The explosion of cryptocurrencies onto the market, as a tradable commodity, has resulted in a lot of excitement and turbulence for bitcoin. This has also seen a rise in the number of cryptocurrency scams popping up online.
These sort of scams come under different guises and if you are not careful can leave you high and dry. In addition to this, I’ve seen systems that claim their “automated trading robots” can calculate and place 99% successful trades. These promises are enough to get anyone excited but they are all a big fat hoax.
I recently discovered a system named PTC (Paid To Click) Bank which offers a way to make money online. The premise behind this system is that you are paid to click links to adverts or websites. That’s all there is to it.
PTC systems are not new or unique, PTC Bank is roughly 5 years old. What worries me is that there are similar systems online which turned out to be scams.
Given that the site has been around for some time and it doesn’t exaggerate its earnings claims, I’m hopeful that PTC Bank might be better than the scams I’ve reviewed previously like Four Dollar Click.
We are told that the earnings you can make through PTC Bank are $0.10 for each click with a selection of $0.02 adverts plus there is a choice to make more money through referrals. You need to achieve a minimum balance of $100 before making a withdrawal. Is PTC Bank trustworthy?
Issues with PTC Bank by James Anderson
The ethos behind PTC Bank sounds like it could be a decent system to make some side cash but appearances can be deceiving. I delved deeper into the system to see what it was all about and came across various issues that dismissed PTC Bank as a viable online business.
What Income Does PTC Bank Pay
For starters the income that you apparently earn through PTC Bank is trivial. If you were to watch 25 adverts each day, at a rate of 10 cents per advert, you would earn a staggering $2.50 which hardly seems worth it.
It means that, at this rate, it would take you 40 days to achieve the minimum withdrawal amount of $100. If you choose the $0.02 adverts it would take much longer than 40 days.
PTC Bank earnings are extremely low even if you chose to supplement the cash by referring people. You would be better off looking elsewhere to earn money faster.
Pay To Click systems or any other systems that claim they can make you an online income should back this up with proof. PTC Bank shows us various screenshots as evidence of Paypal payments made to its members.
Sadly, there is no way of proving that the earnings are genuine. This is because the earnings can be faked easily using a simple snipping tool or even Microsoft Paint.
The PayPal payments illustrated above appear to be fake. The font is in different sizes and it generally looks suspicious.
Complaints are a normal element of business especially for companies that have been operating for several years. PTC Bank has various complaints but what worries me is that the complaints are very specific to a single area. Can you guess what that is?
There is an abundance of members complaining that they can’t withdraw their earnings once reaching the minimum payout amount. In addition to this, when members attempt to make another withdrawal they soon discover that they’ve been locked out of their account.
This practice is unethical and is akin to previous scams that we’ve reviewed.
PTC Bank’s Terms are a Concern
The complaints described above reveal an appalling way of doing business. The problem is that most members won’t bother reading the fine print in the terms and don’t realise what they’ve signed up to…
The terms contain a caveat that essentially gives PTC Bank the freedom to terminate or suspend your account and revoke any payment due to you whenever they decide to do so. Your account can be cancelled for any reason, even if you don’t do anything wrong.
And if they decide to terminate your account, they are not obliged to give you prior warning or notification. PTC Bank has deliberately made their terms unclear to give them a loophole not to make payments to its members. They could suddenly make up a rule and then inform you that you are in breach of it.
PTC Bank is doubling up
When taking into account the unfair terms describe earlier, PTC Bank has a business strategy that works purely in their favour and aggressively against its members.
The company doubles their profitability by charging for advertising space on their websites and then refusing to make payments to their members. This means that they make money from both sides i.e. payments received from advertisers and a money saving from workers that they don’t pay. PTC Bank is laughing all the way to the bank.
I also looked at the payment company featured on the site to test whether it links to the correct area. When I clicked the logo I found a strange referral link to a site named dfehwert dot com.
Is it a coincidence that some of the adverts also redirect to this same strange website?
I browsed the dfehwert site and it turned out to be a repository for numerous pirated games, films and counterfeit software licences.
If there is one thing that should put you off from using PTC Bank is the fact that they are entangled with an illegal website. Further investigation reveals that both sites share the same address and customer service email address.
The contact information for both companies is shown above and has been obtained from ICANN WHOIS which tells you who is responsible for the domain name.
Pros:
Unlike other scams, PTC Bank doesn’t charge a membership fee, but they make up for this by refusing to pay members. It’s a waste of time.
Cons:
The member earnings are pathetically low.
The low earnings don’t matter because it’s likely that you will NOT get paid.
You are redirected to a suspicious site that distributes pirated material.
Not only is PTC Bank making money from advertisers but they are also using you as free labour to carry out their dirty work. They double up on their profits by doing this, and you will never see the little money that you’ve worked for.
I have a lot of concerns about PTC Bank and their affiliation to an illegal website. I don’t want to know how they’re linked but if both sites share the same contact details it’s more than likely that they are both owned by the same people.
