I received some more new spam from Gamblerzguide... this time for Del Rio, with a $20 free chip awaiting me.
I'm sorry I've already blocked and binned it, or I would have posted more info. Hadn't realized the connection with the King's Palace Spam.
Seems to support my theory that this site acts as some kind of central hub for a mass spamming network, possibly bot based spamming. Killing this domain could deal them a nasty blow, but it would probably be a temporary one as I am sure they have already thought of this.
What is more concerning is that this seems to go beyond mere mass spamming, they are actually stealing installers from genuine casinos, repackaging them with fake names and fake websites, altering the installer file in some way, and even going so far as to fake the promotional terms and conditions for the genuine casinos users will end up installing by feeding them from their own domain, rather than that belonging to the casino.
I suspect the affiliate program is being defrauded too, as this could generate fake traffic, with players first signing up, but then not depositing because when they try to claim one of the fake promos fed from gamblerzguide they will be told their is no such promo, and never was. They may argue that they saw it on the casino website, and believe the casino is lying about never having had the promo. This is because the player would assume that the menu opened a page from within the Kings Palace site, but in fact it pulls in the pop-up from gamblerzguide.
I am also concerned at what looks like a fake Everest Gaming live CS hosted on "houseoffun(dot)com". This is where players will end up after having installed Kings Palace, and perhaps found it is actually Everest Casino, unless of course the changes made to the installer have been to change the name of the casino to Kings Palace, but it is actually Everest in disguise. In such a case, the fraudsters won't make money directly, but will be able to "skim" some from the transactions through the affiliate program, and may also be able to sell on the details of players, who will blame Everest gaming for having sold them out to the spammers. The email addresses alone are worth money.