Abuse of 'per-email' programs ... and shadey shit on both ends.
 

I recently got about 15 "Confirm your subscription" emails saying that at such and such time I entered my email address to receive this porn mail. Most of them from big adult companies who offer per-email affiliate programs.

The funny thing is, whoever did this used a non-existant email address that got bounced to the catchall account on one of my domains. Of course, I notified the affiliate programs and they were greatful to bust this cheater.

THE KICKER THOUGH, is that even though I of course never confiemd any of these subscriptions, I am STILL receiving the emails for these lists that I never signed up for.

Hmmmmm.....

Very fuckin interesting. I also want to reiterate, these emails are not coming from 'spammers', they are coming from a few of the biggest adult affiliate programs out there.

Fuckin cheaters increasing the size of my inbox and gettin' paid for it, while screwing over affiliate programs at the same time. :321GFY

And fuckin affiliate programs, continuing to send me email even though I never confirmed (Even though legit affiliates only get paid for confirmed emails ...) :321GFY

-Phil

I got a couple of them the other day, thought it was kinda strange.

I get them daily

Of course the affiliate programs use the emails... its how they make money... its not illegal to email them if they are single optin.

I know, man. I know.

But it's still annoying, and would kind of piss me off if I was an affiliate. Unless I was cheating.

I just sent 'em another email.

"I'm a webmaster, man. I will never signup. Please remove my email / block it from ever being falsely submitted again."

Heh.

Yeah, as far as the surfer is concerned, those "per email" programs suck major monkey balls. They give their email to 1 program, and a month later they're getting 100 emails/day from dozens of different programs.

$1.50 a pop for an email addie ... guess I shoulda figured as much.

Hmm now this is some crazy shit.. Has me thinking what they can do nowa days..

Funny to see all the platinumbucks banners is a thread complaining about spammers.

oh my god i got the same thing and mine said like confirm your password and stuff like that. It always had a picture on it and i could never download it because it always had that mailing virus in it.

Old News.

Pay per e-mail has been around forever.

Loser only affiliates should apply because you are guaranteed to be cheated.

Too bad about the thousands who have in the last 6 years or so.

We all suffer today because of them and the SE "submitter"guys who said they'd submit on our behalf and instead sold us out.

Low life pricks need to die a lonely, painful death.

90% of my crap e-mail comes from these cannibalistic assholes.


:2 cents:

lol, preach on :1orglaugh

they won't remove you, I was
getting' em
I just reported them 2 the FTC after I ask 2 or 3 times to be removed.

I would think the adult companies would get rid of spammers with the can spam, it's just not worth it.

I know I get spam from them. :1orglaugh