Paid to Read Scams

I think some of the scams running in Paid to Read are now coming to light. The two that concern me the most are InternationalMoneyBux.com and Topbux.com.

InternationalMoneyBux

InternationalMoneyBux.com opened for a few days and no doubt got lots of sign ups but the site has just been showing a message showing that there is a server problem for ages now. What concerns me is that the owner of the site has taken money from advertisers and those choosing to pay to upgrade and then just moved on to the next scam. From the Whois database the details are:

Registrant:
International Money Bux
VIA COLLODI, 1
Gassino Torinese, n 10090
IT

Registrar: NAMESDIRECT
Domain Name: INTERNATIONALMONEYBUX.COM
Created on: 08-AUG-07
Expires on: 08-AUG-08
Last Updated on: 08-AUG-07

Administrative, Technical Contact:
Sergio, Richard sergio.richard@poste.it
International Money Bux
VIA COLLODI, 1
Gassino Torinese, n 10090
IT
39 335 597-2903

I have emailed asking for reasons for the problems but had no response. Not that I expected any! Before joing any new sites check the Whois for details in case this joker is involved again. Why not e-mail and ask for details yourself if only to annoy his host.

TopBux

On Topbux added to the Browse Ads page is the note:

Note: If you cannot see much ads, please consider upgrade. Advertisers recent activity shows that they are targetting premium members. upto 90% ads goes to Premium members. TopBux prefers Premium_Pack_1.

The minimum price for the upgrade is $59. Now that represents an awful lot of clicks to be made and I am guessing that those who bought referrals are now finding that not many are getting ads to click on unless they have themselves upgraded. I'm advising everyone to steer well clear of this as the likelihood is that only a very few people will ever reach the payout level.

Sadly in this case the registrant cannot be identified as the domain is anonymously hosted by a provider BlueHost.com in Orem, Utah, USA. By the way I've seen loads of ads for them on Traffic Exchanges lately - could they be one and the same?

Let me know if you suspect any other scams - remember IF THE OFFER LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS.

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I'm Back in Paid to Read World

Paid to Read Meltdown?

I've been away on a forced, and unexpected, break. What do I find? Well I think the main thing is that the main $0.01 Paid to Read sites seem, almost without exception, to be flagging. I am seeing just the same old ads again and again on Bux.to now down to about 5 per day which is very disappointing. Adbux has a greater number but the value since the site revamp is below that of bux.to - in fact I don't know why I'm bothering.

Topbux and Tarbux seem to be just about hanging on. International Money Bux seems to have lasted only a few days and although others like ClixMedia are hanging in there (in fact Clix Media is showing me more ads lately) the real star for me is without doubt Make Free Money Online dot Info. I've been paid twice - although PayPal are being a pain to Chrissy at the moment - the ads keep coming and life is sweet there!

Adsentive is also performing well (PTP paying well here) together with Wordlinx and LinkGrand. Beyong these I frankly wouldn't bother!

I have to report payments from two surveys Global Test and Ciao. More on surveys next post.

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A Bunch of New Paid to Read sites

New Paid to Read

The Adbux clones just keep coming. With ClikBux, EnglandBux, RealBux, CashBux and InternationalMoneyBux among others. You'll notice I'm not joining them all - there's only so much research I can cope with!

The standout for me amongst the recent sites is Adsentive.

This site is a bit different to the rest in that it offers Paid to Read, Paid to Click, Paid to Search, Paid to Sign up and Paid to Promote all under one roof. Payment is available at a low $3 by PayPal or E-Gold. I have joined this and will use all of these options and report back here in the near future.

I have very high hopes of this site!

Make Free Money Online dot info continues to be a really good earner for me. With the revamp of the site there are more clicks available on a daily basis and they seem to be increasing - a very good sign! With the exceptionally low $1 level for payout I am reaching payout level very quickly. I am building a good downline here.

As for other sites I am using getref.com as my downline builder. I was lucky that my blog entry here won me gold membership for this site - I cannot recommend this site highly enough.

Warnings

Bux.to

I am very concerned that recently I have only seen self-generated ads coming from them. I know this could be because of geo-targeting of ads but I am really concerned that this site will not be sustainable for much longer.

AWSurveys Scam

It is worth joining Advercash just to read the testimonies of people who have lost money to AWSurveys. I don't care that you may come across, rarely, posts from people who have been paid - there are many out there that have had a miserable experience.

Please remember I will reject anonymous comments!

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