[danpalmer]

This may be true in the case of getting an ESTA from the US, but that's a very specific non-visa case. In general rules vary wildly depending on the source and destination countries. I'm in the UK, my colleagues here in the UK who are Indian citizens for example, have a much harder time getting entrance to the US.

> So yeah, it's nothing more than a scam.

I want to be really clear here because it makes a difference. I completely agree that this site is bad behaviour, and I think it shouldn't be allowed to operate, however I don't think it's a scam (i.e. illegal), and I'm not certain how one would craft a law that makes this illegal while keeping morally justifiable businesses.

Calling everything we don't like a scam makes it easy to miss things that are useful to someone that just doesn't have the same requirements as us. As an example, there was a time when I thought payday loans were scams, why would anyone get that it's just a terrible financial decision. Well, cash flow is A Thing, it's worth something, and people earning much less than me are more exposed to cash flow issues.