RastaBux (rastabux.com) - SCAM

• Reason For Review: August 2010 - Requests | Archive
  
• Review Last Updated: ***May 31, 2011
  
• Owner/Alias: "benoit bodart" of Belgium
  
• Current Whois: http://whois.domaintools.com/rastabux.com
  

We are moving RastaBux from the Watch List to the Scam List. Payment wait times have increased, direct referrals have been removed from member's accounts without notice, and other problems/issues are being reported as well. See "cons" section for more info.

PROS:

1. Forum - This site does have a forum. Forums are great for communication between members and staff. Members can post payment proofs, get support, and stay updated on changes made to the site. You can find their forum here: http://rastabux.com/forum/index.php

http://twitter.com/rastabux

http://www.facebook.com/home.php

2. Paying - They are paying and payment proofs can be found on the forum and throughout the web. Here are a few places where you can view these proofs:   NOT PAYING ACCORDING TO TERMS

http://rastabux.com/forum/main_forum.php?cat=4

http://klikaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/rastabux-1st-payment.html

http://www.emoneyspace.com/forum/index.php

3. All Countries Accepted - So far there are no restrictions and all can join and earn from this site. Will update if this changes.

4. Secondary Password & Pin- You have the option of creating a secondary password to protect your account. Which is highly recommended that you use this option.

After you join you will also be required to create a cashout pin. Make sure it is different too. Don't be a fool and use your bank account pin that you use for your personal bank account. Create a unique 4 digit pin and write it down somewhere if need be.

CONS:

1. Not Paying - Site has no money to pay its members. They have opened a poll asking members would they rather have their balance returned to their account or wait for their payment for a unknown amount of time.  This is pretty much a dead end and the site is just buying time. Site is paying maybe a few members every other day or so. Other than that the pending amount of debt the site is getting out of control.

http://rastabux.com/forum/view_topic.php?cat=1&id=2781

[img] http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8402/forumrastabux.jpg

2. Direct Referrals Removed From Accounts w/out Notice !! - Many are reporting the site dropped the direct referral limit from 30 to 10 and removed the excess number of referrals from people's accounts without notice. Not only that but some say the inactive referrals were the ones that was left in their accounts and the active ones are the ones that were taken away. Taking the referrals away is bad enough but leaving the poor ones behind is just one big insult. Maybe because they leave the oldest and take the newer ones. However which way they decided to do this, they did it without any announcement or warning. At the time of this update, no notice was posted in their forum. Only a May promotion update.

3. Payment Wait Time Changes - The site was paying instantly. Then they changed it too 10 business days. Now people are expected to wait up to 30 business days. This and lowering the direct referral limit is a sign that this site is having a hard time paying.

4. Data Lost - Site had problems after they switched servers. About 4 days worth of data was lost. Now they are trying to restore and check accounts. Will take some time for this to be resolved. See latest update:

http://rastabux.com/forum/view_topic.php?cat=1&id=1788

6. Bugs/Glitches on Site - GeN4 site. All sites will probably have down times and bugs. With this site we had a problem while trying to register.

When we tried to complete our registration an error message kept saying:

"A user with that referral name does not exist".

Strange, since I wasn't using any referral link at signup. So I had to find a referral link of a current active member from their site in order for the registration to work.  So I went to their forum and picked a user name from the forum and joined under them.

7. PayPal Limited -

» Announcement       Thread: Important news about paypal.
Posted: 03/18/2011 12:40:11
	admin Posts: 640 Member Since: 04-20-2010  Offline   Achievements Completed :	It seems our account is being reviewed by paypal. This can take some times to get it restored. That's why i removed it from now. We will update you as soon as we get more info We do appreciate your patience. Best regards Ben

Some Things You Should Know About This Site...

• Avg Daily Earnings w/out referrals : $0.009 +/- (this will vary)
  

• Number of Ads: 9 +/-
  

• Referral Earnings :
  
• 30 Sec Ad Ref. Click $0.001
• 60 Sec Ad Ref. Click $0.001

• Referral Restrictions: To start gaining direct referrals you must be a member on Rastabux for 1 day and click a minimum of 10 ads.

• You must click at least 5 ads today to earn from your referrals tomorrow
  

• The minimum cashout: $2 for the first cashout, $3 for the second cashout, $5 for the third, and $7 for every cashout after that.

• LibertyReserve Cashouts are done once a month. (source)
  

• Asking about payment will result as waiting more to get it.
  

• Script: GeN 4
  

• Contact Email/Link: EMAIL ADDRESS
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/rastabux
• FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105121392877406&ref=ts
  

• Site Created:  June 2009  Launched: April 21, 2010
  

• May 31. 2011
• Moved to Scam List due to non-payments
  
• May 29, 2011
• Ad rate per click drops from $0.007 to $0.001
• Referral earnings drop to $0.001 per click
  
• May 2, 2011
• Moved from Legit List to Watch List
• Direct referral limits drop from 30 to 10.
• Ad rate per click drops from $0.0075 to $0.007
  
• April 27, 2011
• Terms Change: Payment wait time changes up to 30 business days.
  
• April 1, 2011
• Sever move, some data was lost.
  
• March 18, 2011
• PayPal Limited
  
• February 14, 2011
• Jackpot removed (old image)
  
• January 5, 2011
• Instant payments for all members. SOURCE
  
• December 17, 2010 (IMG)
• Rate per click changed from ($0.001  - $0.005)  to  ($0.004 - $0.012)
• Referral earnings changed from ($0.0001 - $0.002) to ($0.002 - $0.005)
• Max ads for standards changes from 15 to 5 .
• Direct referral restriction lowered from 15days/50 ads to 1day/10ads
• First minimum cashout changed from $2 to $1
• Wait time for payment goes from 7 days to 10 business days

I seriously doubt the owner meant to scam when he started this site, but as of now the site is scamming and not paying members as it should. Site makes changes without notice and has become very unstable. Site will remain on the Scam List till it returns and pays as it once did.

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.

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