If you’re still wondering what is PTC bank all about, it’s basically a scam but instead of squeezing money out of you the site is using you as free/ cheap labour.
PTC bank makes the earnings appear to be a bit more reasonable and achievable to disguise the scam, but all the while you will never get paid whilst the person behind the system makes profits off of your efforts.
My advice is to not waste your time with PTC Bank, it is NOT a reliable source of online income. There are better ways to make money online and I’d recommend that you click here to see how I build my very own successful online business from scratch.
Ever wondered what it would be like to earn $1.5 Million Dollars per year? How great would it be to know that all your financial worries could be resolved through one system? Big Profits Plan is a site that claims it can give you this level of income. It’s a lot of money and I bet that a lot of people will jump at the opportunity, but can this system be trusted?
Big Profits Plan by Richard Paul
To kick things off, Big Profits Plan is vague about their system and how it works exactly. The product video throws plenty of hype in your face to keep you excited, but it never actually explains how the system works.
I suspect that it is a type of lead generation program promoting affiliate services.
It doesn’t take long to realise the sales video for Big Profits Plan is full of junk.
The video begins by showing an actual news report discussing work from home prospects. Big Profits Plan is attempting to use the credibility of the video to appear as though it relates to their system. I’ve reviewed plenty of scams that use this exact technique and the same video.
What follows is a 500 seconds countdown which claims that you will be given $1 for each second that you watch the video, making a total of $500.
This is another ploy to keep you engaged and watching. Instead of receiving $500 when the video finishes, this is converted into a guarantee which claims that you’ll receive $500 if you purchase Big Profits Plan use it and don’t make $500 of profit.
The guarantee is not worth anything because I couldn’t find any fine print of its terms. All you get is the suggestion of a guarantee in the sales video, which isn’t very clear. This ambiguity will allow the owner to find several excuses to avoid paying you the $500 guarantee when things go wrong (which is certain).
The next part of the sales video is a sob story about the owner Richard. Apparently, before using Big Profits Plan he loathed his day job, was riddled with debts, had marriage troubles because of a dull lifestyle etc.
This emotive story serves one purpose, which is to make you relate to Richard’s situation, feel bad about your life as you might be suffering from one of the situations described above and the “solution to all your problems” will be Big Profits Plan (of course).
The video also talks about how Richard tried countless systems which all turned out to be scams (like Big Profits Plan) but one day one of his friends just happened to tell him about a formula that automatically deposits cash into his bank account.
This is a typical story that is peddled by dodgy systems and variations of the story can be found within similar scams. There’s no logic behind this system or proof that it’s real except for examples of banks accounts with plenty of money, but these can be faked as well.
Richard tries to assure you that he can spot a bank statement that has been altered using Photoshop. If you’ve read some of my previous reviews, you’ll already be aware that there are various methods of faking a bank statement with or without Photoshop to make it look authentic. A bank statement example is not valid proof.
The screenshot shown above does not prove the bank balance is real. It’s a psychological trick designed to increase your excitement and stop thinking rationally.
My biggest worry is when Richards claims that Big Profits Plan earns him an average of $125,000 dollars every single month. This type of earnings claim is wildly insane and is obviously exaggerated. There is no evidence that the system works!
Richards explains that the profit you will earn from Big Profits Plan range from $1,000 to $5,000. The products on offer are likely to be high-value items to attract that kind of profit.
He also states that you are given training even though he initially stated that this is a fully automated system? I suspect that you will need to give relevant leads to the system (probably friends and family).
How difficult is it to sell products that cost $1,000- $10,000 or more? That is what you’ll have to do if you decide to buy Big Profits Plan.
Before you purchase Big Profits Plan it’s wise to check if other people have profited through the system and their experience. You want to make sure that you are making a sound investment.
Here is where social proof plays a big part. If you see people praising the system on social media then surely it must work right? You are more likely to pay for Big Profits Plan because of all the positive reviews.
Big Profits Plan attempts to reassure you that they are the real deal by showing examples of satisfied customers posting comments on Facebook about how great the system is. The only problem is that these comments are fake. Sorry.
The comments are a total sham. The posts have been tailor-made for the site and the people used are not real. The profile pictures seem to have been snatched from elsewhere online, then bogus names used along with the fake comments. Can you trust Big Profits Plan?
On top of this, you will notice that the date on the comments is always from the previous day to make them look like recent posts. But the giveaway is that the sales video is definitely older than a day.
A common technique used by dodgy marketers to gain your trust is to use security icons and trust badges on their site. The badges are supposed to click through to an external organisation which verifies that the site you’re using is secure.
Usually, these badges don’t click through to another site but surprisingly, for Big Profits Plan, the badge clicked to a site named Safe Domain Verify.
