12Daily Pro - Not Talking

Even though we do get info about the current 12Daily Pro situation from both sides, we never seem to know if we're any closer to getting our money back. Well, the info is gonna get harder to come by now. Charis just posted the following on her blog:

I have been told by my attorneys not to post any information here on my blog regarding the SEC or related matters, regardless of its veracity.... for now. The previous post has been removed... I still hope to be able to release a statement soon that will allow me to make the truth known.

The hits just keep on coming...

EngageSurf - R.I.P.???

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it doesn't look good for EngageSurf. I was a little weary after they changed their payout terms a few days ago and today's news only re-emphasizes that feeling.

Today, EngageSurf greeted its members with this message on their site:

Hello dear members,

Currently ES is closed and we are not accepting new memberships. News about payments/refunds or program continuation will be posted soon.

There is no action required on your part and there is nothing to worry about.

For support questions please use email membersupport[AT]engagesurf.com.

Thank You for understanding and tremendous support you have shown. Now it's time for us to show and prove our honesty and thankfulness.

While there's life, there's hope. Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

Don't forget to smile today, Have a wonderful day! ES really hopes you can do that. We will prove that autosurf industry did and will be doing great things.

I don't know what Cicero has to do with all this, but it's a little discouraging seeing a "program closed/try to refund payments soon" message during these tempestuous times in the autosurf industry. But, hey... don't forget to smile today.

Phoenix Surf - 1 Week Old

Phoenix Surf continues to impress most in the autosurf world. Granted, it's too early to tell whether Phoenix Surf is as good as advertised (heck, it's only been up for a week), but I like what I see so far.

To celebrate their one week birthday, they sent out an email updating everyone on how things are going. Among the highlights are that they are trying to add EMO as a payment processor, growth is increasing rapidly, and that Phoenix Surf's infrastructure is solid and ready to go. But hey... don't take my word for it. Check it out:

Dear Phoenixsurf.com Members,

We are approaching the close of our first week here at
Phoenixsurf.com. It goes without saying that we have accomplished
much so far and we look forward to this being a positive sign
of things to come. We are aware of all recent updates and
releases pertaining to the autosurf industry. Stay-tuned as
we implement our various strategies to ensure the long-term
longevity of our program.

Poll:

View Poll Results: What would you like to see as our payment
processor situation?

Stick with E-Gold only.  
55 16.42%
Use both E-Gold and EMOcorp.  
280 83.58%

As you can tell, our membership base is in strong favor of
adding EMO as a second payment processor option. Because of
this, Jonathan Mikula will be flying out to Texas on Tuesday to
solidify our relationship with EMO. Thank you for expressing your
opinion and please make your voice heard on our weekly polls that
can be found in our forum. Our new poll deals with the possibility
of our fast-track option.

Forum

Our forum has had: Threads: 306, Posts: 2,266, Members: 833,
Active Members: 833. Please remember to use the support system
only for account specific questions; the forum is an excellent
source of knowledge. If you have a problem, chances are others
have had that same issue. The forum is a great way to get your
answers answered quickly!

Support System:

Our support staff has done an excellent job keeping up with all
support requests. Before submitting a help ticket, please
reference our FAQs, Forum, and your sponsor. Otherwise, our staff
is more than happy to assist you.

Infrastructure:

Over the past weekend we solidified the infrastructure of
Phoenixsurf.com. This proactive measure is meant to prevent our
customer service from EVER lacking. Internally we are fine and ready
for growth. We have also acquired additional legal counsel. We are
operating under the principle that has served NME and PS so well:
It is better to need it and not have it, than have it and not need it.

Egold funding:

Please be sure to use the following links to buy and sell e-gold.
These were custom made for us by Anygoldnow.com

Buy Page: https://www.goldexchanges.net/NMEPhoenix.html
Sell Page: https://www.goldexchanges.net/NMEPhoenixSell.html

We will have many updates this week so please check your email
and the forum regularly!

