PayBox – A GreenZap Scam Done Over?

Please read this post if you ARE DOING, or PLAN TO BE DOING, do business with PayBox.me. An ounce of prevention is better than the grief and loss a cure could bring.



"The Facts"



First of all, according to ICANN and WHOIS, the website was purchased in August of this year (4 months ago) and all info is hidden from view. Hmm.



Second of all, in those 4 months, a brand new website…BRAND NEW….climbs up to 961 in Alexa’s ranking. Hmm..



Thirdly, do you think that the SEC won’t have something to say about a ‘currency that is completely ungoverned’?



Come on, guys. I really get tired of good people getting their hopes up, only to be brought down by another foreign entity trying to take over. So, in all my research and professional research, this is what I have been able to ascertain:



1) You are given a ‘virtual bonus’ daily to log into your account and visit various pages. This is a marketing promo and search engine "pusher", per se, as you are simply boosting return visitors to their website, bringing new visitors, etc…by the time they launch whatever it is they plan to launch, it doesn’t matter WHAT they launch…you merely increased their invisibility in the eyes of Googlebot, Bingbot, Yahoobot, etc..they could launch a full-service NOTHING and get 1st page search recognition – empowered by US suckers.



2) There is no contact info at all. Even in ICANN (info registered to WHOISguard) Any company that plans to be a presence should have some means to contact them (email, phone, etc). Come on.



3) They are getting votes right now for places to spend your money. Ok, that is great. However, please take note: most merchants are not going to come on board with a currency system that has no equal exchange value. The ‘big guys’ – Amazon, Paypal, Dell, etc. already are well enough implanted to do as they will – in terms of accepting payments – we already love them!



Please read between the lines and report this company. Empowering evil into the stream of an honest business structure that you may want to have is not a great start to said venture. And, as I have seen, a company that is a ‘ghost’ is not a company that I would endeavour to do any business with.



"Can You Say GREENZAP?"



Here is an exerpt from a forum that I have been reading on Paybox:



"Next, this is eerily similar to a program called Greenzap which some of you may remember. While Greenzap had some differences like ‘webcash’ was used instead of dollars and you only received $25 for signing up instead of $50 if you look at the discussion on this several year old forum you’ll notice you could replace the word ‘Greenzap’ with ‘PayBox’ and have it fit seamlessly. The Greenzap scam came to fruition when people began to realize that the webcash was not accepted at online retailers and thus had no value. The fact that it is difficult to determine who exactly is behind PayBox.me is troublesome, since it makes it difficult to connect it to other scams or even legitimate companies."



So please, if you have anything to do with a payment processor – make sure you can contact them, and NEVER, NEVER dole out personal info to a renegade website merely trying to gain exposure. If you are currently engaged with them, I would simply back out now. Consider that educated, friendly advice.



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