WARNING: IF YOU SET UP YOUR SURF JUNKY ACCOUNT TO USE YOUR PAYPAL NAME, AND THE PASSWORD YOU USED FOR SURF JUNKY IS THE SAME AS THE ONE YOU USED FOR PAYPAL, CHANGE IT NOW WHILE YOUR ACCOUNT'S STILL ACTIVE, BEFORE THEY SUCK ALL YOUR MONEY STRAIGHT OUT OF YOUR ACCOUNT!

Last night, on their website, I read that they were getting ready to do payouts. Minutes later, my account was banned at about $13.00 for "using auto-refreshing programs" (I wasn't).

I thought it sounded a little fishy, and my suspicions rose even further today when I created a second account and it was banned again for "using auto-refreshing programs" (I wasn't, again) at about $2.00.

Then I read this little article from a friend of mine: http://merkey.net/surfjunky/

All the people that worked so hard to beat the system have been scammed (myself included ).

Anyway, just thought I'd share this, so everyone stops giving them free revenue.

Pass this along people, please. Thanks.

Mods, please don't delete this - this is a warning to everyone using it, nothing more.

EDIT: Just read this as well - they're a scam. Chances are, you put in a PayPal name to make the money easier to send to right? If your Surf Junky password is the same as your PayPal password, CHANGE IT NOW!

Thought so, that's why I dropped it after they banned my account the first time

u need to put this over on /.

I use to use those things. Never received any checks. Good thing I only clicked on $1 worth of ads.

I thought as much.

We never know i am at 15$ got to wait to the 15.

Same Thing happen to me, I raised up to 26 USD $ And it said It was banned for auto re-freshing....Retarded scam...

is it possible to sue them?

What a surprise!!!!

Glad I stopped after my account got banned @$18 and never gave them my paypal account info.

Thanks for alerting fellow neowenians

damn, thanks for reminding me. need to close account.

I saw this a while ago on an aim forum and lots of ppl talkd about it @ pay2surf forums

I had a feeling when I say this the first time.

i was thinking about starting to use this program, maybe not now




your not american by any chance are you?

I'm surprised noone saw this coming

what if you don't have the passwords the same? do they just never pay you or what?

i'm up to $16.54 and they havent banned me yet. i'm not using any auto-refreshing stuff or anything

they deserve to be sued. i wasted valuable time with them giving them money by viewing ads. and i got nothing in return. quick, someone file a class action lawsuit

that's exactly what happened to me 2 days ago....stupid retards...

and if you read their info, the guy registered the domain with GoDaddy and their contact number is (555) 555-5555....anyone want to call them....?...

oh yeah...and no it is not possible to sue surf junky because it says pretty clearly that they can ban/suspend your account anytime they want with no furture explination....they did say they will pay everyone...however...if they just ban everyone before pay day...who's going to know?....

how about we get a lynch mob together and go to his house?

These are some interesting lines directly from their TOS.


SurfJunky chooses what is considered illegal, and you can't do anything about it. They could ban you for basically anything.


Not only are they going to scam you into looking into advertisements, they are going to sell your personal info to third parties to make even more money.


They never have to pay you if they don't want to.

All I can say is ... SCAM

this ****es me off. someone hack the site.

thnx mi m8 jus deleted his account

I already made 5 bucks! It's pretty cool and I'm pretty sure it's legit. Just go on the site, it'll explain everything, then sign up, click earn money, click surf junky browser or whatever and the window will open up and change the site every 25 seconds or so...just let it run and you make money.

My friend already got a payment into paypal.

-DannyGlass

Well i don't know, i saw a discussion going on over at Red Flag Deals and it seems that they always find a way to close down your account so they don't have to pay you.

But keep us posted as to whether you get paid.

My friend got payed $30 into his paypal account and this is about the first real paying web surfing site ive come across that actually pays up.

-DannyGlass

I'm been using it but there's discussion going on about it being a scam so I stopped using it until something's confirmed about them being legit.

When i speak to my friend i will get him to take a screenshot of his payment and i will post it here to prove its legit.

-DannyGlass

Nice that you edited out the referral link

Still dont know if this is allowed as it is after all promoting SurfJunky.

is this legal?

Sorry didnt know that wasnt aloud, i will edit it now.

-DannyGlass

So he actually got paid? Wow I always thought this was defanitely a scam. Please get him to post a screenie of the transaction in his paypal account .

It is legit if you use it properly. They won't pay u if you use the autorefresh thing for firefox and have 'irregular' surfing habits.

However, using it properly is very annoying.

Yes i did notice it didnt work with FF so i just logged in with IE and it worked fine and all i did was install googlebar and IE was as good as FF for the popup side of things.

-DannyGlass

Used to have AllAdvantage (before they closed down) for 3 months, and I got paid like USD $30-40 per month!

scam: <URL Merged Here>

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=294785

Theres Already Like 8 Threads On this...Which is a Scam

^me too....that was a LONG time ago though

well my account is at 24.40 right now, cant wait to see if i'll get paid

Its a scam!

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http://www.surfjunky.com

Some service that pays you $0.75 an hour for surfing the web.

How does it work? All it's doing for me is constantly refreshing this one browser window how do they pay you too? They don't even tell you to provide your paypal info...

huh?

Its a scam, click the search button and search neowin for surfjunky, they claim they pay you for signing up to these sites, but when you get near your payout limit $25 they ban you, PS the paypal bit is actually on the options page but they won't pay you anyway

They do, but it is not in the initial personal entry form they ask you to fill out. Once you become registered, login with your username and password. Then, on the lefthand side, click "Options" (it has account settings written underneith). Once there, you have the options of customizing what ads you receive and then right under that is "payment options" you can't miss it.

Also, you can get paid by other methods too...there is paypal which I will use, but they can also send you a cheuqe, or use "StormPay" or "e-gold" <--I don't know what those last two are.

Right now my account is at $17.50...they pay you at $25 bucks. I will let everyone know if they make right on their word...I just thought i've got nothing to lose really.

and uh.. *scratches back of neck* if you were planning on signing up...would mind using my user name as a referal?

it's <URL Removed>

hope this info helped!
Rob

SCAM SCAM SCAM

Thread Closed

i am still waiting for a check for 30 dollors

My buddy claims he made just over $50 in less than 2 weeks. I'm working on some more proof from him to test this out.