Regards,
Gabriel Frankewich
President, Phoenixsurf.com

EngageSurf - Playing With My Mind

Well, I fell victim to EngageSurf's new payout terms (and my own ignorance) and just wanted to let everyone know, so they don't make the same mistake I did.

My upgrade expired yesterday and I was just gonna take my money from that because I'm not sure if I want to continue with EngageSurf because all of their new payout rules. However, I failed to realize that you still need to request a cashout to get your money even when it's from an upgrade expiring. No problem, or so I thought...

Since my upgrade expired (and I don't have another upgrade going), I am no longer a Pro member, I'm a Free member. Unfortunately, Free members cannot request cashouts, so in order to submit my cashout request, I need to reupgrade. Pain!

Well, I really only need to upgrade with $1 (the minimum), in order to get this thing processed. Luckily, I have $1 in my e-gold account, or else I'd be scrambling to try and get some. You see, if I didn''t upgrade by tomorrow, I wouldn't be able to request a cashout until the 14th of next month, according to the new terms. Confusing, huh? My sentiments exactly.

Granted, most of this predicament was due to my personal error and not getting well-versed with the new rules, but these new stipulations that were just thrown into the mix sure don't make getting your money any easier.

Just be careful if you use EngageSurf and don't make the same mistake I did.

SEC - Their 2 Cents On Autosurfs

The SEC has officially entered the ballgame. As you can see from the earlier post, they have filed a Cease & Desist order against 12Daily Pro.

Now, they have posted a "What You Need To Know" page on their website, telling people what autosurfs are and to beware of them. These are strange days indeed... most peculiar momma.

12Daily Pro - SEC Claims Fraud

Well, it's official. The SEC has officially filed fraud charges against 12Daily Pro. Here is a press release they put out earlier today. Obviously, this doesn't seem like it will help people get their money back quicker. Looking forward to hear what Charis has to say about this in her "announcement" later this week.

SEC Halts "Paid Autosurf" Internet Ponzi Scheme that Raised Over $50 Million from 300,000 Investors Worldwide

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2006-26

Washington D.C., Feb.27, 2006 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of securities fraud charges against the operators of www.12dailypro.com, a "paid autosurf program" that in fact was a massive Ponzi scheme which raised more than $50 million from over 300,000 investors worldwide by offering a 44% return on investment in just 12 days. As a result of the SEC's charges, the defendants, Charis Johnson, age 33, of Charlotte, N.C., and her companies, 12daily Pro and LifeClicks, LLC, ceased their solicitation of investors and agreed to a freeze of all their assets and the appointment of a receiver who will take control of the companies' operations.

According to the Commission's complaint, which was filed last week in federal district court in Los Angeles, Calif., www.12dailypro.com claimed to be a paid autosurf program - a form of online advertising program that purportedly generates advertising revenue by automatically rotating advertised websites into a viewer's Internet browser. Advertisers purportedly pay "hosts," which in turn pay their members to view the rotated websites. The Commission's complaint alleges that 12daily Pro's sale of membership units constituted the fraudulent and unregistered sale of securities under the federal securities laws. The Commission also today posted to its Web site an investor alert concerning autosurf programs. The alert can be viewed at www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/autosurf.htm.

Randall R. Lee, Regional Director of the Commission's Pacific Regional Office, said, "Paid autosurf programs have become an enormous industry on the Internet. When these schemes depend on attracting new members in order to pay returns to current members, they are destined to collapse. The promise of guaranteed, double-digit returns in a matter of days should raise a red flag. We urge the public to be aware that paid memberships in these schemes may be a form of investment, and to exercise extreme caution before investing in any get rich quick scheme."

According to the Commission's complaint, the 12daily Pro website, recently ranked as the 352nd most heavily trafficked website, solicited investors to become "upgraded members" by buying "units" for a "fee" of $6 per unit, with a maximum of 1,000 units. 12daily Pro promised to pay each upgraded member 12% of his or her membership fee per day for 12 days. At the end of 12 days, the member purportedly would have earned a total of 144% of his or her original membership fee, 44% of which would be profit on the membership fee. To receive the promised payment, a member purportedly must view at least 12 web pages per day during the 12 day period. The amount of returns that 12daily Pro would pay its members, however, was in fact dependent solely on the amount of each member's investment, not on the amount of website-viewing or any other services rendered.

