Hello all,
I found out today that i've been scammed by a guy pretending to be an affiliate manager from 7Red Affiliates. He goes by the name of Davy Wahrheit.
He contacted me via my site wanting to recruit me sometime in mid December 2011. I checked their website and upon seeing that the program is certified at AGD, i gladly agreed to register. It was rather strange however as unlike the usual registration, where i'd have to fill in the details myself, Davy requested that i gave him the username and password that i want and that he'd register for me so i could get the deal he offered.
Earlier today, i couldn't log in to my account. I sent an email to support only to be given a new password. I thought it was strange that the password (that i was asked to choose) was changed. What was the point of letting me choose in the first place? Besides, it has only been a couple of months since i joined. So i asked the affiliate manager who had given me the new password, Rudy, if i could ask why i wasn't notified. He claimed the password was changed with notification but they didn't have my contact details and he went further asking who i was contacted by when i joined.
I replied with the story above and a minute later Rudy responded that that was a fraud. Some guys had pretended to be them and that was why they had to block some accounts.
I haven't been in this industry for long there're still plenty to learn but pretending to be an affiliate manager like this is not only not tolerated it is also extremely despicable. Thankfully (weird i'm saying thankfully) there were no revenues made for that two months.
Normally, i'd only do a check on the affiliate program. I never never thought of doing a check on affiliate managers. Do you?
And not forgetting, i want to say thanks to Rudy again for all his help and super fast replies today. I'd like to point out that Rudy was extremely kind and helpful i am happy for him and his program that they managed to catch these buggers on time.
Well, thank you for listening i just want to share this with you all and hope that you aren't a victim of this.
Goodnight.
I found out today that i've been scammed by a guy pretending to be an affiliate manager from 7Red Affiliates. He goes by the name of Davy Wahrheit.
He contacted me via my site wanting to recruit me sometime in mid December 2011. I checked their website and upon seeing that the program is certified at AGD, i gladly agreed to register. It was rather strange however as unlike the usual registration, where i'd have to fill in the details myself, Davy requested that i gave him the username and password that i want and that he'd register for me so i could get the deal he offered.
Earlier today, i couldn't log in to my account. I sent an email to support only to be given a new password. I thought it was strange that the password (that i was asked to choose) was changed. What was the point of letting me choose in the first place? Besides, it has only been a couple of months since i joined. So i asked the affiliate manager who had given me the new password, Rudy, if i could ask why i wasn't notified. He claimed the password was changed with notification but they didn't have my contact details and he went further asking who i was contacted by when i joined.
I replied with the story above and a minute later Rudy responded that that was a fraud. Some guys had pretended to be them and that was why they had to block some accounts.
I haven't been in this industry for long there're still plenty to learn but pretending to be an affiliate manager like this is not only not tolerated it is also extremely despicable. Thankfully (weird i'm saying thankfully) there were no revenues made for that two months.
Normally, i'd only do a check on the affiliate program. I never never thought of doing a check on affiliate managers. Do you?
And not forgetting, i want to say thanks to Rudy again for all his help and super fast replies today. I'd like to point out that Rudy was extremely kind and helpful i am happy for him and his program that they managed to catch these buggers on time.
Well, thank you for listening i just want to share this with you all and hope that you aren't a victim of this.
Goodnight.
