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SCAM WARNING: Illusion Mage, 3D Magix Pro, Mirage Wizard - do NOT buy

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kat:
Domain names associated with the scam, likely registered using aliases or third parties (affiliates).illusionmage
* illusionmage.com: unknown, (Cayman Islands)
* illusionmage.biz: unknown, 1 & 1 Internet - http://1and1.com (USA)
* illusionmage.co.uk: "Karen Robson", 1 & 1 Internet - http:1and1.co.uk (UK)illusionmage3d
* illusionmage3d.com: "Toni Morales Roman", GoDaddy - http://godaddy.com (USA)illusionmage3danimationsoftware
* illusionmage3danimationsoftware.com: "Bill Gratzl" Babil Solutions, Host Monster - http://www.hostmonster.com/ (USA)illusion-mage-3d-animator
* illusion-mage-3d-animator.co.uk: "Restorize", 123-Reg - http://123-reg.co.uk (UK)3d-image-software
* 3d-image-software.com: "Ed Dreyer" ChaseDat LLC,    PublicDomainRegistry - http://publicdomainregistry.com (USA)softwarefor3d
* softwarefor3d.com: "Jim Zimmermann", GoDaddy (USA)3dmagixpro
* 3dmagixpro.com: unknown (Whois protected), GoDaddy? (USA)3dmagix
* 3dmagix.com: unknown (Whois protected), GoDaddy? (USA)

JeroenM:
Kat,

On your post of 1 december you show this picture of a supposedly anti scam website called scamx.net. I visited this site and afterwards googled it, and my impression is that this isn't an anti scam site at all.

Just have a look at the results that i got

"The 31 Day Fat Loss Cure SCAM | Scam   - [ Vertaal deze pagina ]8 Jul 2010 ... Is The 31 Day Fat Loss Cure SCAM or The Real Deal? The truth will shock you: Download The 31 Day Fat Loss Cure From This SECRET Link The 31 ...
scamx.net/the-31-day-fat-loss-cure-scam - In cache"

"Compete Tick SCAM | Scam   - [ Vertaal deze pagina ]18 Nov 2010 ... Is Compete Tick SCAM or The Real Deal? The truth will shock you: Download Compete Tick ... Compete Tick is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by ScamX.net… ...
scamx.net/compete-tick-scam - In cache"

"SportsBettingSolutions.net SCAM | SCAM   - [ Vertaal deze pagina ]Is SportsBettingSolutions.net SCAM or The Real Deal? The truth will shock you: Get SportsBettingSolutions.net From This SECRET Link If you are wondering.
scamx.org/sportsbettingsolutions-net-scam - In cache"

"GrammarSoftware.net SCAM | SCAM - [ Vertaal deze pagina ]Is Grammar-Software.net SCAM or The Real Deal? The truth will shock you: Get Grammar-Software.net From This SECRET Link If you are wondering about.
scamx.org/grammarsoftware-net-scam - In cache"

There apear to be two sites: scamx.net and scamx.org. Different design but the same articles. And all of these articles start with exactly the same phrase: Is [product] Scam or The Real Deal etc.

The SECRET link will invariably lead to the site of this "product"



My impression is that scamx.net and scamx.org actually try to cover up scams.

There is an antiscam website called scams.net (notice the slightly different spelling) www.scams.net but this site is a forum and doesn't seem to be too active.

kat:
Oh I completely forgot about that so thanks for posting the update. And yeah, it's basically another article syndication site, albeit just dealing with spamming fake 'anti-scam' articles, after the traffic for affiliate link earning and Google Advertising. Wouldn't surprise me to see ClickBank associated with those other scams as well.

JeroenM:
Kat
You write up above that
--- Quote ---He's been exceptionally busy for the last couple of months in fact, submitting 'fake' reviews and articles to all manner of junk review sites; posting links and fake comments to others saying how good the product is; even posting fake anti-scam articles on anti-scam web sites to deliberately trick those looking for imformation about this scam into thinking it's not and buying into it. It's a win-win; he gets sales from the product, and income from Advert and affiliate traffic. Trouble is, it's all done  fraudulantly.
--- End quote ---
(same post of december 1)

I doubt it. Have you seen this?

http[:]//www[.]3dmagix[.]com/affiliates.htm
http[:]//www[.]illusionmage[.]com/affiliates.htm

He probably got help. There have to be people who fall for this.

[EDIT] neutered the links, don't want those sites getting any link benefits from here. kat

kat:
Interesting to note that some (fake) video 'testimonials' have been added to some of the sites now (they were't there before), all apparently hosted with rackspacecloud.com (#c2913102). Whoever is really behind this must have spent a fortune registering alternative domain names, hosting, file distribution networks.. and all for traffic funneling. A few more domains;

* bestanimationsoftware.us
* bestanimationsoftware.net
* bestanimationsoftware.org
* illusionmagewatch.com
* illusionmagereview.com
* illusion-mage.com
* illusion-mage.info
* illusionmagereport.com
* illusionmage.net
* illusionmage.tk
* get-illusionmage.com
* illusionmageexcellence.info
* review-illusionmage.com
* freereview.biz
* illusion3d.az.com
* 3d-computer-animation-software.com
* 3danimationstudio.info
* shopqualities.com
* 3ddrawingsoftwareanimation.com Not to mention specifically targeting people that don't know any better by keyword stuffing the junk articles with search terms they typically use, never mind Blender... it's pretty deliberate stuff.

* "3d animation software"
* "easy 3d animation"
* "3d animation software"
* "expensive software suite"
* "most easy 3d program"
* "illusion mage 3d animation"
* "animation commissions regular price"
* "complete computer system suite for 3d animation"

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