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Originally Posted by RawAlex
RonC, a little tip: Don't just go after Zango, but also notify the FTC. Zango is under agreement with the FTC for a number of less than honest ways that they have done business in the past, and I am sure that the FTC would find this type of action very interesting indeed.
The intent of these popups is to mislead people into signing up for something they don't want (and then tacking a cross sale on top of it). I am sure the FTC would have one look at this and the shit would hit the fan.
Hey Quick Buck... I thought you didn't answer support questions on this board. Why you so active in this thread all of a sudden?
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one word: fruad.
when someone clicks a link to go to a ccbill signup page and another companies sign page pops up over it, it is fraud. It is deception as well to the surfer because now they signup to the wrong site, and not what they wanted in the first place. It is fraud for the person / company losing the sale. The intent is very clear and zango set up their program to allow people to do just this because the more profitable they can make it for their traffic users, the more the people will be willing to spend on the traffic. which makes them more money.