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Bad Publishers Directory
Company Name
Contact Name
Type of Traffic
Reason Added
Date Added
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LeadsMax Group / LeadsMax Network
Kaitlyn Phan
Social
Misrepresented Source
2026-05-28
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Submitter Name: Ronnie
Submitter Company: LeadChimp
Submitter Email: ronnie@leadchimp.com
Bad Publisher Company: LeadsMax Group / LeadsMax Network
Contact: Kaitlyn Phan
Type of Traffic: Social
Reason: Misrepresented Source
Description: This company out of Vietnam is not affiliated with LeadsMax - they completely misrepresent the source of their "traffic", claiming to have "internal media buying" and "internal email". All they have is internal affiliate fraud.
No Response
Anirudh Dhir
Anirudh Dhir
Other
Fraud
2026-05-25
More Info for Anirudh Dhir
Submitter Name: Ronnie
Submitter Company: LeadChimp
Submitter Email: ronnie@leadchimp.com
Bad Publisher Company: Anirudh Dhir
Contact: Anirudh Dhir
Type of Traffic: Other
Reason: Fraud
Description: Claimed to be the owner of "PrimeLeadsLLC.com". Is certainly NOT the owner. When confronted with an email copied to the actual owner, Mr. Dhir disappeared.
No Response
Lotuscale
Rania Mekouar
Social
Fraud
2026-05-25
More Info for Lotuscale
Submitter Name: Ronnie
Submitter Company: LeadChimp
Submitter Email: ronnie@leadchimp.com
Bad Publisher Company: Lotuscale
Contact: Rania Mekouar
Type of Traffic: Social
Reason: Fraud
Description: Were given three opportunities to send legit traffic, failed every time. They claimed, "I checked with the team and they have no way to explain what happened, we sometimes have bot issues that can occur and generate false leads, we had this in the past as well."
No Response
Media Mosaic
Saqib "Simon" Khan
Email
Fraud
2026-05-25
More Info for Media Mosaic
Submitter Name: Ronnie
Submitter Company: LeadChimp
Submitter Email: ronnie@leadchimp.com
Bad Publisher Company: Media Mosaic
Contact: Saqib "Simon" Khan
Type of Traffic: Email
Reason: Fraud
Description: Claimed to send internal email - we received a ton of garbage. IPs had nothing to do with geo location of the person signing up, denied request. Completely fraudulent and then, when asked for details, they had to "check with their team" and disappeared.
No Response
ETN America
Shlomo
Email
Fraud
2026-03-03
More Info for ETN America
Submitter Name: Alverna Stewart
Submitter Company: porceh
Submitter Email: Alvernas@porceh.com
Bad Publisher Company: ETN America
Contact: Shlomo
Type of Traffic: Email
Reason: Fraud
Description: The leads provided by this publisher are aged and of extremely poor quality. None of the contacts actually requested the advertised services, and engagement data indicates that the submissions were generated through automated bot activity. The publisher claims to deliver thousands of leads, but all appear to be fraudulent, non-opted-in, and unusable for legitimate marketing.
No Response
AdTekneka
Kinjal Jivani
Email
Fraud
2025-11-03
More Info for AdTekneka
Submitter Name: Taylor Reed
Submitter Company: sociusmarketing.com
Submitter Email: Taylor@sociusmarketing.com
Bad Publisher Company: AdTekneka
Contact: Kinjal Jivani
Type of Traffic: Email
Reason: Fraud
Description: The leads provided by this publisher are aged and of extremely poor quality. None of the contacts actually requested the advertised services, and engagement data indicates that the submissions were generated through automated bot activity. The publisher claims to deliver thousands of leads, but all appear to be fraudulent, non-opted-in, and unusable for legitimate marketing.
Dispute Response from xgh5u1fw@yahoo.com
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AdAffTech
Jay Jivani
Paid Search
Fraud
2025-11-03
More Info for AdAffTech
Submitter Name: Taylor Reed
Submitter Company: sociusmarketing.com
Submitter Email: Taylor@sociusmarketing.com
Bad Publisher Company: AdAffTech
Contact: Jay Jivani
Type of Traffic: Paid Search
Reason: Fraud
Description: The leads provided by this publisher are aged and of extremely poor quality. None of the contacts actually requested the advertised services, and engagement data indicates that the submissions were generated through automated bot activity. The publisher claims to deliver thousands of leads, but all appear to be fraudulent, non-opted-in, and unusable for legitimate marketing.
Dispute Response from qjsgomjp@checkyourform.xyz
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Rapid Response Marketing LLC (xy7elite.com)
Kevin De Vincenzi
Paid Search
Fraud
2025-11-03
More Info for Rapid Response Marketing LLC (xy7elite.com)
Submitter Name: Taylor Reed
Submitter Company: sociusmarketing.com
Submitter Email: Taylor@sociusmarketing.com
Bad Publisher Company: Rapid Response Marketing LLC (xy7elite.com)
Contact: Kevin De Vincenzi
Type of Traffic: Paid Search
Reason: Fraud
Description: The leads provided by this publisher are aged and of extremely poor quality. None of the contacts actually requested the advertised services, and engagement data indicates that the submissions were generated through automated bot activity. The publisher claims to deliver thousands of leads, but all appear to be fraudulent, non-opted-in, and unusable for legitimate marketing.
Dispute Response from qjsgomjp@checkyourform.xyz
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ParasolLeads.com
Jamal Nasser
Paid Search
Fraud
2025-11-03
More Info for ParasolLeads.com
Submitter Name: Taylor Reed
Submitter Company: sociusmarketing.com
Submitter Email: Taylor@sociusmarketing.com
Bad Publisher Company: ParasolLeads.com
Contact: Jamal Nasser
Type of Traffic: Paid Search
Reason: Fraud
Description: The leads provided by this publisher are aged and of extremely poor quality. None of the contacts actually requested the advertised services, and engagement data indicates that the submissions were generated through automated bot activity. The publisher claims to deliver thousands of leads, but all appear to be fraudulent, non-opted-in, and unusable for legitimate marketing.
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