xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
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join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA | pt barnum was right even if the attributed quote wasnt actually made by him.
there really is one born every minute. | |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
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Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| Re: pt barnum was right After the Juice Boosted report, I had people e-mailing me hate-mail, claiming I was a dirty-liar, and that they'd photo-copy their check when received.
It takes a particular brand of dumb to get hooked into these MLM schemes. Usually future spammers... | |
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join:2001-12-03
Saint Louis, MO
| Re: pt barnum was right said by Karl Bode  :After the Juice Boosted report, I had people e-mailing me hate-mail, claiming I was a dirty-liar, and that they'd photo-copy their check when received. So did they? What was the fate of Juice Boosted and the affiliates? I assumed the whole thing disappeared in puff of smoke, but was anyone taken, suing, or is a criminal actions pending against those involved? | |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
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PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
1 edit | Re: pt barnum was right Just evaporated. Nobody got paid. I think we may have taken the legs out from under it. (Google for "Juice Boosted")....
It couldn't be pursued because they never got to the point where they could act on the data they were collecting (as far as I saw)... | |
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Vvian Kalyss
join:2003-10-14
Stage 5.0
clubs:
| Re: pt barnum was right If I were you, I'd be mailing those numbskulls a nice large "I TOLD YOU SO".
In 72 point font.
Subtlety doesn't work these days; you have to ram it down their throats, sideways, preferably with the sharp corners exposed.
Yes I'm being mean, but I caught flak for pointing that scam out too. "omg its legit nuh-uh i ain't listening to you la la la".
Ha!
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA | Here's hoping Johnny Law catches up with their fraudulent scams. | |
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Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| said by Karl Bode :After the Juice Boosted report, I had people e-mailing me hate-mail, claiming I was a dirty-liar, and that they'd photo-copy their check when received. It takes a particular brand of dumb to get hooked into these MLM schemes. Usually future spammers... Once people get hooked into these things, it's easier for them to believe that they really will get paid rather than admit that they were scammed. It's the same principle that sucks people deeper and deeper into the 411 scams.
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JPCass
join:2001-01-23
Denver, CO
| This also shows why any effort to solve online problems - whether scams, spam, viruses, etc. - simply by "educating" users, is doomed to fail. Not only is there a fairly significant portion of users who appear to be incurably gullible; but there is also a constant flow of newbies who may be fooled once and never again, but still provide enough initial fodder to keep scams and schemes going. | |
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some guy
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| Re: pt barnum was right educate thyself
don't know what you are doing? find out. ignorance is an excuse for being lazy. with search engines being as easy to use as they are, there is no excuse for ignorance
as for scams, if it's about money for little or no work, it's a scam. period. | |
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winky
Turn Left At The Moon
join:2001-02-11
Saint Louis, MO
| Re: pt barnum was right You got that right. From time to time I mail out post cards for my business to make sure I stay busy (or else my wife starts thinking of things like painting the living room, etc.)
I always have my website listed along with my email address and phone. I always ask if they looked up my website. To date 100% have said NO. I find that unbelievable, but that's just me. There IS one born every minute and they are everywhere, and apparently breeding.
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footballdude
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join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| Re: pt barnum was right said by winky :my wife starts thinking of things like painting the living room Smear paint all over the ceiling and the trim work. I did that in our bedroom and she hasn't asked me to paint again. | |
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netbuxsheep
@ucsc.edu
| yeah, I've had jobs that pay more with about the same amount of work. The reasons I initially decided to try netbux were:
1) I only had to give an email adress
2) I didn't have to pay to do it
3) It didn't seem all that great (less than 5 bucks an hour is bellow minimum wage.)
I basically just figured that I would search while brushing my teeth, thus getting paid below minimum wage for something I had been nothing for before (plus it made me brush my teeth a little longer, which was good).
Right now I just waiting for confirmation either way for whether this is a scam or not. until I know, I'm not even going to search while brushing my teeth. | |
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SAMEguy
@ucsc.edu | Re: pt barnum was right oh yeah, and I had made it up to $6.00. I better not get scammed out of this fortune! | |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | See look at this. It's the same for every one of these scams....bunch of guys irritating everyone on the internet with "gee shucks got nothin' to lose" mentalities.... | |
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NetbuxSheep
@ucsc.edu
| Re: pt barnum was right "See look at this. It's the same for every one of these scams....bunch of guys irritating everyone on the internet with "gee shucks got nothin' to lose" mentalities...."
What? this is the first post I've made about netbux... how would a "bunch of guys" like me irritate everyone? | |
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CorNEILiuZ
@donc.blu | I thought it was to good to be true found this forum using google. people gettin suckered really should research this stuff first. | |
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NetbuxSheep
@ucsc.edu
| Re: pt barnum was right "I thought it was to good to be true found this forum using google. people gettin suckered really should research this stuff first."
Yeah, I did research it. I couldn't find anything until I was about 5 dollars into it (then for some reason I was able to find scam reporting sites where something other than "SCAM!" was posted). Because I researched it and found that the netbux site was fairly new, I decided to only do it during time when I was already busy (brushing my teeth)so as not to lose any time that I would normally spend doing other things. The only people I talked to about this site were a couple of my freinds, and I also told them to wait until I found out if anyone actually would get paid before signing up(unless they were interested in brushing their teeth and searching as well).
To tell you the truth, I actually profited from this because while I was doing searches, I was brushing my teeth a little longer than usual, which is something I needed to get into the habit of doing. | |
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Nightshade
sic semper tyrannis
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join:2002-05-26
Salem, OR | Actually in the case of the Intenet it is one every nanosecond. 
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xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA | Re: pt barnum was right i was thinking the same thing after i read it later last night, but you beat me to actually posting that. lol great minds think alike. | |
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Nightshade
sic semper tyrannis
Premium
join:2002-05-26
Salem, OR | Re: pt barnum was right Thanks and it just seemed to be more appropiate, and more accurate in this little senerio.
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frozensoul
@res.r
| I have made 100.00. I tried the first day it came out getting over 100 referrals, they are still fairly active. Now I'm at 100.00 and I do not even search any every day, my referrals do. So, I'm trying to say is this must be a scam because I'm not even trying and im up to 100.00. If it really pays out, this is the best pay site by far. If it doesn't then people know they wasted their money on referrals and they know that it was a scam anyways. I personall beleive it is. Because it's not possible to pay such a fee to searches and at the same time make a decent profit. | |
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xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA | Re: pt barnum was right lol @ you moron | |
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Mere_Mortal
join:2004-06-15
| You wanna know what I find is the biggest problem with this sort of thing...people who are stupid enough to a) use the same email address and b) the same password to sign-up with NetBux as are the ones registered to PayPal. Just asking for fraud if you ask me. | |
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newguest
@milwwi.ameritech
| have any of you signed up for netbux or a similar site, done your searches and not been paid or vise versa? otherwise it seems like i've read lots of posts from know-it-alls with no evidence either way. I personally don't have a problem trying these sites out for myself since i'm not spamming them and do my searches after i'm done at work. Also considering the fact that netbux has only been in existance for a few months and the heavy majority of its members are very recent i find it hard to believe that all these people who are absolutely sure it's a scam even ever had an account or at least earned enough in their first pay period to be paid considering the payout was untill a few days ago 50$ and you could not earn that your first month without lots of very productive refferals. You can't demand proof that they pay from others while claiming they do not pay with no proof. | |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| Re: pt barnum was right quote:
You can't demand proof that they pay from others while claiming they do not pay with no proof.
Uh, kid, nobody's been paid. That's the proof.
Go make your millions and let the grown-ups talk. | |
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