Got Scammed? Fight Back! I Got My Money Back From A Scam Site!!
By yuna15
@yuna15 (2706)
Philippines
December 12, 2008 4:04am CST
Four days ago I got this E-mail from AlertPay:
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting AlertPay Customer Support. I am happy to assist you.
Your payment has already been reversed. Please check your account.
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Thank you for choosing AlertPay! If you have any additional questions, don't forget to consult our FAQs at www.helpdesk.alertpay.com!
Oggy
Customer Support
514-748-5774
www.alertpay.com
"My Way to Pay"
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This is actually the money I payed Smithbux for renting referrals. Just a reminder, this site is scam don't invest your money there!!Most of my friends knows about how I did this but here is a link to the discussion about the e-mail I got from Alertpay: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1797384.aspx. You should get a similar e-mail from them just be sure to update the ticket every once in a while so that AlertPay knows that you really want to get your money back. It took me a month before I got it, but still, I GOT IT BACK and I can still use it to invest with other sites!
If the sandra clicks site won't go back up until next week, I will also file a transaction dispute against them.
I hope this helps people who got scammed by any PTC site. Happy posting everybody!
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20 responses
@pitsay (172)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
HI there yuna, how did you do it, i was also scam by FROGRESS, Jake Terrano never return my $12, for others it might be a small amount but for me, i earned through hard work, it means a lot, and it is still $12 right, what should i do? Please help me too, as i want my money back. Thanks.
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
Frogress? I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with that program. I tried to do a search and I see that it's an HYIP program. If you payed through PayPal it's much easier to file a dispute.
If it's through AlertPay I suggest that you try to contact the admin of the site again and before to post it in the forums and try to contact them directly. If you don't receive any reply I suggest that you save screen shots of your forum posts.
Then go alertpay's site. Here's the direct link for creating a ticket in AlertPay - https://helpdesk.alertpay.com/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=submit. Choose Transaction Dispute then just follow the on-screen instructions.
@saichandtalluri (1486)
• India
12 Dec 08
congrates first I'd be happy with everyone so you were here very lucky person you got back your money and the right time but tell me what exactly have you done to get your money which site has spammed you?I think you were cheated by the online paying website acting as a small mistake by the company so best of luck once again
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
The site is SmithBux. I mentioned that in my discussion, by the way *grins widely*. First I tried to contact SmithBux because AlertPay is gonna ask if you were able to contact them. So I did, but then I didn't get any reply from them at all. I even did screen shots of my forum posts so I have proof and sent it to AlertPay.
You just have to go their site and open a ticket and choose "Transaction Dispute."
@darshan36 (497)
• India
16 Dec 08
hey i want to know that when did smithbux scam you? Was it before they dissappeared or after coming back? COz I have invested 5USD and currently the site is absolutely fine and paying members consistently. Check forums. So please reply me as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.
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@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
I have no idea if they disappeared and I don't even care. I invested $5 in that site and I never got my referrals at all. I posted a complain in their forum but they never responded at all.
They responded to the ticket only once with merely, one line saying " What's the problem?." Take note, he replied on the 10th day! Which is the expiry of the ticket supposedly if he doesn't reply. He obviously knows what's the problem but I repeated it to him because he's apparently ignorant about the issue.
I'm sorry but Smithbux is a scam no doubt about and I proved it to myself.
@quarvalsharess (989)
• Malaysia
12 Dec 08
wow!! That's great!! too bad I paid occupex referrals using paypal. They cannot do anything about it! I tried asking occupex a few times and I posted in the forums and I also told paypal about it. But paypal won't help!! eargh!!
I wish that alertpay verified me already!! I've sent everything they wanted but they're not verifying me and asked for me to get clearer pictures!! ARGH!!
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
Probably because you received the referrals but they are just not active. In my case, I never received my referrals at all. Are you PayPal verified? Or is Occupex PayPal verified? If they are PayPal verified then you be protected with the rules of PayPal against merchants like this.
@chiaeugene (2225)
• China
12 Dec 08
wow, great for you. if we can do this then it will be great. this will make sure those sites would not get away so easily. it would be even better if their account get freeze with their money inside it. I hope more members would do it if they had invested money into their sites
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@arkadeb313 (593)
• India
12 Dec 08
Cheers! for winning the battle.
Luckily though I am not one of them, the news certainly gives a sense of relief that those sites who are taking money and scmming other people are not getting free. It saves the innocent people who want to make some extra money in a legitimate way by investing their talent and time and investing hard earned money and also is beneficial for the sites which are not scam and does not want to cheat others.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
13 Dec 08
Hey that is great news. Glad it worked out fine for you.
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@darshan36 (497)
• India
16 Dec 08
Hey when did the site scam you? Was it before they dissappeared or is it when they are now online? Coz I have invested 5USD there. And currently the site is working fine and no problems at all. They are paying instantly and all members are getting payed everyday. So please reply me asap. Thanks in advance.
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@ladynetz (968)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
Good for you!
This does not happen too much.
Do you really think that everyone who'll fill in a complain will get their money back?
I wish - but I'm pretty skeptical.
Once the money are gone,that's it-you don't see them back.
But hey! You got it - you're lucky!
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@shalli17here (627)
• Indonesia
13 Dec 08
hi Yuna..can u explain it to me how did u get that refunded payment ? did u report that they're a scam n the alertpay sent the money back to u themself or wat ?
btw i have another story bout sth similar like this..its about my-data-team.com. ive just refunded my membership fee there, i was their member. just an information, important information actually..my-data-team.com is not a scam at all, it just didnt work for me but maybe it will work for US citizens. they already refunded my membership fee, exactly one day after i sent them my refund email. they really made it easy for me, i believe that they're not a scam at all. its a good site, ive learnt n got many things from them, but it just didnt work out well for me to earning money online..
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
12 Dec 08
well good for you there is so many scam site out there that do not pay there people iam so ssared to even sign up to these new sites i think i will stay where iam.
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@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
12 Dec 08
Good to know that you got your money back. It's pretty long process to get your money back from this scam site but it would be a warning to these sites that people are wiser from their schemes and will not tolerate to be scam. I'm glad that Alertpay do really take things seriously. This post are really helpful to fight these scam sites and to at least knowledge people that they can get back there money. 
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@chantalgiardina (2523)
• United States
13 Dec 08
congrats..most people never see their money after something like this
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@loxion (1553)
• India
12 Dec 08
Wow, i bet the guys at alertpay were really fighting for their customer's right also, i think this is great, we need that kind of insurance and investigation on our on-line banks.
Handup for alertpay and you on winning that fight against that scam site
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@TrayBlaylock (630)
• United States
13 Dec 08
I see you got had from the best in the business. Make sure you look into these websites before you just sign up for random stuff on the internet.