The Commission alleges that the defendants defrauded investors by operating 12daily Pro as almost a pure Ponzi scheme - using new investor monies to pay the promised returns to existing investors - in violation of the federal securities laws. The defendants falsely represented that upgraded members’ earnings "are financed not only [by] incoming member fees, but also with multiple income streams including advertising, and off-site investments." In fact, at least 95% of 12daily Pro's revenues have come from new investments in the form of membership fees from new or existing members. The other "multiple income streams" from advertising revenues or off-site investments touted by the defendants were either negligible or non-existent. In addition, undisclosed to investors, Johnson transferred more than $1.9 million in investor funds to her personal bank account since mid-2005.

Johnson and her companies have consented to the entry of a court order that permanently enjoins them from future violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, imposes a freeze on their assets, prohibits the destruction of documents, and appoints Thomas F. Lennon as permanent receiver over the assets of 12daily Pro and LifeClicks, LLC. The order is subject to approval by United States District Judge Nora M. Manella. Johnson and her companies consented to the order without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint. The Commission's complaint also seeks repayment of ill-gotten gains and civil money penalties; the amounts to be sought will be determined at a later date.

The Commission's complaint alleges that the defendants violated the antifraud provisions of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and the securities registration provisions of Sections 5(a) and 5? of the Securities Act.

This matter was referred to the Commission in early February by several members of the public. Complaints and tips from the public are vital to the Commission's mission to protect investors, and the Commission staff reviews each and every complaint it receives.

For further information contact:

Randall R. Lee
Regional Director
Pacific Regional Office
(323) 965-3807

Michele Wein Layne
Associate Regional Director
Pacific Regional Office
(323) 965-3850

Kelly Bowers
Assistant Regional Director
Pacific Regional Office
(323) 965-3924

If you want to actually view the Cease & Desist order, you can here.

12Daily Pro - Light At The End Of The Tunnel???

Sorry this is a little late in being posted, but earlier this week Charis posted this message on the 12Daily Pro forum:

Please be aware that early next week, 12dp will release a statement regarding a compromise that has been reached between 12dp with authorities that will lead to the resolution of this matter and the beginnings of an accounting and refund process, which will unfortunately likely be a slow process due to the accounting nightmare created by StormPay's actions.

A full statement addressing such issues will be made to that affect early next week.

Thank you for your patience and we are glad that we have been able to take steps that will help bring this ordeal to a close soon.

Well, one would think this would be encouraging news, but who knows. Since then, a Cease & Desist order has been filed against 12Daily Pro, so time will tell how this plays out, but what else is new.

Phoenix Surf - AutoSurf Fever!

What can I say? I've got the fever. I've added one more autosurf to roster. It's called Phoenix Surf. This is another autosurf that seems to be gaining a lot of attention lately. Some says it's the greatest thing since sliced bread, while others proclaim "Scam!", but what else is new when it comes to this business. They all seem to be perceived as both at some point in time.

Here are the specifics of Phoenix Surf's program:

• advertising upgrade packages can be purchased in increments of $8 until you have reached a maximum membership level of $6000
  
• earn 15% commission of your advertising purchase to watch 15 website advertisements a day for only 15 seconds each
• uses egold as its payment processor
  

And here are the specifics of Phoenix Surf's cash out options:

Upon the expiration of an "Upgrade Package" the Phoenix Surf system will automatically generate a message requesting payment instructions from User. The User has two payout options:

1. Standard Payout Option

a. Under the Standard Payout Option, PhoenixSurf.com shall make a direct payment with the Payment Processor that User used to purchase their Upgrade Package. Such payment will be made within 7 business days of expiration of the Upgrade Package.

b. Under the Standard Payout Option, there is no maintenance fee and is subject to normal Payment Processor fees only.

