I don’t usually agree with TechCrunch, but lately I’ve been pretty impressed with Michael Arrington’s pursuit of the online scammers. This is a problem which a lot of people have been involved with, but it took Arrington’s ScamVille writeup before anyone took action. As a direct result of Arrington’s article, most of the participants took action. OfferPal replaced it’s CEO, while Zynga, RockYou, MySpace, and others all took a chance to tighten their anti-scam policies. As Arrington notes, it is likely just a matter of time before new scams re-emerge – there is too much money on the table. But I still think Arrington deserves tremendous credit for rooting this out.
His latest article calls out Video Professor as a scam, and I think he’s right on target again. If you don’t put your prices on your website, you’re a scam. Video Professor sucks. Go Mike!
Totally agree.