Scam Portrait

Scam portrait

 

Here you can find the major reasons for a PTC Site to be considered Scam or suspicious. In both ways you are not adviced to participate in such PTC Sites. Read what a PTC Site must do or must not do and learn how to understand the Scam.

For Your safety keep in mind that 99% from PTC sites are scam. Check the Scam PTC List before joining a new PTC Site you don't know.

So let's start 

About Forums

• That PTC has no forum;
• Nobody can post in forums;
• The forum is abandoned (the Admin missing from more  3-5 days);
• In forum we do not find "help" or "support" section;
• The forum has been reset without reasons;
• The forum link is not in index/home page;
• When you try to view the forum, and appear: "Login required. The page you're trying to access requires you to log in." or "Only registered members are allowed to access this section", it`s not good! (To 99% of BuxHost PTC sites, if we do not have a account, we not allowed to visit their forum. Have they something to hide? Of course yes, very many things like the complaints, in no case valid proof of payments. Do not recommend to invest money on PTC sites with secret forums!)
• When you try to register on forum, and appear: "...The administrator will review your account and if approved you will receive an e-mail at the address you specified." Very suspicious!
• When you try to post one message on forum, and appear: "This message has been submitted successfully, but it will need to be approved by a moderator before ...", it`s not good again!
• The Admin no answer you questions in max 48h or deleted your post from forum;
• In forum post only owner;
• On forum is low activity.

About Script

• Has Free or Low Script
• The script has many errors or viruses;
• In their script, have images with more money... and luxury cars with girls in bikinis;
• Writing on the site is very (excessively) large;
• Has the same script as other majors Scams (Ex: Bux.to, Bux.3...);
• The menu is invisible or almost invisible. (Ex. Famybux.com)
• Illegible writing on the site. (Ex. Linkmebux.com)
• Background color of the site is so dark, that the writing becomes illegible. (Ex: background color is blue and writing is black)

About Domain

• Has Free Domain
• Domain name contains words like free, instant...
• Has very loooong name of domain

About Payment

• The owner promise big eanings (Ex: $0,05-$10 per click or $20-10000 payout);
• "Total paid" can not be justified;
• Minimum payment is changed from day to day;
• In your payment history not appear date of request (Contact to the Admin);
• In payment history, payment appears as sent, but not received in fact. Check PayZa account or Paypal, then contact the owner if you have not received the money. Sometimes it is just a mistake, sometimes is not;
• The owner pays only part of the members;
• In Payment Proof (from forum), not find at least 50% from payments, with a screen shot of their;
• Members must to invest before cashout;
• Members will be paid with 10 - 50% of their total request;
• Withdrawal fee is more than 10% of the amount withdrawn;
• If when we register on PTC site, in TOS write "Instant payment", and when we request the payment, those payment are not instant, even if TOS has been changed, that PTC site became suspicious, especially if that site is very new.

About TOS (Terms Of Service)

• The TOS missing;
• The TOS is hidden in the site. (Ex.: see hiddenbux.com);
• The TOS is not 100% visible (ex. an advertisement is placed partially or completely over TOS);
• The TOS is changed very frequently;
• The TOS contains absurd rules. (Ex. "All your direct referrals will be deleted and put in the renting pool after you requested payout");
• In TOS not write about the minimum payment.
• In TOS not write about referrals. For example, I want to know how many referrals I can have?;
• In TOS write: "We have the right to suspend or terminate your account at any time, for any reason(???) and without warning or notice.";

General

• The sites uses a famous brand for to mislead users. Examples: Onbux-money.com, Neobux-india.com, etc;
• In sections "News" from Ptc script, the owner posted 3-4 month ago;
• In the down of page: "Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved" and we are in 2013;
• Ads missing
• Has Ads with many Scams (Ex: Bux.to, Bux3, Isabelmarco.com);
• The Owner close sometime another PTC site or stoped paying;

So with that beeing told i strongly suggest to check the PTC Scam list before you register a PTC Site.

In PTC Scam List we can find:

• Sites which we do not recommend them because are suspicious
• Sites which does not pay or does not pay to all members ;
• Sites which sell dreams or promise high earnings (like as $1-10000 per click). More than $0.02 are sweet dreams (checked)
• Sites which make selective payments;
• Sites owned by a dubious person or old scammer;
• Sites which cannout justified their "Total Paid" with payments proof (print screen) in forum;
• Sites which contain viruses;
• Sites which make E-mail Spam;
• Sites which no has forum or TOS;
• Sites which are abandoned, derelicts or have disappeared;
• Sites which have free script, free domain or low script;
• Sites which use a illegal license;
• Sites which scam name;
• Sites which redirect you;

What contains this list?

Sites which does not pay or does not pay to all members     Sites which sell dreams or promise high earnings (More than $0.01 per click for free members make that site suspicious). Important: Not all sites from this list are scam! But they are suspicious and you are not adviced to participate to those PTC Sites in any way

For Your Safety

• Do not believe in dreams (even if sometimes they are beautiful);
• Do not tell anyone your password;
• Never use the same password for all PTC, E-mail address, PayZa, Paypal, etc;
• Nobody has the right to ask your password. Valid for PTC, Emails, Bank account ...! Only you need to know the password.
• Do not use Proxy Connection or shared network environments for to log or to give clicks. Many sites do not accept such a connection!
• Preferably, use only personal PC to login or register in your accounts;
• 99% from PTCs sites are scam. Don`t register everyday when appear a new PTC;
• Before you register on a PTC, visit their forum;
• Any site, which has no forums possible will not pay you;
• No one will pay you more than $0.02 per e-mail or click, as standard member;
• $100-10000 cashout are only dreams;
• Carefully for your money. Don`t Upgrade if that PTC site has not a good reputation;
• "10 years subscription" - Not give us any guarantee that PTC site will be online for 10 years, and I noticed that many of them disappear in less than 6 months. Be careful where you choose to invest money!
• A valid proof of payment can be only a print screen with banking transaction performed. A print screen with details of the payment from PTC user account is unsustainable
• After click ads, possible will appear: Do you CHEAT? Pick the Number, Which 1 is the month, Pick the animal: you must answer correctly;
• 20-25 PTC sites can be enough;
• Read many forums about PTC sites;
• Read PTC Scam List daily.

Internet is full of scammers. Be smart!