Initially, the verification looked promising but then upon closer inspection, the site was only formed in January 2017 and the contact details of the domain are concealed behind Who Is Guard. Why would a security organisation deliberately hide their details when the whole point of the site is to provide transparency?
Additionally, I was concerned to see that the site seemed to have issues with their home page which seemed a bit strange? The home page reroutes you to an internal error page (see above).
Given the intentional secrecy and erroneous pages, I suspect that the security site was created (obviously not very well) by the same scammer attempting to add a bit more authenticity to Big Profits Plan. I’d recommend not to trust the security site because it seems to be a smokescreen.
The profits that are promised are highly exaggerated.
There is no real proof that the system works.
We are never told how the system actually makes money.
False customer testimonials.
The trust badges and security seals are suspicious.
Final Say
Big Profits Plan claims that your small investment of $47 can generate more in one month than what most people make in a year using their system. Apparently, this vast sum of money is earned with little effort from you. It sounds too good to be true (and it is).
The best case scenario is that you might earn a tiny sum of money using Big Profits Plan, but the business doesn’t seem to be sustainable because the system seems inferior and won’t help you to earn an income online.
Be wary of products that offer you automated profits of thousands or even millions with little effort. If this product was genuine, the owner would keep it to themselves and enjoy the profits. Why would they share it with the world?
Is Big Profits Plan a scam? Absolutely! The owner is marketing a blatant lie. The numbers don’t add up. $47 is a small price to pay in comparison to the $125,000 you would be earning per month, but in reality, it will never happen using Big Profits Plan.
My advice is to not waste your time with Big Profits Plan, it will NOT give you an online income. There are better ways to make money online and I’d recommend that you click here to see how I build my very own successful online business from scratch.
I get surprised by the number of people that think making money online can be achieved with minimum effort. Working on the internet is similar to working in the real world, you need to put the work in to get results. The difference is, you could potentially earn a lot more money online.
Nonetheless, this has seen an increase in the number of websites that claim they can help you make a lot of money for doing easy jobs.
I recently discovered a website that makes these exact claims. You might know them as Four Dollar Click or a variation of this- Three Dollar Click and Seven Dollar Click.
AltCoin Trends: Is it another Cryptocurrency Scam?
The speed at which Cryptocurrencies are growing is rapid. It seems like a new token or currency is coming onto the market daily.
With this alarming rate of growth, it’s hard to keep up; and more importantly, decide which currency is the best one to invest in.
Traditionally, before making an investment you would take a trip down to your local broker, discuss your options and get help deciding on the best choice.
Fast forward to the present and most people now search the internet for investment opportunities, and this is where the risk increases. Cryptocurrencies are growing by the day and so are the scams associated with them.
What Is Crypto Money Maker About: Is it a Scam or Profitable?
In recent years the popularity of Cryptocurrencies has soared rapidly. Digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin are trending online and fast becoming a common medium of financial exchange.
Why are cryptocurrencies getting a lot of attention? because their value continues to rise to levels that weren’t originally anticipated.
This popularity comes with many benefits and opportunities but also has its pitfalls. Scammers are aware that people want to make a profit from cryptocurrencies, they are waiting to rip you off.
Cryptocurrencies have taken the online world by storm in recent years. There are now more opportunities to make profits trading Cryptocurrencies but it also means more opportunities to be scammed.
I would like to tell you about a system that tries to sell you dreams of fortunes that never actually reach your bank account. The system in question is called Crypto Edge System and it should be avoided at all cost. I’ll explain why…
Is 30 Minute Money Methods A Scam? Can You Make $1,000 An Hour?
How great would be to make a thousand dollars an hour? All that extra spare time you would gain from not working a 9-5 job, whilst still making killer profits. It’s the life that we all aspire to. In fact, you would only need to work a total of 14 days to earn a salary for the whole year.
Even better, you could work gung-ho for an entire year, earn an excess of $2,000,000 and never need to work again for the rest of your life. Amazing right? Imagine all the things you could do with $2,000,000 and all the places you could travel to.
Okay, let’s snap back to the real world.
I bet your adrenaline started pumping just thinking about the life you could live with $2,000,000 sat in your bank. All of your financial worries could be dissolved instantaneously. The best thing is that you would hardly need to work for that $2,000,000.
Can You Profit With The Ethereum Code or Is It a Scam
You’ve found this page because you’re wondering if you can profit from Ethereum Code or if it’s a scam. Apparently you can make some serious cash with this system. $10,000 per week to be exact.
I’m happy to see that your due diligence has brought you here because I’ve been scrutinising this system and I’ve made some alarming discoveries.
If you’re searching for a fast way to generate an online income, you might have encountered a system called Regular Dollars or a similar website.
Regular Dollars offers a tempting proposition which sends your emotions running high and stops you from spotting the alarm signals that this system might be a scam. If you don’t tread carefully it could result in a loss of money, wasted time and effort. In this review I’ll talk you through the system and why you should keep away from it.
