teli I think part of the reason these guys sign up pretending to be legit US sites is that they know lots of networks and programs wont accept affiliates from China precisely due to the fraud. So tehey think if they sing up pretending to be 5 Star or Shawn Collins (yep its happened to him too) or BizRate or other well know sites they'll get approved without question by managers that will be so thrilled to accept them.
This particular fraud ring had mail boxes all over the US that forwarded to them in China. Don't know how they committed the fraud to make all the sales, assume it was lots of fraudulent credit cards.
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