Surf Junky Turns Out To Be A Scam

[Nvidia]

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 :p).

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!

Edited March 5, 2005 by Nvidia

[heslo]

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

[stanneh]

u need to put this over on /.

[Dark Reaper]

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

[y0sh]

I thought as much.

[speddy187]

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

[+Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹]

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

[no-sweat]

is it possible to sue them?

[ZZOOzzoo]

What a surprise!!!!

[bfoos]

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

[macmax]

Thanks for alerting fellow neowenians :)

[The Decline]

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

[icetohot]

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

[Anthony T.]

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

[Colin-uk Veteran]

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

is it possible to sue them?

585571262[/snapback]

your not american by any chance are you? :rofl:

[vincent]

I'm surprised noone saw this coming ;)

[Fedorpheux]

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

[no-sweat]

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

your not american by any chance are you? :rofl:

585573339[/snapback]

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

[NeoXY]

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

585571002[/snapback]

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....?... :laugh:

[NeoXY]

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?....:laugh:

[no-sweat]

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?....:laugh:

585573527[/snapback]

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

[paintballboi07]

These are some interesting lines directly from their TOS.

Should any instances of fraud, system abuse, or any type of activity deemed to be inappropriate or illegal by Surf Junky be detected it may result in member termination and possible legal action.

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

Surf Junky may disclose any personally identifiable registration information or other collected information to third parties as covered in our  privacy policy.

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.

Payments may be withheld by Surf Junky for any given reason for any period of time.

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

All I can say is ... SCAM

[no-sweat]

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

[Oggy_666]

thnx mi m8 jus deleted his account

:D ;)

[DannyGlass]

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

Edited March 10, 2005 by fred666