Found a very weird ecom method from a sketchy ad on YouTube. Some help?
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Good question, I didn't even look.
It didn't show it on the site, and my card just says, "Purchase Method, Online".
I doubt it is Stripe as they are pretty tight and wouldn't be fine with a company that had 3 redirects to pay.
https://www.youtube.com/@NextGenUS-z2g/shorts
I just found the YouTube acc they make videos on. 100m views total and 22m on just that video. Wow their ad budget is probably insane
I just found the YouTube acc they make videos on. 100m views total and 22m on just that video. Wow their ad budget is probably insane
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They've turned off the comments on their YT videos, I wonder why
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Sometimes I think it is because they want to stop negative comments, but sometimes I think it is to have people who see it go to their site.
I think the latter drives traffic to the site.
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PixelPitchCo
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@BassTrackerBoats awesome experiment! Curious to see how things pan out. btw their yt shorts description don't have any website info. Looks like they are only targeting via ads...now why would they not have the website info anywhere else than just on ads?
idk but they have rotated out of so many sites, that has to be a hint to something where payment processors get burned etc. Or they are using hacked ad accounts?
They made the acc Oct 5 2025... That means they're spending a LOT in ads or they botted the initial views and likes so they disabled comments so they wouldn't have to fake it? any way to check for that. Would be cool to see if anyone here selling ad acc spy tool services would be down to see what their numbers look like, for science
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It's how they market... I had websites that were not advertised anywhere but on Social Media sites where I spam sold.
I kind of think this is their play.
I think it's a chargeback issue, I expect a 9.00 item for the 55.00.
I won't chargeback because that is not why I bought, as I only bought to share their business model/scam.
Some more info about the ad acc.
https://adstransparency.google.com/?origin=ata®ion=US&domain=lumetrailstore.com
Multiple LLCs and ad accounts promoting the same video and URL
https://adstransparency.google.com/?origin=ata®ion=US&domain=lumetrailstore.com
Multiple LLCs and ad accounts promoting the same video and URL
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I kind of dig it... if you look at my occupation on my profile, which @Echo, anointed me, you'll know that was my game in the day.
I didn't sell or offer fraudulent products, but I did drive traffic to my sites and that traffic turned into money.
That game still lives.
As someone in organic ecom, this is a fascinating world to me. You're a genius haha
Transworld Advertising, Inc
EDEN FLORIST & GIFTS, INC.
Field of Flowers, Inc.
Petalos Flowers LLC
Catchy Tackle LLC
I wonder if they actually own all these or if they are just registering fraudulent accs under their names
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That's spectacular play.
Fraud, I don't know, but that's a play.
We live not for the money, but for the game, as the money follows if we play the game right.
If you don't make it fun, why bother getting out of bed, right?
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It's pretty easy to register LLCs. A random guy from a third world country can register multiple LLCs remotely.
I've seen these kind of videos pretty often and majority of them were riddled with comments about not receiving what was advertised, some said the tracking link says shipment originated in China. Maybe that's why they've turned off the comments.
Another reason why there are multiple LLCs is to maybe use multiple payment processor accounts to evade high chargeback rate.
This thread turned interesting, thanks to BTB for playing a guinea pig for our amusement lol
Looking forward to what gets delivered, if something gets delivered at all. It's either an elaborate scam or just a dropshipping operation.
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It's fun, right?
My Father taught me, without even using words when I worked for him @ a dollar a day (which was twice what I was worth, and still twice what I'm worth), you make your work life fun.
Rufai
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Oh man! You're older than my father. Thought you are in your 40s.
Anyhow, keep us posted. Interested to see how this goes
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I don't think they are targeting, you and I are a different demographic, and I've never looked on anywhere for a walking stick.
I do use a cane to walk, but I don't look online for any such thing as the one I have I bought 2 or 3 years ago on Amazon.
I think they just spam their ads.
I am in my 20s, so I bet they are just going very broad?