Don't Rent Referrals in Smithbux!!
By yuna15
@yuna15 (2706)
Philippines
November 16, 2008 8:34am CST
My friends I made a big mistake of investing my earnings from another program to this program. Smithbux's system actually let me add funds even if there are no referrals available!! I am so furious!! If you check the forum everybody complains about not being able to rent and some also complain that their referrals don't click at all!!
Another bad thing is there are payment issues with most of the members and this was supposed to be automatic payment processing!
To all my friends, what can you say about this? Do you think smithbux is a scam? Because I sincerely think they are! 
. I made a dispute through AlertPay and hopefully they would refund my money. I sent them a link of the screen shot of the forum posts I made.
Please do check out the screen shot below you will see the issues of its members.
. I made a dispute through AlertPay and hopefully they would refund my money. I sent them a link of the screen shot of the forum posts I made.
Please do check out the screen shot below you will see the issues of its members.7 people like this
16 responses
@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
16 Nov 08
i think it is my fault.... i shouldnt known that you invest there... i always thought that you make a research first before you make anything move..... but this is the 1st time i saw you post like this.... tsk tsk... waaaahhhhhhhh......
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@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
17 Nov 08
investing our earning is a big start to earn for your self but some programs are bound to take it all from us... and im scared to in my investment in some programs and i always cross my fingers all the time i cashing out.... and thats a big downfall for me if i cant earn at net...
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@kykidd (6812)
• United States
17 Nov 08
Thank you for starting this discussion. I have always been interested to know about the programs that offer you the opportunity to purchase referrals. I haven't ever tried it, probably mainly because I had never had enough in the account to even try it.
I am sorry to hear that you spent the earnings from other sites to buy your referrals. I guess I will try to check out these forums in the future before I decide to take on either of these sites.
What about the other bux programs? Have you ever been paid by any of them? I am a member of a few and have reached payout many months ago on one of them, but never been paid. Hopefully they do not turn out to be a scam also.
Thanks again and have a great day!
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@curiousman (2427)
• Malaysia
16 Nov 08
If my memory serves me right, Rortiz told us that the owner is a scammer. I never joined that site.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
17 Nov 08
I've never heard of Smithbux but there are many scams out there. I paid a company to work on line but never received a penny. Too many frauds out there. I do hope that htis workd out o.k for you my friend.
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@trixyteddy (1070)
• India
17 Nov 08
You've got to be really very, very careful. This is the very reason I'm not ready for any online work where you have to invest, nor do I pay for referrals.
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@trinale (1479)
• United States
17 Nov 08
Ah, so you are the infamous Yuna15. I've actually been watching your forum post for about week now to see if there would be a response from the admin. I've been monitoring this site, but think I'll just drop it all together. I've had my reservations about this site but wanted to give the admin a fair shake. When they don't treat their clients right, I'm outta there!
Cheers,
Stan
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@jarael (665)
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16 Nov 08
i had this same problem a few days ago too and i was furious and sent a email to admin wanting my money back, but two days later there were more rederrals available so i bought them as my money would be stuck there otherwise. i think i will leave after my rented refferals have expired. doesnt seem such a good site.
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@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
Tsk tsk. Have you seen the posts in the forum? There are a lot of payment issues there. Most of them didn't get paid. They get an error message so I didn't bother getting referrals. I file a transaction dispute against them. I just received an e-mail from AlertPay if you wanna look at a glimpse the e-mail I received from them you can read this discussion: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1797384.aspx
@Jimeous (858)
• New Zealand
17 Nov 08
Wow that's good to know that, I was thinking of that as a potential site to earn money because of the Instant PayOuts. But if people are complaining about them to I might have to look for another site to trial out.
The biggest problem with these sites is that you need to either upgrade, buy referrals or get in really early before the admin does a runner. Thanks for the warnings regarding that site.
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@luciusaloc (291)
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16 Nov 08
I think it is a scam. The moment a site cannt fulfill something like that then you should send in a complaint to AP or PP. Another scam I think is on its way is a new site called professionalbux. I think they are new and are offering 500 referals for $200. If they are new,where are the referals coming from? Does anyone know anything about them?
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@mona269 (133)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
Uh-oh...There goes another one...
It's so frustrating sometimes when you are
just in the brink of nearing payout the site just sort of disappears
or has been suspended
or simply saying "thank you for your efforts but we are shutting down."
so far neo-bux and ara-bux are still the most trustworthy sites for me.
.I have not been a member of smithbux.I was thinkin gof joining the site because it was an instant payment site.Then i skipped the plan.Hope you get your refund as soon as possible.