Alert: E-gold Spoof Website Revealed!

It has been brought to our attention that there is a very well done e-gold spoof website out there that could possibly be fooling members into giving away their passwords and/or PIN codes.

This website is a very accurate clone of the main E-gold.com website and even contains the SRK protection tool, such as E-gold.com offers. The website address is www.e-qgold.com, and since this URL is written in lowercase, it may be extremely hard to notice for those that click on links within emails.

We were just informed of this by a Wired Surf member who wanted us to warn potential victims (thank you to Nate).

The way that it works is that users submit their e-gold usernames and passwords while encountering an authentic looking E-gold login form. The page indicates that the users account is temporarily frozen and that in order to re-activate it, they must enter in their email and password to receive a PIN code via email (very similar to the way E-gold works if your IP address changes). Once you enter in your details the operator of the website will capture your information immediately. After a user enters their details they are informed that the activation was unsuccessful and that the user needs to contact e-gold support.

Once this has occurred, the website reloads to the real E-gold.com website where users would attempt to contact the real E-gold support division for help with their account. By that time, it would be too late.

In light of this new spoof website, we ask that all members of Wired Surf are extremely cautious when entering their information into a website. Always ensure that the website you are at contains the URL: https://www.e-gold.com. E-gold operates NO other entry other than their main website domain.

It is our suggestion to never click on links within emails, but rather type in the URL yourself. This will minimize your risks and ensure that you are only entering your sensitive information into legitimate websites.

Sincerely,

Cameron

Wired Network

Wired Surf Update

We have the following plan in place in order to recover our program and move ahead at a fast and steady pace:

Sunday: We continue to migrate parts of our website over, as well as re-testing the surf bar to ensure that NO previous problems ever appear again.

Monday: We begin payouts, and will ensure all accounts are rolled over and all accounts have been credited for every day of down time.

Tuesday: The surf bar will be re-activated and members will be able to surf every day. All members will receive credit UP until Tuesday.

We will also continue payments throughout the week until we are completely caught up. Rest assured that even without new member upgrades we are able to completely pay ALL members who are due, just like we did in the instance where EMO went down retaining over $80,000 of our funds.

Wednesday: We expect by mid week to have a large portion of payments covered, and the majority of accounts completely set up (crediting and roll over). We will begin to restructure our support center to have additional departments with special account managers available to help anyone who is continuing to experience problems with their accounts (credits not appearing, etc).

By next Monday we should have all payments completed, and the site completely back up and running as if it never went down. This is our estimated date of complete recovery although we will do our best to meet this goal before this date.

Of course, we will continue to keep you posted with a mass-email going out to all members EVERY day next week (starting Tuesday) with information on our progress in regards to payments and all other activity that affects your membership with Wired Surf.

PS: Make sure that you have a valid email address in your Wired Surf profile in order to ensure that you receive our mailings!


Wired Surf

GENERAL GPT ADVICE

Before investing in GPT Programs there are several aspects to take into consideration. Here’s a list of the most important ones:

› Always get some knowledge about the GPT industry before making a decision to invest your money in GPT Programs. A good advice is to read every page of this BLOG before doing anything else. As mentioned before, when done right, GPT Investments are extremely profitable, but without knowing the industry and which programs to invest in you’ll most likely lose your money. Knowledge is one of the major keys to success in the GPT arena.

› Think about what your reasons for investing are. Are you looking at it as a solution to your financial problems you shouldn’t even think about it. As mentioned several times on this website, GPT are risky, and if you’re unlucky enough you could eventually end up without any money at all.

› Always think over your financial situation before taking the step to invest in GPT. Never invest more than you could afford to lose.· Are you a gambler or more careful? Even if GPT Investing is much like gambling there are options that seem to be safer than other. Decide how big risks you are willing to take.

› If you’ve made the decision to start investing, find a few programs that you believe in, and invest in all of them. Diversifying your investment on several programs will reduce the risks and you won’t lose everything if one program goes out of business.( sometimes diversifying is not a good idea,always get Knowledge on a particular programe)

› Before investing in a specific program, do some research on it. Do they provide any contact information,(physical address,Tel No,etc)? Where are they based? Check this out before making a final decision. --> scam-list<-click

› Always check what the rules are regarding withdrawals before investing in program. Some programs let you withdraw your money whenever you want. Others keep your money locked for months.

› Do some calculation on your own to find out how long it will take before you’ll get your investment back.

GPT Investment can tend to be very much like gambling. And yes, it is very much about luck and about finding the right programs. However, if you follow the advice given above you’ll dramatically increase the chances of winning the game.

