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Originally Posted by dustman
I can verify that cheating is happening on several levels.
We killed another affiliate a few weeks ago that had http referral data from many sites covering many affiliate IDs. It was very obvious that they were stealing/changing affiliate IDs to their own account (which was killed).
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Any reports of cheating affiliates gets investigated by me and my team ASAP.
Action is taken immediately.
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Finally, a sponsor willing to post that this is not merely a wild accusation.
Thank you. You have no doubt earned the respect of many affiliates reading this
Given the nature of this type of activity it makes sense that links from many sites that go to a common processor domain would be affected the most (*ahem* __bill.com...). Let's see if any of the other affected parties step forward.
Might I suggest that some of the sponsors concerned about this matter join together to share affiliate data with one another for suspected cheats? Also regardless of the offer of a reward or not, it would help to get affiliates involved in this. It seems likely that the trojans are being distributed in galleries or MGP's, as well as other venues.
If your MGP affiliates are told to keep an eye out on sites they're trading with for suspicious downloads, that could go a long way towards limiting the spread of these trojans.