My way of identifying SCAM...What are yours?
By darksorrow
@darksorrow (4666)
Bangladesh
September 21, 2008 9:39am CST
Well after getting scammed by many sites i have decided not to join unless i am sure they are a paying site or have a very low payout.
But there are other sites that are scams and also for many days in the business. But only forget to pay their members.
Now before i join any site i check 3 tings of that site. Those are:
1. Pay rate/Click
2. Referral click
3. Advertising rate
Well from the first two i can know that how much the ptc sites are paying to each click. From advertising rate i can know that how much they are charging to their advertisers for each click package.
For example: If the click rate is $0.0, Ref click is $0.005 so they are paying $0.015 each click. And now if they charge the advertisers $10 for 1000 clicks then it is a scam in my opinion. Because for 1,000 clicks the site has to pay 1,000*$0.015= $15 to their members. How are they going to pay extra $5 to their members. So they are not going to pay their members.
So do you have any way of identifying scams? What is it?
Now before i join any site i check 3 tings of that site. Those are:
1. Pay rate/Click
2. Referral click
3. Advertising rate
Well from the first two i can know that how much the ptc sites are paying to each click. From advertising rate i can know that how much they are charging to their advertisers for each click package.
For example: If the click rate is $0.0, Ref click is $0.005 so they are paying $0.015 each click. And now if they charge the advertisers $10 for 1000 clicks then it is a scam in my opinion. Because for 1,000 clicks the site has to pay 1,000*$0.015= $15 to their members. How are they going to pay extra $5 to their members. So they are not going to pay their members.
So do you have any way of identifying scams? What is it?4 people like this
10 responses
@redman7t (35)
• United States
21 Sep 08
I always look at the forums first(if they have a forum). If it seems to be active and there are no overwhelmingly bad comments about the site, then I might consider using the site. But that doesn't mean i'll actually use it, sometimes I don't use a site just by looking at its layout.
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@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
21 Sep 08
Yes all sites are not worth joining. Sometimes it is better to skip some sites.
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@fit4lifein07 (719)
• United States
7 Oct 08
beenpaid.com & gptboycott.com those have info on websites that have and haven't paid members that is what I have been using and so far I've been doing good
@illfavors (590)
• United States
21 Sep 08
I identify scams by researching the site first off to find out if anyone else has been paid by the site in question, or if there are known issues with it. Also, if the earnings that the site mentions sound too good to be true, then I usually stay away from it. Keep an eye out for spelling errors and typos because that is another indication that a site has just been thrown up quickly in the effort to make some fast cash, and then disappear all together.
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
21 Sep 08
Good show on the typos and spelling error!
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@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
21 Sep 08
Thanks for the information. I got another thing to identify the scams.
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@candysky (855)
• Malaysia
23 Sep 08
Well, i nvr think tat v can check it like tat... for me, i will go n check the minimum payout... is the minimum payout is low, then i will take my time to try it... coz it won't waste too much of my time if the payout is low... i can just try it... well, coz i still very new for all tis online earning, so i really hv no idea on how to identify them... wat i can do is just try it....
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
23 Sep 08
Hi, also read what others said on the first page of this discussion. Some people placed some really helpful hints which can save our time.
@Manojknair (603)
• India
22 Sep 08
i don't think its better way to check one site. even the site which got good payout record will not pay sometimes , i believe its all luck. what i did is I tried to do a research and went through all scam list an got some site which is not there. i am trusting those right now. visit manojknair.com and you will find that list.
@DamianC (31)
• United States
22 Sep 08
I think anything is possible these days and I think skepticism is sometimes that will stop and paralyze you from trying different things and to be open, but honestly to me a SCAM is "PAY MONEY and EVERYTHING IS DONE FOR YOU"
that to me is a SCAM. It makes sense you always have to work or put a little money and time into something that makes you money. NOthing in life is free. Or at least completely free.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
22 Sep 08
I have seen many new sites turned in to scams. I was a member on all of those. So just stopping joining new sites for now. Lets see what they bring next.
@suruchi86 (1873)
• India
18 Feb 09
I'm so sorry for coming in so late. Yes that is a good way to find out a scam. However, I've become further strict and join only those site which, either have been recommended by some friend or have proven payment record.
@GemmaR (8517)
•
21 Sep 08
I always look at the minimum payouts.
Those that are over $30 I usually ignore, as they know that it will take users a very long time to get up to that kind of money on their site.
Secondly, I look at referral prices.
Some charge $5 for 20 referrals. And I know that they can't afford to do that, so there has to be something wrong there!
Also some, but not all, of the sites which take months to pay their users properly aren't worth being on.
@darksorrow (4666)
• Bangladesh
22 Sep 08
you are right. At first reach payout & then wait long to get paid. This is just not good.
@pimagro24 (1046)
• Thailand
21 Sep 08
any more website are paid that like you write that mean they scam are you sure
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• India
23 Sep 08
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