Advertising or Investment? Part II

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Welcome to all new subscribers. Today's newsletter will focus upon the complaint that the Securites Exchange Commission filed against 12DailyPro back in late February/early March. I will also give some brief thoughts on the morality of this business. All back issues are posted on the home page of Autosurf Central. If you are no longer interested in receiving newsletters and updates from me, there is an unsubscribe link near the bottom of this email. Let's get to it:

Advertising or Investment? Part II
Near the end of February the Securites Exchange Commission filed a complaint against the 12DailyPro autosurf program for running a ponzi scheme and for violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Within the complaint the SEC builds their case against 12DailyPro by outlining the reasons membership fees(upgrades) were actually the sale of unregistered securities.

While the complaint targets just 12DailyPro, I like to look at a bigger picture. To me the SEC is telling us what is flawed about our business. They are telling us why we have to put up with so much fraud. They are telling us why our business is all about the money and nothing about the advertising(which is the product that is supposed to make this business legit). In my opinion the SEC makes some excellent points. Let's go over them one by one:

This is taken directly from the complaint filed by the SEC:

The Investment Nature of the 12DailyPro Membership Units
28. The membership fee paid by an upgraded member of 12DailyPro constitutes an investment contract because the receipt of payment from 12DailyPro is dependent upon a member's payment of the membership fee, and not on his or her provision of services.

29. Under the terms of the 12DailyPro program, the Defendants pay the purported 12% daily return only to upgraded(i.e., paying) members who agree to view 12 web pages per day, but pay nothing to regular(i.e., non-paying) members regardless of how many web pages they view.

30. The amount of returns that 12DailyPro pays an upgraded member is dependent solely upon how much money he or she has put into the program, not on the amount of service he or she renders to 12DailyPro. For instance, an upgraded member receiving the purported 12% daily return on a $6000 investment($720 per day) is not required to view any more web pages than an upgraded member receiving the purported 12% daily return on a $6 investment($0.72 per day).

31. The funds purportedly used to pay the upgraded members result principally from the efforts of the Defendants, and not from the efforts of the upgraded members. The 12DailyPro website states that upgraded members' earnings "are financed by multiple income streams, including advertising, and off-site investments." Upgraded members have no role, however, in negotiating advertising agreements, making off-site investments, or collecting revenue from any of the purported income sources.

32. The so-called "services" purportedly rendered by the upgraded members are minimal or non-existent. The Defendants estimate that upgraded members' web page surfing requirement will take five minutes per day. There is no requirement that members must evaluate, comment on, or otherwise respond to the web pages viewed. It is unclear whether 12DailyPro is even able to determine whether an upgraded member has actually viewed the web pages or simply turned his or her computer on and left the room.

Defendants' Operation of a Ponzi Scheme
37. Defendants, however, fail to disclose that...... other income streams are not sufficient to pay the promised returns to upgraded members...... Defendants will have to obtain an ever-increasing number of upgraded members, or investors, to continue to pay the returns promised to current investors.


In 28 through 32 the SEC is basically saying that in order to make money at 12DailyPro you had to give them money first. They are also saying that the amount you received was dependant upon the amount you spent in the first place. The amount you received was not dependant upon the quantity or quality of services you provided to 12DailyPro. In other words members with $6000 account levels were earning 1000 times more than members with $6 account levels even though they all performed the same amount of work. The SEC goes on to point out that the services(viewing 12 web pages) provided by 12DailyPro members were basically non-existent and had no bearing on the finances of the program.

Item 37 explains the ponzi elements of the 12DailyPro program.

So there it is all laid out for us. The SEC is telling us some of the things that are wrong with the paid to surf business. Is anybody listening to the SEC? It appears not. There have been some weak attempts to comply with the above guidelines. But no paid to surf program has come close to satisfying all six of the issues at the same time. Here is just an off the top of my head idea to satisfy all of the above issues:

1. Charge a monthly membership fee(subscription) separate from the purchase of upgrades and separate from the purchase of any additional advertising. The membership fee allows members to participate in the traffic exchange which generates hits and potentially visitors to members' websites. You pay the fee when you join. If you don't pay the fee you can't even get through the sign-up process. As a member you will also receive access to free marketing material/information to help you go out and bring in referrals.

2. Once you are a subscribed member, you may earn referral commissions whether you purchase additional ad packs or not. Residual commissions are paid on the monthly subscriptions. One time commissions are paid on the purchase of additional ad packs.

3. Also once you are a subscribed member, you may purchase additional advertising packages that include surf credits, sponsorship in emails sent to the membership, site of the week placement, banner impressions, pay-per-click placement, and any other creative advertising ideas. The purchase of additional ad packs also gives you the opportunity to get paid for viewing set quantities of websites each day. The number of websites required increases with the size of the ad pack purchased. So we have the amount of advertising received in line with the amount of the purchase. We also have the amount payed out in line with the amount of work performed by each member.

