The comments in the CCN article are very informative and entertaining. One guy (Randy Smith) who claims to work as a private contractor to sniff out scammers and fraudulent services for Amazon wrote:
flags to look for:
1. Does the website of the business feature original content or is it simply copied from another website. Answer: copied
2. Is the product or service cheaper than competitors offering the same exact product or service. Answer: yes.
3. Are there obvious attempts from representatives of the company attempting to influence potential customers with fake reviews or forum posts pretending to be customers? Answer: yes.
4. Is there anything else suspicious or obviously illegal about this product or service? Answer: yes. Network affiliates are, by law, only allowed to retransmit within their footprint, or native area, and not allowed to retransmit outside that area.
5. Other notes: SkyStream was previously a distributer of pirated proprietary content commonly found on Kodi boxes.
These all point toward a high probability that this company is operating fraudulently
In a separate post: I already contacted the FTC so the ball is in their court. My work is done. Time to grab the popcorn and watch the meltdown.
Another guy commenting on the same similarities msmith198025 pointed out above added:
Yesterday I looked at the source code of the site and there were a few references to "huluassets." Looking at the site, it looks lifted from the Hulu Live page.
And a John Doe pointed to the obvious:
Their FAQ has a question which asks, "Is This Legal?"
Doesn't sound like a question that a legit service would need to answer.
