Tubeviews.net
Preyed upon my Christian faith, offered to increase my YouTube traffic for a fee, fake positive comments, outrageous fees

I received an unsolicited e-mail from a YouTube account holder offering to increase my channel exposure, just a few hours after posting new videos to my YouTube channel. The original text is as follows:

(—start of email—)

Nice Video. If you need any help getting your video exposed check out this site called www.tubeviews.net It has really done wonders for me, I have built 3 channels up with videos at top in position, this is my forth channel I'm going to working on now.

Sorry for the spaces in between each letter, some reason Youtube will not let you give an actual address in a comment. Real weird well

Have a Blessed day!

Ps. I really liked your channel!

(—end of email—)

It sounded suspicious to me, especially the claim that YouTube would not allow an actual address in a comment, which is not true; I do so in comments to other YouTubers all the time.

I did a search on Tubeviews.net and read from The Lawyers Video Studio (videoforlawyers. Blogspot.com) that it's a pay-for-comment service that claims to buy you positive comments on your YouTube video and/or channel and drive up your rankings so you can be famous. The home page of Tubeviews.net states that "stealth guerilla marketing tactics and little-known insider secrets" the company uses will increase one's channel traffic.

On its home page (www.tubeviews.net), this company offers 5,000 channel views for $13.99,100, 000 views for $105.99, and 500,000 views for $320.99. These are just some of the outrageous offers that will supposedly drive up your ratings and "make you famous", which is emphasized over and over again.

While such viral marketing techniques are unethical but (sadly) not illegal, I was angered that the company attempted to play on my Christian faith to sign up with its service. The clandestine way it contacted me was disturbing too, and betrayed the faith it claims to support.

Some people want to be the next YouTube sensation, like the recent woman who sang from "Les Miserables" on the British TV show "Britain's Got Talent", and are desperate to do anything that will get them exposure. I urge them not to fall for Tubeview's age-old pay-for-play, I-can-make-you-famous scheme, polished and updated for the Internet age.

I also encourage The complaint to investigate this company and if at all possible, shut them down.

Company: Tubeviews.net
Country: USA
Site: tubeviews.net

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