It's not really a matter of money and the funds not being held with an escrow, people are free to set up a campaign to advertise anything no matter if it's' their referral link or the Washington Post. It's a matter to promote a scam scheme.

Personally, I am disgusted to see members posting their application without even having a look at the project. They should be able to be aware of what they are willing to promote. If they had done so they would have realized the joke.
There are already enough people getting fooled and what they are doing is just helping more to catch more naive persons.

It's crazy, in the world for a few bucks people are willing to do anything.  2020 and nothing change:-\