Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i think sponsors need to look very close for the second type of scammer there.

if the ref codes dont match to referring page's url theres a problem.

I think many sponsor's quietly ignore this type of traffic because they don't understands how badly it hurts them.

scammer sends 0 traffic , all he does is skim your current affiliates sales. so at the end of the day the sales are the same either way.. BUT this affects your affiliates ratio's making you appear like a lame ducks sponsor and your affiliates move on to greener pastures.

cut the scammer off and your ratio's improve and sales remain exactly the same and slowly improve as real webmasters push more traffic because their ratio's improve