4Flush what this webmaster is doing may not be literally “fraud” but it hurts the entire industry and at the least it is sleezy. It plainly is designed to screw the affiliate manager which leads the aff managers to make tougher wager requirments which then makes then takes away the incentive to the new playerer.
Even worse many of these new players do not read all the T&C’s and if the T&C’s have had to be tightened so much that they are not reasonable then the new player feels screwed.
I believe some of the Aff programs have a clause regarding the intent of the bonus and if so this type of advertising could be against the Affiliate T&C and thereby they could cancel and withhold the revenues of scummy affiliates like this.
I would have no problem with any aff program who would cancel and withhold any affs who would use this type of promotion.
Brian