HatBux (hatbux.com) - SCAM
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Pays Per Ad | Min To Cashout | Wait Time $ | Payout Methods |
$0.007
4 ADS
| $3 First | INSTANT | |
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Upgrade Prices | Referral Program | Accepted Countries | Accounts Deleted After Inactivity ? |
$49 | 1 LEVEL 10 Direct Limit | ALL | YES |
Looking at this site and all you can think of is SVBux. Thinking to
oneself and asking why would anyone want to start the same site over
again? It can't be...but then again it is April fools day. We all have
to be a fool to fall head over heals for this site! For those of you
that are wondering....SvBux
was closed down due to heavy DDoS attacks and chargebacks back in Nov
2009.
http://www.earnmoneyspace.com/forum/index.php/topic,33806.0.html
Then to top it off there are those who are
saying that this is indeed the same owner. On the HatBux forum no one is
disputing this. People are even happy about it! SvBux
closing was a controversial one. Some say it was a blatant scam, and
others did not think it was. We added it to our "Closed" list and not
the scam list due to NeoBux
and their participation in refunding some members from SvBux.
But still...I have to ask, what is going to be different this time
around? What about DDoS attacks? And if people start to file
chargebacks? What then?
We have tested and watched this site for over 3 months now. We are moving HatBux to the scam list and here are the combined reasons why they are on our scam list.:
1. Cashout Disabled ! - Since May 5th the cashout system has been disabled. When we tried to cashout it says "Maintenance try later". As of today (May 19th) same problem.
Jaguar
Admin's Team
Posts: 111
Hello there everybody.
As some of you may know,
widthdrawls to Payza (formerly known as AlertPay) are not working properly. It is saying money
sent however no money is received. This is a known issue. We've had some
problems with users trying to cheat the system - the script has decided
to malfunction, however the cheaters got no money.
If you have
withdrawn money via Payza (formerly known as AlertPay) and you've not received it then please open
a support ticket with the amount, date and AP email.
We are very
sorry about this, we are trying to fix this error ASAP.
We may
have a nice trick up our sleeve to say sorry.
Thanks for your
trust & support.
2. Censorship - Go the their forum and you will see a lot of people getting banned for complaining about non payments. As long as they do not curse or be disrespectful toward staff there should be no reason for banning and deleting these posts on the forum. See image:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2417/hatbuxhatsofftohatbuxfo.jpg3.
SvBux
- We have already discussed this at the top of our review.
The site has a moderator with a user name "SvBux",
the site is using the same domain registrant as SvBux did, and
lets not forget that they are using the same script as SvBux.
4. Whois Private - Owner hiding
identity.
5. HieBux ? - Site is gone and now
redirects to HatBux. No referral link of any kind is found on this
redirect page. Some sites when they are closed will just have their
referral link redirect to their favorite site to get referrals. This one
doesn't have one. Might be a employee at HatBux that might be doing
this. 9 times out of 10 it is the owner.
HieBux is on our
scam list for abandonment.
Some Things You
Should Know About This Site...
- You need to accumulate
at least $5.00 for your 2nd Payment Request and $10.00 for your 3rd.
Site History - Time Line |
Moved to the Scam List
| May 19, 2010
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All Cashouts Disabled
| May 5, 2010
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Paypal Disabled
| April 30, 2010
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Liberty Reserve Added
| April 20, 2010
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Paypal Added
| April 6, 2010
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Our Full Review Released
| April 1st, 2010
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Site Launched
| March 25, 2010
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Site Created
| March 17, 2010
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Summary:
Site is not paying. At least from our experience and many others are reporting the same on the forum. They stated that cashouts would be open a few days ago, but that time has come and gone. We would not recommend HatBux for the reasons previously described. Use at your own risk.
If anyone would like to share their experience that they had
with this site, whether it is good or bad, feel free to do so in our
comment section at the end of this review.
Please note, the information in the review was posted at the time and date from above. If the site changes its policies, please kindly let us know in the comment section and we will update or change the incorrect information as soon as we can.