Chitika - A Scam and a Fraud

I tried Chitika instead of AdSense.  Everything went ok until it was near time to pay, and they suspended my account without reason, and never answered any of my e-mails.  I HIGHLY recommend avoiding Chitika as Chitika seems like they will rip you off.

 

 

 Here's the message thread to date:

From: Greg
Sent:
Friday, February 10, 2006 4:31 PM
To: 'Chitika Customer Service'
Subject: RE: Chitika Account Suspension Notice (N)

 

Hi

I never heard back on this.  I'm assuming at this point that you guys are not legit - there wasn't any fraud on my end, and I've worked with other on-line ads for years now without problem.

Please let me know what's up.

-Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:36 PM
> To: 'Chitika Customer Service'
> Subject: RE: Chitika Account Suspension Notice (N)
>
> Hi,
>
> What's going on here?  I actual had turned off adds from
> chitika a couple of weeks ago (I'm testing a few different
> providers right now - I had planned on going back to you, but..)
>
> Please let me know what exactly the problem is.
>
> Thanks,
> -Greg
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chitika Customer Service [mailto:support@chitika.com ]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:13 PM
> > To: Greg
> > Subject: Chitika Account Suspension Notice (N)
> >
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > We are sending this message to inform you that your account
> > ID: gratajik has been suspended. Traffic analysis for your account
> > highlighted plausible fraudulent activity or a breach of
> our terms and
> > conditions and we are suspending your account until we resolve this
> > issue.  We are also working with our ad partners to reject all
> > fraudulent clicks and refund the amounts.
> >
> > Please remove our code from your web pages immediately. You
> will not
> > be paid for any fraudulent traffic or for any traffic going forward.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chitika Customer Service
> >
> > This message contains confidential information intended
> only for the
> > use of the addressee(s) named above and November contain
> information that
> > is legally privileged. It is the property of Chitika, Inc.
> If you are
> > not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering
> it to the
> > addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating,
> > distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited
> and November be
> > unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please
> > notify sender immediately by return e-mail, fax or phone
> and destroy
> > the original communication and all copies thereof,
> including all, if
> > any, attachments. Thank you for your cooperation.
> >