Do You Really Believe Those Clickbank Earnings Screenshots?

Here's a quick video I made that shows you how the scammers fake their screenshot earnings on Clickbank or PayPal or whatever. All you need is a simple line of javascript in your browser. Have a look at the video and then have a go yourself with the javascript I'll give you below.

Here's the javascript to put in your browser while you have your account page open -

javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

Have fun being a millionaire!

Here's another screenshot of my fabulous earnings. This time PayPal shows I have $142 Million. Yippee!

Update on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 12:02AM by Malcolm Lambe

I tried this trick on an Adsense earnings page. Didn't work as well. I was able to doctor the figures but some of the words were underlined in red dots - making for a dead giveaway. Have a look -

Comments

[Jack]

Hey Malcom, you are my hero! Now I can go ahead to fake all my billion dollars clickbank earning screen shot...

That's why in those guru's mind, "newbies"="idiots".

We need MORE guys like you in the internet marketing world.

[Shafir Ahmad]

Hey Thanks buddy,

I never knew you could enter some javascript and be able to edit for screenshot purposes. I thought you had to view source, edit the html and fake it that a way.

Seems like that javascript could even be made into a link on the bookmarks toolbar

[Malcolm Lambe]

Hey Jack - it's not just newbies - they treat us all like idiots.

[Dave TImothy]

I'm so jaded I don't believe you either. Sorry...

[Jennilyn]

Wow, that's verry interesting...and yeah, I don't ever trust sites that say those things either. I really hate it when you are trying to close or go back and the website won't let you, with a pop up saying that if you leave, you'll miss out on all these great offers...

[Clickbank Code]

How many gurus do you think have faked their earnings like this? I wonder if your information actually helps people become aware or if it encourages shady affiliate vendors to pump out products with fake justification of their clickbank earnings. Good post sir. Thanks

[Mike Haydon]

OMG Malcolm, you just got urself a new fan (this isn't the first article of yours I've read). Good to see another Aussie doing so well for himself, particularly in a foreign country. Keep it up mate.

[shawn phillips]

Malcome,

Saw you on Duff's blog post...

Like your style.

Wanted to connect... drop me a line.

In Strength,
Shawn

[Richie Baga Donuts]

hey mate, great info....one question though....if this works for clickbank....could it work for all other affiliate programs? like say CPA programs? I always wondered if like guru's like those guys at ArbitrageConspiracy.com are trully making millions off their technique. I remember all those people even guru's got suckered into buying that $2000 course!! afterwards everyone was complaining they weren't making the same kind of money as the author.

Any thoughts?

[Malcolm Lambe]

@ Richie, yes it works on all sorts of sites - PayPal etc. That's why any screenshot of "earnings" is highly suspect.

[Ken Leatherman]

Malcome,

I must admit your signature file on the WF drove me to this blog.

My concern is with you posting the java script don't you think there is a strong possibility that some other person will use it to try to scam other folks. However, having said that I'm hoping you were simply trying to inform "uninformed" folks how it was done, so easily.

Are as we say here in the states "a lock will only keep honest people out. " Forgive the paraphrase.

[Bill Vlasak]

Neat unethical trick.I knew I could edit the html in a browser page but it never occurred to me to use it for creating a phony screenshot. That javascript must be a way of changing the html with WYSIWYG.
Is there a script to place in an address bar ,similar to javscript used to detect phony addresses in the browser, to detect if a screenshot is real ? Or perhaps to analyze the validity of the screenshot frame?

[Moi]

Just tried this trick on an Adsense earnings page. But some of the words were underlined in red dots - like a spelling error. So it was obvious it was "doctored". I'll post it here.

[Rich]

I don't know whether laugh or cry.
Hmmm.. lemme think.... if only someone could come up with a line of code so that clackbank/paypal actually believe it...