2. Fast Track Payment Option

a. Under the Fast Track Payment Option, the User may choose in advance to have the payment expedited within 48 hours of expiration of the Upgrade Package.

b. Under the Fast Track Payment Option, there is a fee deducted from the payment of 5%, which shall be deducted prior to payment automatically.

Check it out... IF YOU DARE!!! (Scary, huh?)

BlackGoldSurf - Can You Say Paid?

That's right. My BlackGoldSurf upgrade expired today and I received payment into my e-gold account the same day... actually it was only a couple of hours later. Very impressed by that.

BlackGoldSurf seems to be one of the better autosurfs performing right now. I re-upgraded with the house's money today. Hopefully, the magic will continue... knock on wood.

EngageSurf - Change In Terms???

Our friends over at EngageSurf decided to change things up a bit. They have now altered the way they pay. Here is a quick rundown of how things are gonna work from now on:

* Cashout Request Requirements:
1 At least 25$ in Cash Balance
2 At least 40% of invested amount in Cash Balance
3 The same processor as you used to upgrade

*Payouts Twice per month
*CashOut Requests 14th - 15th and 29th - 30th or 30th-31st
* Payments will be made within 120 business hours or a reasonable time after - under all normal circumstances.
* Payouts should be processed within 1-5 business days. However, there are lots of factors that can contribute to late payments without our fault.
* There will be a 2% fee deducted from e-gold and emocorp payouts. AlertPay and SfiPay cashouts will be sent with 5% fee to help cover processors fees.

I'm not sure how I feel about all of this. You are getting one less withdrawal than before, the withdrawals take longer now, and they've added payment processor fees on top of that.

Now, EngageSurf is saying that these rules are put in place to guarantee the sustainability of the program, and therefore the security of member's investments. Maybe that's the case, we'll have to wait and see. Not sure if I'm gonna get out of this one when my upgrade expires. I'll keep you posted.

EngageSurf - Getting Paid!

Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on how it's going. Got paid for the second time from EngageSurf. I've used up 2 payments (out of the maximum 3) for this month. One more and I'll have my principle out and will just be using my earnings.

XpertHits Surf seems to be rolling along. My upgrade won't conclude for another couple of weeks, so I'll let you know how that goes.

BlackGoldSurf also seems to be going along as planned. They have removed Stormpay from their options, which is good. My upgrade expires in a couple of days, so I'll let you know when I get my money back.

And last, but not least, Wired Surf seems to be the most popular kid in school. This one is growing like wildfire. Even though there have been a couple bumps in the road (i.e. server couldn't support the traffic they were getting), they have been extremely professional and quick to alert members of the status of things. When the site went down, they immediately let everyone know what was up and that they would be credited accordingly.

Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Wired Surf - Support Is Lightning Quick!

Well, almost as soon as I submitted a ticket to Wired Surf's support about why I couldn't find them on the building's directory, they emailed me back (about 15-20 minutes total). Pretty impressive, especially since it's past 9pm out here (same time zone where Wired Surf is). Anyway, here's their explanation, which makes sense to me:

The reason our business isn't listed is for several reasons, first of all to avoid having walk in appointments by having people just show up at our location without prior notice. In addition, not all of the businesses are listed that function within our building, and with smaller offices like ours, it is entirely optional. When we establish ourselves and choose to accept appointments, we will opt to have our company name present. In the meantime, you can write to us at that address and it will be accepted.

We understand people wanting to complete due diligence, but we provide more information on our website than any other program in this industry, and strive to assure our community as best as we can without allowing it to interfere with our work.

Wired Surf - The New Autosurf on the Block

The newest autosurf that I'm taking part in is called Wired Surf. Wired Surf is a very professional looking site that pays 8% daily for 16 days. They accept EMO and e-gold. A lot of repected people are recommending this autosurf; however that doesn't necessarily mean that you should.

