Inside a multimillion dollar fake Kindle book scam

These guys are why we can’t have nice things like micropayments. Funny compuserve was able to do something the internet still can’t do.

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Micropayments fail because nobody wants the goods and to monetize every aspect of interaction with the world.

Micropayments do not fail because of the methods and engineering.

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I was under the impression that mackeeper was just malware. I’m surprised to hear that they also have other endeavors outside of just being a malware company.

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If you’re cheating people out of money, then it’s definitely a scam. And yes, I would consider fake ratings and search-engine-“optimization” scams.

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Sometimes there some gems in the dreck, or just enjoyable dreck

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Me, too. I’m almost afraid to Google it, assuming Mackeeper has SEOed the crap out of the top results.

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#WHY DO I NEVER THINK OF THESE THINGS FIRST 

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Wait, you are saying there is no money in like-botting the BBS? Pretty sure you thought of that first :smirk:

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That’s an easy one to fix.

In ten years, during one of the time hiccups from Rob opening the safe, give yourself a whole bunch of ideas like this before anyone else can capitalise on them.

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It says he is “Vancouver-based”, so I guess the question is whether it is actually illegal in Canada – but after all, a lot of Americans think Canada is exactly like Communist Russia…

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Well they do have that socialized Obamacare and they took away their guns and made them play hockey. Exactly like the Soviet Union!

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No love for curling? I like curling…

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