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A friend of mine’s dad legit did win a million dollars in one of those popups. It was really early in the advertising days and I guess they were trying something.
Anyway he paid off all his kids’ houses and bought a nice fishing truck.
I doubt it will ever happen again but I was personal witness for it happening at least once.
That said, even after watching that I have never, and will never willingly click any popup.
I worked very, very briefly as CTO for one of the biggest companies in that space. I’m talking like about a month or two. The scam was getting users to register and click through affiliate links which could be monetized to offset the costs of the free iPod.
Shortly after I left, the company was literally sued out of existence for false marketing around their prizes. I was just happy the checks cleared. I ended up making about $30k for a total of a few hours of work, and dodged a massive karmic hit.
Also on a side note:
A friend of mine’s dad legit did win a million dollars in one of those popups. It was really early in the advertising days and I guess they were trying something.
Anyway he paid off all his kids’ houses and bought a nice fishing truck.
I doubt it will ever happen again but I was personal witness for it happening at least once.
That said, even after watching that I have never, and will never willingly click any popup.
I worked very, very briefly as CTO for one of the biggest companies in that space. I’m talking like about a month or two. The scam was getting users to register and click through affiliate links which could be monetized to offset the costs of the free iPod.
Shortly after I left, the company was literally sued out of existence for false marketing around their prizes. I was just happy the checks cleared. I ended up making about $30k for a total of a few hours of work, and dodged a massive karmic hit.
A rare example of people profiting during the dotcom collapse, I tip my hat to you!