Stormpay.com facing 19,000 customer complaints
Internet payment processor StormPay.com is currently facing over 19,000 complaints by members of various autosurf programs.
The storm arose when StormPay froze about 40,000 accounts in an act of "Consumer Protection" as the word was out that 12dailypro and other paid-to-surf programs did not pay their members for over 3 weeks. On Feb. 1, StormPay smelled fraud and froze accounts of owners and members.
While members were left shocked or clueless because of the weak information about the whole case, a dispute between StormPay and 12DP about the 12dailypro business model and paid autosurfing in general started. Many sources say that the program is currently under investigation by the FBI but there this cannot be confirmed thus far. Supposedly it is investigated for being a pyramid scheme but there is no valid source available to confirm this either.
The situation got out of hand when StormPay.com was hit by a DDOS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) and was rendered useless for more than 2 business days.
The story was picked up fast by various online newspapers and the autosurf business once again hit the news in a negative way.
Appearantly LifeClicks, the company behind 12dailypro, and StormPay are in the process of coming to an agreement regarding the frozen member accounts right now. Before, 12dailypro was believed to contribute to about 2% of all StormPay transactions.
The storm arose when StormPay froze about 40,000 accounts in an act of "Consumer Protection" as the word was out that 12dailypro and other paid-to-surf programs did not pay their members for over 3 weeks. On Feb. 1, StormPay smelled fraud and froze accounts of owners and members.
While members were left shocked or clueless because of the weak information about the whole case, a dispute between StormPay and 12DP about the 12dailypro business model and paid autosurfing in general started. Many sources say that the program is currently under investigation by the FBI but there this cannot be confirmed thus far. Supposedly it is investigated for being a pyramid scheme but there is no valid source available to confirm this either.
The situation got out of hand when StormPay.com was hit by a DDOS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) and was rendered useless for more than 2 business days.
The story was picked up fast by various online newspapers and the autosurf business once again hit the news in a negative way.
Appearantly LifeClicks, the company behind 12dailypro, and StormPay are in the process of coming to an agreement regarding the frozen member accounts right now. Before, 12dailypro was believed to contribute to about 2% of all StormPay transactions.
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