I actually live right by Wired Surf's offices (which are located in trendy Beverly Hills, CA). No, I don't live in B.H. I haven't made enough money for that yet. Anyway, I was picking up my new Rolls Royce from the dealership (kidding) and I stopped by and took a couple pics of their office. However, I didn't see their name listed on the directory by the elevators. Maybe they're new and it hasn't been updated or they are under a different name. I don't know. I've submitted a ticket to support about this and will keep you posted. Until then, I'm in for a small amount.

Here is the building where Wired Surf lives:

GoldenRocks - Going Private

GoldenRocks has decided to go private. Now some think that whenever a HYIP goes private, it spells doom for it's investors. Who knows if that will be the case with GoldenRocks, but the way my luck's going with HYIPs... Kidding (knock on wood). Time will tell.

The have taken down the website, so if you need info or to contact them, you need to go to their forum.

ASCfin & TingerInvest - Not Paying????

A quick update on a couple of dogs that I've got some money in. Word on the streets is that ASCfin & TingerInvest have stopped paying. Great!

Both of my spends aren't due for a couple of weeks, so I doubt I'll see them again. I'll keep you posted if anything changes on these.

12Daily Pro - No Convention

As I'm sure most of you know, 12Daily Pro has cancelled the convention that was supposed to take place this weekend. Apparently, it's for legal reasons. Here's the news in it's entirety:

It is with a deep sense of disappointment that I must announce that the 2006 GPT Convention, that was slated to be held this weekend here in Charlotte, NC, will be cancelled due to current ongoing matters involving the freezing of our account and funds by StormPay.com.

Originally, the GPT Convention was to be a gathering of internet marketing professionals who want to be learn and be motivated. Though LifeClicks LLC was serving as host, the event was never intended to focus on 12dailyPro, but on the internet marketing and promotions industry as a whole.

In spite of recent events, we had hoped to continue with our plans for the convention to provide a good educational and networking experience to attendees. We have received overwhelming responses from our members who wanted to come to show their support of our company during the ongoing dispute against StormPay and to demonstrate their concern about StormPay’s actions involving transactions having nothing to do with 12DailyPro.

However, because of this very battle there has been a growing media interest in this matter in recent days. Some in the media have twisted the purpose of the convention and in doing so have invited the potential for confrontations, civil unrest, and security risks. In addition to a media circus which it would behoove us to avoid at present, we also do not want to expose any of the attendees, the speakers, the hotel, nor any of our staff to such potentially explosive situations.

Because we may be unable to maintain effective control of the event which would prevent us from offering the positive learning and motivational experience we intended, we are concerned the convention could become a volatile event that could exacerbate current problems and possibly damage our relations with investigators. We proactively contacted and have been working with the law enforcement agents leading the investigation of recent events. It is crucial that we do nothing to undermine our cooperative relationship with the government investigators with whom we have been communicating in our efforts to resolve the current situation.

It is with great sadness that I release this news, but my legal counsel advise me that this is the best course of action for all concerned. I deeply regret any inconvenience that this may cause to prospective attendees. This announcement does come in time for guests to cancel hotel reservations without penalty. There will be a claims process announced next week for those seeking travel reimbursement. Please understand, though, that cancellation of this event is in no way profitable nor advantageous to LifeClicks.

We thank you all for your continued support as we endeavor in these challenging times to make decisions that are for the benefit of all, particularly our members. We will keep you informed of our next steps as we work to recover funds wrongfully held by StormPay. Your patience and support during this time is greatly appreciated.

Charis
12daily Pro Admin

G.I.T. - Interesting Stuff Coming Up

Well, I got off the conference call earlier tonight and I have to say that I like what I heard. Guardian International Travel (or G.I.T.) isn't sitting back and being content with what they have going. They have a few things planned for the upcoming months.

One of the important things that I took from the call is that you will only be able to sign up to be a Charter Member until April 30th. A Charter Member is able to buy the condo cards that give you discounts on condos all over the world, as well as a 500% return on the price of your card over the course of 22 months (nice). After April 30th, G.I.T. won't be taking any more Charter Members, but will give people the opportunity to become Platinum Members. (I think they call it Platinum, but don't quote me on that.) However, there are certain stipulations to becoming a Platinum Member. I think you need to sign up through a Charter Member and maybe something else, sorry but I forgot. Being a Platinum Member will continue to give you a great deal on condo cards, but will give you even more benefits.

