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This sounds like a creative way of scamming a pay-per-call advertiser. But, I can't imagine any of the 'big boys' in the pay-per-call market risking something
by wilkenm 15y ago
This sounds like a creative way of scamming a pay-per-call advertiser. But, I can't imagine any of the 'big boys' in the pay-per-call market risking something like this.
- eridius 15y agoDoesn't make much sense given that one of the companies was a free service.
- gojomo 15y agoEven the 'free' service might make money based on people-served, or recommendations-delivered.
- elliottcarlson 15y agoLead generation for universities makes the most money of any of them, why do you think University of Phoenix ads are (or used to be) everywhere.
- gojomo 15y agoThe 'big boys' might avoid it by policy, but perhaps a rogue affiliate/commissioned-salesperson benefits. Or, it could be competitors doing a denial-of-service attack on inbound calls, or a marketing-budget-depletion-attack on a pay-per-call campaign. One way to deduce more: were the numbers he called the most commonly-advertised numbers for the target businesses, or other numbers through some tracked dispatch?
- jfruh 15y agoCan't tell if the numbers were the most commonly advertised ones, but he does note that "Aaron" told him this: "...all you are doing is calling a company that we provide the number for, pressing the correct (1) or (2) – which we specify..." If I'm interpreting that right, they're using inside information to get him up the phone tree to the right person (whatever their definition of "right" is).