Everybody - help with a possible cheat

priest · 2005-02-03, 04:19 PM

Hey guys,

A friend of mine owns and operates a small pay site. It is just that - a small niche web sites like thousand others on the net. He has a webmaster program but never really promoted it. Untill recently something happened...

He got a webmaster started promoting his web site. So far so good. And here starts the mistery... Here are some facts I just learnt and I feel not comfortable with so I decided to post them here and may be you can give some ideas. I *think* there is some sort of a cheat there but I know nothing about pay sites and how they operate and I don't think my friend knows any more though he operates his small pay site

Anyway, the facts:

1. Sales are not constant. 1 sale today, 20 sales tomorrow. No sales the day after tomorrow... then again and again... come and go in waves. Not a constant traffic.

2. ALL SALES are 3 month check sales. All 100% of them. (this rings bells in my head and i told it my friend). What is the possibility of lets say 250 3 month check sales in a row from one webmaster? I would say 0,000001%. But then again - I know nothing about pay sites

3. There are 10% revokes on these check sales according to the processor stats.

So, where is the catch here? Are you suspecious of a cheat? Should he contact the CC processor to investigate this or what?

Any advice will be appreciated.

2005-02-03, 04:19 PM	#1
priest If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 37	Pay site owners, everybody - help with a possible cheat Hey guys, A friend of mine owns and operates a small pay site. It is just that - a small niche web sites like thousand others on the net. He has a webmaster program but never really promoted it. Untill recently something happened... He got a webmaster started promoting his web site. So far so good. And here starts the mistery... Here are some facts I just learnt and I feel not comfortable with so I decided to post them here and may be you can give some ideas. I think there is some sort of a cheat there but I know nothing about pay sites and how they operate and I don't think my friend knows any more though he operates his small pay site Anyway, the facts: 1. Sales are not constant. 1 sale today, 20 sales tomorrow. No sales the day after tomorrow... then again and again... come and go in waves. Not a constant traffic. 2. ALL SALES are 3 month check sales. All 100% of them. (this rings bells in my head and i told it my friend). What is the possibility of lets say 250 3 month check sales in a row from one webmaster? I would say 0,000001%. But then again - I know nothing about pay sites 3. There are 10% revokes on these check sales according to the processor stats. So, where is the catch here? Are you suspecious of a cheat? Should he contact the CC processor to investigate this or what? Any advice will be appreciated. Last edited by priest; 2005-02-03 at 04:39 PM..