRL
Seems like a lot of fake profiles and then the webmasters doing the scamming send bogus personal like e-mails to lure guys into joining a site to get the girl's pics and contact info.

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candyflip · 08-09-2004, 11:18 AM

You mean that Christie928237890453Andersen isn't a real girl?

Webmaster_Logic · 08-09-2004, 11:21 AM

Speaking of adultfriendfinder could one of the reps contact me please...

aiken · 08-09-2004, 11:23 AM

This is enough of a problem for us that we have a fair amount of code devoted to finding and altering these ads to alert our users that it's a scammer. I'd say that out of 400 or so new ads created a day on Bondage.com, maybe 5-10 are attempts to advertise a website.

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undermyspell · 08-09-2004, 12:05 PM

there are a lot of the dating sites that create the fake profiles themselves to interest members and when that member joins guess what..

I see that what KRL is talking about is definitely not a good situation and is fraud but what about the programs that create fake profiles to make it seem as if they have more members? wouldn't that be fraud as well?

polish_aristocrat · 08-09-2004, 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by KRL
Seems like a lot of fake profiles and then the webmasters doing the scamming send bogus personal like e-mails to lure guys into joining a site to get the girl's pics and contact info.

hm...but how do you know who is the guy you referred?

You mean it's like this, or what?

I refer today a guy who choses the nickname chris_288 and then i i contact that guy from a fake profile from a girl becasue i want that he upgrades his membership and then i get a bigger commision ?

But how do i know what's his nickname?

Crypt · 08-09-2004, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
hm...but how do you know who is the guy you referred?

You mean it's like this, or what?

I refer today a guy who choses the nickname chris_288 and then i i contact that guy from a fake profile from a girl becasue i want that he upgrades his membership and then i get a bigger commision ?

But how do i know what's his nickname?

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sixxxth_sense · 08-09-2004, 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by KRL
Seems like a lot of fake profiles and then the webmasters doing the scamming send bogus personal like e-mails to lure guys into joining a site to get the girl's pics and contact info.

come on man that's so like 5 years ago, if ur still doing it then ur fucked up

cayne · 08-09-2004, 12:21 PM

but they are asking also stupid questions during the join-phase.

polish_aristocrat · 08-09-2004, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by Crypt
chatrooms

sorry i am too tired today ( after comig back from a wedding

), can you explain it ?

Doctor Dre · 08-09-2004, 12:51 PM

That's definitly a problem ... I wonder how many signups can a good profile bring !

psyko514 · 08-09-2004, 01:03 PM

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Originally posted by KRL
Seems like a lot of fake profiles and then the webmasters doing the scamming send bogus personal like e-mails to lure guys into joining a site to get the girl's pics and contact info.

$5 Submissions had a thread recently offering to create the fake profiles for pennies a piece.

NoCarrier · 08-09-2004, 01:05 PM

I'm spamming fake profiles using juicylink's photos and it's converting like crazy!

polish_aristocrat · 08-09-2004, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by NoCarrier
I'm spamming fake profiles using juicylink's photos and it's converting like crazy!

With gay traffic? ;-))))

Penthouse Tony · 08-09-2004, 01:34 PM

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Peaches · 08-09-2004, 01:37 PM

This has been going on forever. In the audiotext biz we used to pay girls $10 an hour or so to get onto the AOL/Prodigy/Compuserve chatrooms, get the guys hot, then give them a PPC number that looked like a normal number.

Vlad · 08-09-2004, 01:39 PM

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Originally posted by candyflip
You mean that Christie928237890453Andersen isn't a real girl?

TheMob · 08-09-2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally posted by Peaches
This has been going on forever. In the audiotext biz we used to pay girls $10 an hour or so to get onto the AOL/Prodigy/Compuserve chatrooms, get the guys hot, then give them a PPC number that looked like a normal number.

damn that's dirty.. how do you do that?

KRL · 08-09-2004, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by NoCarrier
I'm spamming fake profiles using juicylink's photos and it's converting like crazy!

KRL · 08-09-2004, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by Sagi_AFF
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I think you have quite a bit of webmasters doing it from e-mail spams I've gotten. What's the URL for the abuse link?

iwantu · 08-09-2004, 03:04 PM

KRL, You brought up a subject that must bother every dating website (well I hope).

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Well, among the 40,720 that signed up last week! Guess how many are fake??? So far, we deleted 1030 fake profiles!

Running a dating site is a lot of cleaning up work ;-)

ShellyCrash · 08-09-2004, 03:09 PM

IMO most "fake" profiles are men taking pics from sites or TGPs and trying to do girl on girl cyber / or people insecure about their own apperance.

Varius · 08-09-2004, 03:19 PM

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BradM · 08-09-2004, 03:34 PM

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KRL · 08-09-2004, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by iwantu
KRL, You brought up a subject that must bother every dating website (well I hope).

on IwantU.com
FREE Registration You are the 40720th member to sign up this week

Well, among the 40,720 that signed up last week! Guess how many are fake??? So far, we deleted 1030 fake profiles!

Running a dating site is a lot of cleaning up work ;-)

Wow. Good job at finding those bogus ones.

2HousePlague · 08-09-2004, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by KRL
I think you have quite a bit of webmasters doing it from e-mail spams I've gotten. What's the URL for the abuse link?

http://adultfriendfinder.com/go/page/abuse.html

I echo the sentiments of my colleagues in the dating field, who've posted here. Clearing out fake and/or commercially motivated profiles is a constant, 24/7 undertaking. Given the kind of traffic that comes through the AFF members' area, you can imagine how attractive it is for scammers to try to get in and sell something. We did the math a few weeks back: from a traffic exposure standpoint, a female profile on AFF is about the same as having a fixed banner ad on a site with an Alexa of 30,000. Crazy, huh!

Statistical curiosities aside, we take the integrity of our members database very seriously. It is the primary asset that drives our industry-leading conversions and retentions. We keep it clean for the sake of our member experience and to ensure your traffic (wherever in the world it comes from) enjoys the highest likelihood of converting to cash.

Jack Mardack
GM Affiliate Programs
FF Inc.

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