Saturday, July 7, 2012
Scambook: The Pot Calling the Kettles Black
By Ben Ronner
It's a usual human habit to judge your fellow human being. In Christian teaching, it's well understood in Matthew 7:5: "Hypocrite! You ought to 1st remove the plank from your own eye, and then you'll see things sharply enough to take out the speck from your brother's!" Christ also stood before a hateful mob and lectured to them, "Let the one free of sin cast the very 1st stone. However, people still insist on judging each other.
Such is the case of scambook - a website that portrays itself as a "free community" - but is in reality a "free to calumny" site. The business model of this site is simple, and it can be compared to the typical bully taking the kid's lunch money under threat of a beating. If a business agrees to give scambook.com $500 a month, scambook will leave that business alone. However, once targeted by this site, if a business does not pay up, then they will be vilified by slanted reports of dubious source, causing that business a loss of reputation, revenue and public esteem.
BBB thinks Scambook is a scam!
For a website that portrays itself as the arbiter of business ethics, it's ironic to say the least that scambook has a rating of "F" with the BBB. Scambook is listed as NOT ACCREDITED, and an Alert is placed on this website's BBB page.
How does Scambook go after companies?
The site targets companies who depend upon their reputation to do business. Usually the primary target consists of companies that have a membership model - the type of company that asks members to pay a monthly fee in exchange for a service. It then begins a methodical mudslinging campaign against that company or site. One such company was harassed to the point where the owner killed himself. Another started a whole website devoted to fighting this scam - Google scambookscam (one word).
I know of a site that's got a perfect rating with the BBB, possesses a plethora of testimonials and gets absolutely no complaints about its practices on the more legitimate complaint sites like 'Ripoffreport' as well as 'complaintsboard'. This same site has obtained, all of a sudden, many complaints on 'Scambook'.
Complaints not confirmed & never removed
A business owner subjected himself through the pain of paying Scambook the $500 per month fee and getting in touch with the individual who complained about his business. Still, they refused to take down the complaint by asserting that it is not in its policy to remove any complaints.
A class action suit is currently beginning against Scambook. Over 200 complaints have already been logged. If you have been hurt by them, I urge you to add your Scambook complaints to this legal action.
Such is the case of scambook - a website that portrays itself as a "free community" - but is in reality a "free to calumny" site. The business model of this site is simple, and it can be compared to the typical bully taking the kid's lunch money under threat of a beating. If a business agrees to give scambook.com $500 a month, scambook will leave that business alone. However, once targeted by this site, if a business does not pay up, then they will be vilified by slanted reports of dubious source, causing that business a loss of reputation, revenue and public esteem.
BBB thinks Scambook is a scam!
For a website that portrays itself as the arbiter of business ethics, it's ironic to say the least that scambook has a rating of "F" with the BBB. Scambook is listed as NOT ACCREDITED, and an Alert is placed on this website's BBB page.
How does Scambook go after companies?
The site targets companies who depend upon their reputation to do business. Usually the primary target consists of companies that have a membership model - the type of company that asks members to pay a monthly fee in exchange for a service. It then begins a methodical mudslinging campaign against that company or site. One such company was harassed to the point where the owner killed himself. Another started a whole website devoted to fighting this scam - Google scambookscam (one word).
I know of a site that's got a perfect rating with the BBB, possesses a plethora of testimonials and gets absolutely no complaints about its practices on the more legitimate complaint sites like 'Ripoffreport' as well as 'complaintsboard'. This same site has obtained, all of a sudden, many complaints on 'Scambook'.
Complaints not confirmed & never removed
A business owner subjected himself through the pain of paying Scambook the $500 per month fee and getting in touch with the individual who complained about his business. Still, they refused to take down the complaint by asserting that it is not in its policy to remove any complaints.
A class action suit is currently beginning against Scambook. Over 200 complaints have already been logged. If you have been hurt by them, I urge you to add your Scambook complaints to this legal action.
About the Author:
There are tons of articles on the Net that expose the scambook scam and its extortion efforts. You may process your scambook reports on Complaintsboard.com.
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