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September 4th, 2009
iPorn Scam Revealed: User Numbers are a fraud–Francis Koenig ripping off advertisers
Apparently it was not enough for Francis to rip off AdultVest investors for millions of dollars, now he has turned his sights on ripping off the adult industry itself. Francis has bilked lots of porn advertisers out of some big dollars by faking the iPorn user numbers. Not only does Francis claim that iPorn is worth $1 B, he is telling advertisers that iPorn has 500,000 unique users per day (the real number is 8K/day) and making copies of his Alexa ranking as proof. This is how he perpetrated his scam:
In late May, iPorn’s Alexa ranking was 201,000. A few weeks later it was 2,986. This type of meteoric growth is nearly impossible. In iPorn’s case, it was fraudulent. Francis spent tens of thousands of dollars with traffic brokers to purchase garbage traffic — skimmed traffic redirects, pop-unders and 404 error redirects. In fact he purchased 25 million of these hits from one traffic broker alone. This is the kind of traffic that users have no idea how they got on a site and just click on the site to close it…before it pops up again…and again…and again. Of course nothing converts because these users never meant to go to the iPorn site in the first place and most leave within seconds – the amount of time it takes to find the close window button.
Francis figured out how to game his Alexa rankings by throwing lots of dollars to get tens of millions of hits in a short period of time. Once iPorn broke into the top 3000 ranking on Alexa, Francis instructed his salespeople (most who have left the company because they did not want to be part of Francis’ fraudulent scheme) to make screen capture shots of the ranking and start ‘dialing for dollars’ calling every company that advertises on porn sites and getting pre-payments based on his Alexa ranking. Francis targeted a few of the larger companies to contact himself, to create six figure deals to rip them off personally.
Surprisingly, many top companies fell for the scam and prepaid ad dollars, and a few of the larger companies entered into more complicated deals so that Francis could charge them the really big bucks. Some of these larger companies did a 2 or 3 day test to confirm the numbers. When this occurred, Francis purchased some higher quality traffic just during the test phase to be sure that the conversion rates were not in the toilette. After the test—and AFTER the money was wired into his bank account–Francis would turn off the higher quality traffic because he was losing money on it.
This was a good scam because it is believed that Francis raked in well over $500,000 within the past month from his victims. Now, of course, there was the small problem of delivering on the numbers. Advertisers quickly started phoning iPorn demanding their money back. So Francis devised another scheme and ordered one of his techs to create a script to send 50% of this phony traffic directly to the advertisers on a rotation basis so they would see lots of clicks—but to have the traffic appear that it was coming from iPorn and not directly from the traffic brokers.
The other 50% of the phony traffic still goes to iPorn to keep the Alexa rankings high so he can continue to perpetrate his scam. However, Francis does not want to blow all his new cash on traffic (he needs most of it to spend on his lavish lifestyle since he already blew all the AdultVest investors money), so you will see that his iPorn Alexa ranking has been slipping.
And those poor advertisers, they are now getting clicks from users who not only have no idea who iPorn is, but have no idea how they got to the advertisers ads in the first place. Do you think there are good conversions going on? Well, I bet the advertisers know their not—and if they read this—they now will know why.
But Francis has not stopped there. Quick recap: 1) Francis bilks well-heeled investors for millions in AdultVest, 2) Francis bilks porn advertisers and other big companies for hundreds of thousands. What is the encore?
Now he has targeted the ‘little guy’ and trying to bilk people not in the industry out of their life savings by attempting to sell “iPorn clone sites” for $25K each. These clone sites are exact duplicates of the iPorn site, but with a different logo slapped on it—and Francis gets the cash upfront plus 50% of any ad revenue on the site. Now, these so called clone sites does not take very long to create and charging $2500 might be a stretch—but $25K is robbery. And of course, Francis is sending some of his phony traffic to the clone site (yes, he already found one poor sucker to take him up on his offer) to ‘prove’ that this was a legit deal. Well you can be the judge of this one.
I finally come to the end of posting my iPorn expose. Fact is stranger than fiction and knowledge is power my friends—so anyone else that gets ripped off by Francis Koenig can’t say that they were not warned beforehand…unless of course they don’t read this forum. So do this industry a huge favor and share this posting wherever you can.
July 30th, 2009
Looks like the Brazzers thread is headed to 10000?
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=917174
Is this the biggest thread in GFY history?