I don't want to go too much into what G.I.T. had to say on the call because I don't want to misinform anyone.

Now I know some people will think that I'm hyping this company up just to get some referrals. Don't get me wrong, referrals are nice, but the reason I'm getting into G.I.T. is the fact that you don't necessarily need to refer people in order to take advantage. The Condo Cards themselves give you a nice discount on condos around the world (which is good if you like to travel) and a nice return on the value of your card (500%).

I've already put money is some real crappy programs, so I'm encouraged by the fact that I can put my money into a real company with some real benefits. Obviously, there's no guarantees to anything in life, but I would want others to let me know about an opportunity like G.I.T., so I'm spreading the word.

But don't take it from me. Check out one of the calls and come to your own conclusion.

G.I.T. - Conference Call

I know this is kind of late notice, but if you're interested in learning more about Guardian International Travel (or G.I.T.), there is a conference call in about an hour where they'll discuss this opportunity more in-depth.

Here is the info:

Day:  Monday Night  02-20-06
Time: 10:00pm EST  /  7:00pm PST
Number: 646-519-5800  Pin: 0125#

Apparently the calls have been filling up pretty quick lately, so if you're
gonna try to get on the call, you might want to call in a little early.

18DailyPro - R.I.P.

Some say it might be too early to call it quits on this one, but I'm paying my respects now, so I can move on with my life. It's been 2 days of no communication from the admin, users aren't able to log into the site, and all the money stats on the home page have been zeroed out. However, they still seem to be taking new customers.

PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM 18DAILYPRO!

Well, if you're keeping score at home, that makes it 4 out of 5 of my new investments that are still active. Hopefully, that number won't change. On the bright side, I was able to get some of my money out of 18DailyPro, so I didn't lose everything. Small consolation, I guess. Gotta keep the faith...

18DailyPro - Is the S**t Hitting the Fan?

I'm not sure yet, but there are some disheartening developments happening with 18DailyPro. Apparently, there is something funky going on with their e-gold account. Some are claiming that when they try to purchase an upgrade the payment is being re-routed into another account (not a 18DailyPro one). Also, it seems that the monetary stats (i.e. Total Investment, Total Cashout) on the home page have been zeroed out.

Probably the most troublesome development is the fact that I can't even log into my account. It gives me a "User Not Found" error. I don't know about you, but I'm not encouraged by that. This whole thing smells of a hacker or just a scam. We'll have to wait and see if anything gets sorted out. Heck, I'm still waiting for a payout for today.

Until then, I would advise everyone to stay away from this one.

G.I.T. - Guardian International Travel

I've learned a few things from the whole 12Daily Pro/Stormpay debacle. One of the main things that I've learned is that I need to DIVERSIFY more. That's right. So, as a result, I'm trying to spread my efforts (and money) over a bunch of different types of money making opportunities. I'm still in the autosurf and HYIP game, but I'm trying to get involved in other areas.

That brings me to the main point of this post: Guardian International Travel (or G.I.T.) as I like to refer to it. G.I.T. is a unique opportunity that will help you over the next 22 months collect checks over and over again while giving you the benefit of travel. This passive income is something that I've been looking for more in my quest.

There are two phases to this program, but I'll mainly be focusing my efforts on Phase 1, which involves buying something called condo cards. Condo cards come in different monetary denomenations (i.e. $200, $600, etc.). When you purchase a card, you will make 500% on the purchase price. So, for example, a $200 card will pay you $1000. The payout is delivered in monthly payouts over the course of the next 22 months. Also, if you like to travel, the condo card will give you great discounts on condos all over the world. Sounds good to me.

Let me state that there are no sponsoring requirements for you to make money. Phase I of this program will make you money starting in 45 days and every 30 days there after for the next 22 months. If you do decide to sponsor others, you can make more money, but it's not required. That's the part I love.

