Just had a classic scam play out. Hit up a new affiliate manager for a legit offer, they seemed responsive at first, gave me some vague promise about payouts, then disappeared. No reply after a week. Turns out they're just ghosting to stall and keep your traffic in limbo. I've seen this happen enough times to smell a scam. Beware of AMs who dodge your questions, stall on payments, or just vanish w/o reason. If they don't give you clear info upfront or keep stalling on payouts, cut your losses. No deal is worth chasing a ghost. Anyone else got burned by these?