Now I am being accused of fraud
Because I complained yesterday about being spammed by TeamPromote Today they add insult to injury and accuse me of fraud.Yesterday, I received a spam email from TP and posted an article on it raising some serious questions
http://www.apsense.com/article/team-promote-spam.html
which so far have been fobbed off.
Today, I received the following email accusing me of carrying out acts of fraud.
Hi bjantiques,
After reviewing the reports on clicks to TeamPromote campaigns it has been determined that a large numbers of clicks in your promotions are fraud clicks, coming from the same IP addresses.
To protect our Advertisers' investments your account at TeamPromte has been blocked.
This action is taken as fraud clicking is ohibited, as stated in the TeamPromote Terms of Use.
TeamPromote.com
If this is the way management is going to treat someone who spent four years of their life admining APSense, sticking with it when 95 % of members stopped using it, and never a single cent received for it. Then how badly are they going to treat anyone else that raises a complaint? They are probably going to hang, draw, and quarter you?
The fact they are claiming I had an account is lie number 1.
The fact they claim they have suspended an account that I never created is lie number 2.
However, the biggest LIE of ALL is to accuse me of fraud. That I take from no one and will not stay silent about, and I want a public apology for this libelous accusation.
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Comments (15)
Warren Contreras
14
Old Retired Guy
I think we need to keep in mind that the Internet is a wild frontier at best and thrives with no real rules or punishment for unjust acts. We just need to take what works and leave the rest behind. I too have been here more years than I can count, but there were long periods of disgust when I couldn't stand to participate. Everything seems to run it's course and now I find some real value here, regardless of the failed program segments that eventually fade into the tapestry. This too shall pass.
Paula van Dun
6
Social Marketing works.
The same thing happened to somebody else I know who also would never join it. Very strange
Bj aka Bill Brown
14
Hosting and Backup Service provider
@Vishwajeet The arguments are being caused because APSense is now only interested in numbers and not quality of content. Senior members? Yes, I am a senior member having been with APSense since the very beginning. PM most certainly is not, he has only been here about 12 months. It is people like him that have turned Wincers head away from the correct path, and the reason that Wincer is allowing spams and scams to be posted unchecked. The 3 admins resigned at the beginning of August after six mon
Vishwajeet Kumar
14
Blogger
I really don't know , Why the senior members are argued with each other. I think all of you are the pillar of this big community. I know that all of you are experienced & also have that potential to operate this community. If you all are argued then what will happen to this Community? Do you have any answer about it!
Bj aka Bill Brown
14
Hosting and Backup Service provider
Yes I am the usual me I don't change my spots to hide the real me. I do not accuse people of click fraud in a program that they are not even a member of.
Philippe Moisan
16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
It's not worth spending my time in this thread any longer, you are the usual bj
Bj aka Bill Brown
14
Hosting and Backup Service provider
@pm So besides all your other afflictions you are illiterate as well? Your timing comment posted two hours prior to this one on 2011-10-01 and this thread posted at 2011-09-27 18:43 - that is 4 days ago - so has Wincer been asleep for 4 Days? You clearly have. As for your claiming I joined I already refuted that claim as you would see If you read my reply in that post (it is linked above so you don't have to over strain yourself looking for it) I post in response to posts as and when I s
Philippe Moisan
16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
The timing of your comments is suspicious, you know Wincer is asleep at this time of day
Philippe Moisan
16
Tutorial videos, sci-fi writer
How can we take you seriously, after you say you never joined TeamPromote, and it's not true. I checked the back office, you joined on Sept. 21 at 17:28. I revealed that information in a comment in another article you wrote, but I guess you deleted my comment, I won't bother to check.
Bj aka Bill Brown
14
Hosting and Backup Service provider
@oldbuddy as you can see they are remaining very silent and hoping it is going to get lost in the pile of spam crap that is constantly being posted. The silence in its self speaks volumes.
Bj aka Bill Brown
14
Hosting and Backup Service provider
@Rieke. ref [quote]It might have to do with the dynamic IP-address and instead to attach blame, it would be much better to talk to the webmaster to see how to avoid this problem in the future as it may happen to other people too.[/quote] As you can see the butt head web masters are not prepared to talk first to anyone they suspect of fraud - as you can see they are judge jury and hang man. It would be funny if it was not so pathetic, in that I never created an account in the first place.
Rieke F.
7
Consultant
Reading the e-mail and the accuse of 'fraud'.
Instead of feeling insulted it should be worthwhile to spend some minutes to read the email well.
The email says: "After reviewing the reports on clicks to TeamPromote campaigns it has been determined that a large numbers of clicks in your promotions are fraud clicks, coming from the same IP addresses."
Now, there are two possibilities.
1. I know that I did not clicked so often - therefore from where are coming the clicks of the same IP
Warren Contreras
14
Old Retired Guy
This should be an interesting battle.
Bj aka Bill Brown
14
Hosting and Backup Service provider
That email can not be one sent automatically. It states [quote]After reviewing the reports on clicks to teamPromote [/quote]
there is no automation that can review reports and it must therefore be sent manually.
Wincer Song
16
APSense Founder
Bj, ignore that email, we just removed your account from tp, then you will not receive any notification email if new campaigns. Sorry for that email sent by system automatically.