Like I said, Phase 1 is the part of G.I.T. that I'll be putting the majority of my efforts on, but there are more opportunities in this program (i.e. Phase 2).

As always, I'll be detailing my progress along the way, so stay tuned.

E-gold - Important Payment Update

Just a quick note to all those people out there using e-gold. E-gold has announced a new policy regarding receiving payment from accounts that are "blocked":

e-gold Empowers Users to Refuse Payments from "Blocked Accounts"
e-gold is pleased to deploy a feature empowering e-gold Users to refuse payments from "Blocked accounts". "Blocked accounts" are blocked from receiving payments due to insufficient identifying information and/or e-gold invoking its Right of Association. The new feature enables Users to reduce the possibility of receiving payments from potentially unscrupulous counterparties.

This could potentially affect anyone who deals with HYIP's, since they sometimes have blocked accounts. In order to avoid having a payment potentially blocked, log into your e-gold account, then click on "account info" then "control panel." There you can change your setting so that it will accept payments from blocked accounts.

PixMeUp - Just Got Paid!

Well, some people are at least. PixMeUp announced that the e-wallets were ready to go and that people could start withdrawing what they had earned so far. I've heard a lot of people who have gone ahead and done it, however I'm gonna wait and see if PixMeUp generates me more than the wopping $8 I currently have in my "unpaid commissions" before I start thinking about withdrawing.

On another note, the people I referred weren't showing up in my Firestorm backoffice (along with none of their pixel buys), so I sent support an email to PixMeUp about it. To my surprise, support actually CALLED ME ON THE PHONE to give me an update on the problem. They told me that they had contacted my whole downline to tell them what they needed to do to rectify this. Even though the problem still hasn't fixed itself in my backoffice, I was at least very happy to talk to an actual person about this. Hopefully things will get sorted out and PixMeUp will start to run a little smoother in the future.

Surely, But Gradually

I'll first comment on the status of you know what. Well, there's not much to report. I've heard some rumblings on the forums about everything from the FBI's involvement, to this guy traveling all the way down to Stormpay headquarters to meet with the head honchos, to all these ABC reports on the debacle. However, I haven't heard any concrete news, so let's move on.

So far, the new autosurfs I'm in haven't disappeared yet (knock on wood). I know it's only been a couple of days, but you never know in these times.

The good thing about a couple of them (18DailyPro & EngageSurf) is that they allow you to withdraw your cash balance before the upgrade expires, which is nice, so I'll be able to get my initial investment out sooner. Heck, I should be able to surf with just my earnings in 18DailyPro in about 3 more days, since they allow you to withdraw every day. That'll be nice.

12Daily Pro - Latest News From Charis

This was just posted on the 12Daily Pro site. It seems that Stormpay finally got back to them, but it's still a waiting game. (fingers crossed)

I want to take a moment to shed some light and truth on some recent developments in our StormPay matter. Much has been said and much needs to be clarified. I hope the following update can help toward that end.

Beyond StormPay’s displeasure with our using another payment processor, at no time in our relationship with StormPay did they express they had any issue with our business, with our transactions, or with the large fees they were earnings from our transactions. To the contrary, even in the midst of their demands that we remove our other payment processor, StormPay insured us that we had always been a very good client and that they had done much and wanted to continue to do much to help our business.

StormPay has also placed on its website claims and information on its website that are false and misleading. They also are making decisions regarding our account and the accounts of our members based on their own opinions and assessments or our company made without any supporting facts or documentation. They provided a description of the way they perceive all autosurfs function. Their description does not take into account the unique terms of 12daily Pro nor internal factors about our company operations which they are not privy to.

StormPay, throughout this process of our attempts to regain access to our account, has refused to communicate or cooperate. They drafted last week’s joint statement and instructed us to post it under the guise that they would work with us to refund our members. During that very conversation during which that joint statement was agreed upon, StormPay unilaterally conducted chargebacks of its users accounts and began withdrawing monies from users bank accounts and credit cards. With no access to our account, there was no way we could stop their unwarranted actions nor determine exactly what actions were taken.

