A Scam by any other name is still A SCAM!
A scam is a scam, it does not matter how much the creators of the scam attempt to make it legitimate. Unfortunately as always there are people who can't see past the free dollar signs in their eyes.
Payboxme is a scam period. Why else would they be trying to look identical to an established legitimate payment processor called Paybox. they have gone so far as using an identical logo with a different color scheme. So they are using a fig leaf to disguise the scam, in this case 'copycatting' a legitimate site.
I wrote a blog on 2.0 about these fig leaves and I see the fig leaf approach still works. Sadly the majority are falling for the fig leaf. Let me tell all of you why that fig leaf is there. To con gullible people into joining this site. And people are joining. Just like with any scam, there are those who see this for what it is. And just like with any scam the marks defend it.
Well the day will come when this one hits somebody's radar. The way it's being promoted hopefully it will be soon. When it hits the radar I can guarantee that you will not be able to find those behind it. You can't find them now.
Try asking yourself a few questions here:
Why is there not an actual corporate site for the scheme?
I have hunted and hunted and not yet found anything except referrals links boasting that you can get $50 free for signing up.
Why is this site so closely tailored to looking like and imitating an existing legitimate site?
Interestingly enough when you search for a corporate site for the scam, you find the legitimate site and they are two different things.
Why is this not endorsed or promoted by the legitimate site?
If you look at the partner programs you see nothing at all about this scam.
Why is the $50 not actual real legal tender?
What exactly can you spend that Monopoly money on, a hotel for Boardwalk because you certainly cannot spend it in the real world. Your paybox dollars are worth zero-nada-nothing-zip. Nothing times fifty equals ZERO so guess what you actually have when they give you that fifty bucks. That's right! Nothing!
I will only say that I sincerely hope the authorities catch this one before too many people get hurt by it.
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Comments (47)
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
@Heather This is why I always stress due diligence. If there's not a corporate website you can easily access you have to ask yourself why. Too many of those promoting are caught up in the whole monopoly money thing. They are seeing dollar signs and not thinking about what those dollars are worth. This one is going to quickly bring attention from the FTC and US banking regulatory authorities as soon as the first person realizes they have been scammed and reports it.
The sad part is that th
Andy Anderson10
Owner Yuma Bloggers
Do the math on them grabbing just 100,000 people seeking the $50 and $20 a day for the 100 days to launch. Even before the investigation or reading the payable in PayBox dollars which have no value in real dollars in the TOS, this program should have sent thousands of red flags. I also notice that most of the people I have seen promoting this scam also promote PTC sites so they should know by now this is a PTC script and not a payment gateway script like Pay-Pal and Alert pay.
If you wish to
Patsy j Payne8
konnektions konsultant
Although I have seen numerous advertisements for this program, I did not join. I have been around long enough to know that you don't get something for nothing, particularly if it looks like cash. I joined a program similar to this one a couple of years back, just as I was reaching payout, the program closed. This is the pattern of such sites. I think the "monopoly" idea is kewt.
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Heather Clark8
Clarks Handmade Gifts
Thank you for the information. I will definately stop promoting this one.
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Scams like this succeed because of one thing...Greed. Something for nothing. It's amazing how otherwise intelligent people will fall for this time and time again. Oh well, at least the scammers can say they have job security.
John Stars10
Buyer beware!