4. The program is a manual surf to increase the possibility of member sites being viewed. It's too easy to turn on an autosurf and do other work or go watch TV or whatever. Manual surf will keep the majority of surfers at their computer and cause the majority of surfers to at least peek at your ad each time it pops up on their screens. I am also in favor of voting for your favorite ad during each viewing session and having the admin provide that feedback to the members in the form of a weekly report. There is one program that currently does this to some extent. I would also like to see data on which programs get opened by surfing members(which sites gets the most "Open This Site" clicks).

5. This is the kicker and it goes back to number 3 above. The daily earning percentage for each individual member is directly related to the number of referrals he/she brings into the program. A member with zero referrals will only be able to earn back the amount they paid for additional ad packs. So perhaps an ad pack lasts 100 days. A member with zero referrals all the way through the length of the upgrade will earn 1% each day giving them the opportunity to earn their $$ back. Perhaps a member with 10 referrals earns 1.1% per day for 100 days plus gets the residual income from the membership fees explained in number 1 above. A member with 20 referrals earns 1.2 % per day and so on. Obviously there would be a maximum percentage limit and I'm just throwing rough numbers out there without doing any formal calculations.

You can see what I'm doing here. I'm putting more focus upon the product which is advertising. I'm putting the amount of advertising received by a member in line with what they pay. I'm putting the surf earnings in line with how much work is performed by each member(via number of sites viewed and via number of referrals brought in).

Now there is more involved that what I layed out above(more revenue streams, technical costs, etc). The final key is going to be to satisfy issue number 37 layed out by the SEC. Ponzi finance is illegal. So I would have to work the numbers such that all of my revenue streams(not including ad pack purchases) are greater than the profits paid out to members on a monthly basis. In essence create a closed loop system where it is possible for members to earn a nice income by viewing websites and referring other members but where it is also possible for members to take a slight loss if a minimum number of referrals is not met(keep in mind you still receive traffic to your site and you still receive marketing material/info at no extra cost).

So there's one idea that perhaps somebody can build off of. That's why I'm including it in this newsletter going out to over 7200 people. That's why I will post the idea in the forum once I refine it a bit. We need ideas like this to critique and possibly test market. Ultimately we need serious businesspeople to run legitimate surf programs. Closed loop systems. No reliance upon new members upgrading. No reliance upon crazy autosurf/HYIP investments.

To wrap this up, the current paid to surf models are badly flawed. Not much is being done about it. We need to start doing something. If you have ideas or input or the desire to run a surf program, then come over to the Autosurf Central Cafe and get in the mix. Ask questions, post comments, kick around ideas.

Morality
I don't want to say much about this except that I believe it is important to ensure that anybody who signs up under one of your links knows what they are getting into. I'm talking in terms of the high risks involved with this business, the questionable legal aspects of the current business, and the security measures required to safely move funds into and out of processors. I say this because they are a lot of newbies still coming into the picture and they need proper direction and information before shelling out their hard-earned money. Make sure people don't go out and blow all of their funds on a scam program. Teach your referrals how you choose programs. Point them in the right direction. If you're just rolling in referrals and have no idea on their experience level and are not teaching them the truth about this business, then you are doing your referrals an injustice. That's just my opinion.

Thanks once again for reading. I plan on kicking another newsletter out either Friday or Monday.

Wishing You Success,

Jim Polak

Sorcex scam and other news alerts !!!

Looks like sorcex.com is a scam.

I lost a bit of money in there too.If you will notice the URL now redirects to SolidInvestment and the IP address does not work.

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Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that I have confirmation that offshore club are paying
through their debit card.  The blocked E-Gold account could have been
maliciously caused.

One member was paid as recently as yesterday.

We will let you know if there are any developments regarding the E-Gold
account situation.

Hyinquire
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IT has come to our attention that Offshoreclub.biz has had its E-Gold
account blocked.  While this does not mean that they have scammed out,
it does mean that you should be very, very careful.  We have been out of
Offshoreclub for a while.

If anyone has been paid in the last week, please let us know.

Wiredsurf has been down due to DDOS for about 24 hours and looks set to
be down for a little while longer.  There is no cause for alarm.  One
of the things stated in their announcement is that the attack was at
80mb/ps.  Which is scary for me considering the relatively cheap price for
100mbps fiber optic connections in my part of the world.  My prediction
is that we are going to see a massive escalation in DOS activity over
the next few years.

Take care,
Hyinquire

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