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There's a number of paid to surf sites out there, they all promise to payout in return for watching hours and hours of advertisements as well as getting referrals. As well as pay to surf, some sites promise to pay you to click (paid to click), to register, to fill out surveys, to play games or just about anything else on-line. Another popular offering is virtually guaranteed high yield investments.

Unfortunately it seems that many of these schemes don't actually pay as promised and are therefore a blatant scam. The rogue company then makes it's money from either advertising or from initial investments and never ever pays anything back. Often one can waste many hours building up an account balance to the alleged payout threshold, only to find that payouts just don't happen. It's worse still if you invest in an apparent high yield investment and get nothing back what-so-ever. Often customers Email the company and complain repeatedly to no avail. Most people are forced to eventually give up and count their losses.

Here's a list of many suspected scam sites as of the 27th May 2008, I say "suspected" as so far I've found no conclusive evidence of payouts from any of them across the Internet. If you know different, please let me know so I can correct the information immediately:

SUSPECTED SCAM LIST

BLUE - Web site on-line at the time of writing
RED - Web site off-line at the time of writing

http://www.1-800-mail.com (Paid to click on Emails)

http://www.2-opt.com (Paid to click on Emails, to surf, paid surveys and more)

http://www.Adraker.com  (High yield investment - suspect lot's of people have lost their investment)             

http://www.Adsmaker.net (Paid to read Emails)

http://www.Autosurfnow.com (Paid to surf and to click)

http://www.Awsurveys.com (Paid to complete surveys - many people say it's a scam and haven't been paid, but unsure as I've also found 2 people who say they have been paid)

http://www.Bestcashrewards.com (High yield investment, was found to be an illegal pyramid scheme)

http://www.Catchcash.com (Asking for password, saying members only - can't register or look at site)

http://www.Cashfiesta.com (Paid to surf & complete offers - tested, completed offers, but didn't receive all the rewards due - they may pay, but the system is certainly very unreliable)

http://www.Chobitsmails.com (Paid to read Emails)

http://www.Cocahyip.com (High yield investment - suspect lot's of people have lost their investment)

http://www.CopperFlame.com (Paid to click and read Ads)

http://www.Deltacash.com (Listed as a scam across the Internet, but can't find any more information)

http://www.DirectGalleries.com (Paid to surf adult sites - masses of people also say this is a scam - UPDATE 1ST JUNE 2008 - NOW TESTED - 100% CONFIRMED SCAM - I earned over $35 which is the pay out threshold, but the payment form failed to appear at the end of the month as clearly promised, later on the 31/5/2008, the site went down completely. I've previously tried contacting the company repeatedly using the contact us form and have never received a single reply. I've looked at the "WhoIs" information on the site to get the company's address & Email, but the domain is registered through a proxy company so to avoid disclosing this information. This is a blatant illegal scam, the site hasn't just been abandoned as they've updated the list of sites surfed recently at the time of writing, so they're making money from new advertising while refusing to pay anything out as what-so-ever! I'm now searching for places to report this site in an attempt to close them down. I'd love the owners to be brought to justice, but this unfortunately rarely happens.)

http://www.Dollarslove.com (Paid to click on Emails - you have to reach a staggering $200 minimum payout before finding out if they really pay)

http://www.DrumCash.com (Paid to click - you have to reach a very large $100 minimum payout before finding out it they really pay)

http://www.Enjoyfunds.com (Paid to surf - off-line at the time of writing)

http://www.FaceHyip.com (High yield investment - suspect lot's of people have lost their investment)

http://www.Gamma-Cash.com (Paid to click)

http://www.GreenHorse.com (Paid to surf)

http://www.GoldDownline.com (Paid to click)

http://www.Happysurfs.com (Paid to surf and high yield investment - suspect lot's of people have lost their investment)

http://www.Itpaystolearn.com (Paid to answer quiz questions - taken over and changed totally - no longer a suspected scam site)

http://www.Junglegold.com (Not sure why this is listed as a scam site across the Internet)

http://www.LinkBucks.com (Paid to share your links across forums or other websites - listed as a scam site across the Internet, but unsure as seen mixed reviews)