July 15th, 2009
It should be interesting to see that “Business of Pleasure” thing on CNBC tonight. I bet when they started that show they were looking for a ratings-boosting-cock-swagger piece about rich pornographers and big-tittied pornstars, but after they researched the story for a bit they found the biz was headed to hell in a handbasket even faster than other sectors. That’s when they knew they had a real story.
They probably saw was a bunch of scared people and a lot of phoney optimism, while everyone wondering where the next dollar will come from or looking are to exit the biz. The money has to come in from somewhere and as internet porno people (the current #1 form of distribution) we are at the top of the food chain. If the money is no longer trickling in from the top…where is it going to trickle too? This effects everyone, from production, talent, shooters, manufacturers, and most anyone who is heavily levaraged in the adult business - straight down the line!
The really sad part is WE ARE DOING IT TO OURSELVES! All you tube loving idiots need to go die, like yesterday!
Porn: Business of Pleasure
Wed, Jul 15, 9:00p - 10:00p
CNBC
2009 | 60 mins
Inside the multibillion-dollar pornography industry; interviews with adult-film performers and company executives.
July 1st, 2009
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June 21st, 2009
Here are some pics of the surgery they did after 18 days in the hospital. The incisions go all the way from my waist to my armpit and are painful as hell!
Wound #1
Wound #2
Wound #3
June 15th, 2009
I had surgery yesterday. Hopefuly things wlll improve.
I have a cathdaer in my dick, tubes in my chest, and have never been in so much pain or so scared
February 1st, 2008
I’ve been thinking about posting some of my greatest verbal venom up here on my blog for a while. I just figured by the time you see the link here you’ve already read it on GFY.
Luckily for me, some “experts” have come forward to recognize my accompishments:
Emerging Thread of the year Nominees
January 3rd, 2008
XXXJay Fired from KSEX
Porn Valley- KSEX put out the following word: KSEX prides itself on the unfettered irreverence of its on-air personalities and was delighted to broadcast and host the Rude.com $20,000 giveaway show entitled “A Very Rude Xmas” on December 21st 2007.
During that December 21st show, former KSEX on-air host XXX Jay of OCCASH demonstrated a lack of professionalism, lack of basic courtesy to the show guests, and a complete lack of any broadcasting ability or know-how.
The 13,000+ viewers and chatters that came through that 2 hour show were virtually unanimous in their disapproval over Jay’s behavior, and rightfully so. He acted in a manner unacceptable to KSEX management and we have accordingly terminated his hosting of any future KSEX shows.
It goes without saying that his actions, statements, and opinions during the December 21st show and subsequently, in no way reflect those of KSEX owners, staff or fans. Rude is here to stay and Jay is gone! Look for exciting new things in 2008.
Source: http://adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=25846
December 5th, 2007
When I left the house at 11:30 PM I should have known I had it coming. I pulled out of my driveway — a black cat crossed my path.
As a rule: I NEVER drink when I am driving. Not because I am worried I will kill people, strictly legality.
Around 11:30 PM, I figured by the LA one-thirty last call I wouldn’t even have time to get drunk, so I drove. I went to the bar. I did what I usually do. About 6 to seven Bud lights and 6 shots of Jaguar pretty fast.
For me: not really drunk.
For the Law: Way over the limit.
I wound up handing out with “Mystery” and “Matador” from the Pick-Up-Artist (the worlds #1 and #2 pick-up-artists respectively).
At some point, this really hot girl in a tied up Slayer shirt comes up to me and tells me that she recognizes from a long time ago.
She then puts a Narco pill in my mouth.
I leave the bar and am invited to a party at mystery’s house, but decide that I just ought to go home. On my way, I get pulled over by the cops for the smoked taillights on my car, which I had just gotten a ticket a few days before.
The cop comes up to my window and I just kicked into survival mode. I’m not the toughest or smartest guy in the world, but I’ve been through enough shit that would have killed 10 other men. Considering my rather lengthy criminal record, a DUI would have sent me to prison for sure.
Somehow, I managed to pull shit together and calmly tell the cop I knew about the taillight problem. He then gave me a sobriety test, which I should have failed for countless reasons, but didn’t.
If he had pulled out the breathalyzer, that would have been my ass. I wasn’t really that drunk, but I was drunk enough, plus the pills.
Somehow, I managed to make it home, so I am typing this now.
A rule I have lived for by many years and have only broken on very rare occasions: If you are going out drinking, take a fucking cab. Your freedom is not worth it.
That is all.
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