http://www.Minutegold.com (Paid to click)

http://www.Netgold4u.com (Paid to click)

http://www.NetQuer.com (Paid to click - listed as a scam site across the Internet, but unsure as seen mixed reviews)

http://www.Nocs.us (Paid to register)

http://www.Nuclearhits.com (Paid to surf - paid to link, paid to add ads to your website - listed as a scam site across the Internet, but unsure as I've also seen a apparent proof of payment)

http://www.Numenmail.com (Paid to click - promising stupidly high payouts at $80 per Email and I don't believe that's possible)

http://www.Ranoscash.com (Paid to click)

http://www.Robo-Gold.com (Includes a long list of high yield investments links that are recommended by this site - all links include their affiliate ID so if you invest, they make a cut)

http://www.StrongPTR.com (Paid to click - bandwidth exceeded when accessing site at the time of writing, this destroys my confidence in them as a good company surely wouldn't let this happen)

http://www.SurfJunky.com (Paid to surf - masses of people say this is a scam and they've been going for a long time)

http://www.Surforhits.com (Pay to click)

http://www.Typeinternational.com (For $47 they offer work at home programs and income is apparently guaranteed - reports of numerous people paying them and then hearing nothing)

http://www.Viper-Clicks.com (Paid to click)

http://www.Wealthwars.com (Play an on-line game to win cash and prizes - reported by some never to pay anything)

http://www.Wowearnings.com (Paid to click and to register)

http://www.Zwallet.com (Pay to use their free Email service)

Here's a much longer list of paid to click services that are allegedly a scam, it's a little more out of date at the time of writing, updated October 2007:

http://www.gptworld.org/showthread.php?t=401

My list mainly includes "Paid To" and high yield investment scams, there's thousands of other scams sites out there across the Internet, far too many to publish. The list is far from conclusive and new sites are appearing all the time. Sadly there seems to be so many scams that it's hard to spot genuine companies that actually pay out as promised. It's amazing that rogue companies are left to operate in this way for so long while nothing gets done to stop them. Scamming has become big business on the Internet, some scamming sites have been ripping people off for years, yet still nothing is done to stop it. Other scam sites rip off lots of people and then disappear. The owner then starts over with a new scam site and maybe even running various scam sites at once. The whole thing is getting out of control and more should be done to investigate and shut down the offending organisations.

Using “WhoIs” To Your Advantage To Help Avoid Scams

With every registered domain on the Internet today, the owner is required to register up to date details including their mailing address and Email. All this information is kept on a large database called “WhoIs” which is freely and publicly available. If these details are later found to be false, the domain maybe removed. Many dodgy companies have found a loophole in this system and are registering using a proxy company like "Domains by Proxy, Inc." to avoid disclosing this information. I'm not saying that every company registered by proxy is dodgy, but most legitimate companies register their actual address as they've got nothing to hide.

Occasionally you may find some information is missing with a warning, like “The IP address from which you have visited the Network Solutions Registrar WHOIS database is contained within a list of IP addresses that may have failed to abide by Network Solutions' WHOIS policy”. This is then very suspicious and unless this information is corrected shortly, it looks like the company tried to provide false information.

If the domain isn't registered by proxy, then you can find out where the company is operating from and much more. If operating outside Europe, the USA and other 1st world countries, they're not accountable to the same Internet enforcement laws, but I'm not saying that all companies operating outside the 1st world are scamming either.

Visit http://www.whois.ws to lookup "WhoIs" information on any domain. See WhoIs FAQ for more information.

Disclaimer

Pjcnet endeavours to make the information given as accurate as possible but cannot be held responsible for any mistakes or loss of revenue as a result of publishing this adverse information. We have no definite evidence to say these schemes are definitely a scam, people are urged to make up their own mind and/or research the schemes in question themselves before deciding to join. The information has been gathered from a selection of web pages across the Internet, most schemes haven't been tested by Pjcnet personally. If any information is found to be incorrect, we will correct it immediately. We will publish any statements received from any of the organisations in question, giving them a fair right to respond.

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