Please understand that ALL 12daily Pro funds being held by StormPay were funds intended for the payment of withdrawals for both StormPay users, and EMO users, and all members transitioning to both processors from E-Gold. It was our attempt to move those funds that StormPay began these unwarranted actions that have led us to this point. The matter was further complicated because some of the money charged back to our account by StormPay included paid referral commissions that were derived from upgrades purchased with payment processors other than StormPay. The more they do, the more of an accounting nightmare it will be if and when we are able to get access to our account and/or funds.

Regarding the joint statement that was issued, we want to make it clear that we participated in its drafting only because we were assured StormPay would work with us on a refund strategy. From that point StormPay ceased all communication with us and did not honor their agreement to do so, nor did they respond to a specific demand letter issued to them by our attorney. This past Monday, StormPay finally contacted us. Again our demands were clearly issued. We await their timely response, if they are to avoid a legal action which we are fully prepared to initiate.

We have learned that the FBI is actively gathering information regarding the alleged unauthorized debiting of StormPay user accounts, bank accounts and credit cards. We also are very hopeful that government officials may be able to assist us in the recovery of funds so that they may be properly dispersed.

We are all in this together and we will keep you up to date as we know more.

TingerInvest & BlackGold - 2 New Programs

Continuing from yesterday's post about programs I've recently decided to try out, I've added 2 more to the mix. Keep in mind that I'm just doing a test spend on these to see how good they are. Once I make my original investment back, I'll just continue to invest with my profits only. Here is a brief look at the 2 new entries:

TingerInvest - a HYIP earning 200% after 25 days
BlackGoldSurf - an autosurf earning 12% daily for 12 days

Just like yesterday, I want to reiterate that I am not recommending that anyone join any of these programs. I am just keeping everyone up to date with what I'm doing.

12Daily Pro - New Update Coming Soon (I Hope)

I've been checking the 12Daily Pro site for an update from Charis, but the only thing that's been posted recently is:

Due to the current open matter with StormPay and any open investigations into the matter, our attorneys have advised that they need to first be reviewed by them so as not to jeopardize the case in any way. I will post the notice as soon as it has been approved.

So, it looks like the investigation is in full "legal" mode. Hopefully, there will be some good news coming later today.

I'm Moving On To New Adventures

Hello everyone. I took the weekend off from posting, since there wasn't really anything happening. So far from what I've seen today, there isn't much to report on from the 12Daily Pro/Stormpay front. Also, I still need to take a closer look at my PixMeUp backoffice to get a better handle on how that's going.

Enough about that though. You might be thinking from the title of this post, "Geoff, are you leaving us and all of the money making opportunities on the internet? Have you gotten fed up with all of this Stormpay stuff and decided to do something new?" Of course not. I haven't wised up that much. Just kidding. I'm still confident in my goal and am continuing to pursue it.

With that being said, I have launched myself into some new HYIP's and autosurfs. However, I am proceeding with caution with these new ones. Just using some test spends to see if these programs stay up long enough to get my principle out and just use my profits to continue. Note that these are HIGH RISK programs.

Here are the new programs I joined today:

HYIP's
ASCfin - 200% after 20 days
GoldenRocks - 90% after 30 days

AutoSurf's
18DailyPro - 18% daily for 8 days (daily withdraws available)
EngageSurf - 11% daily for 14 days (daily withdraws available/$10 minimum)
XpertHits Surf - 5% daily for 30 days

PLEASE NOTE: I am not recommending that anyone join any of these programs. I am just keeping everyone up to date with what I'm doing. I'll continue to keep you posted on how these are working out.

Good luck out there.

12Daily Pro - End of Week Note From Charis

This was just posted a few minutes ago on the 12Daily Pro site:

I wanted to take this time to give you all a quick update on how things stand as the week comes to a close.

:: Continued Silence From StormPay We our attorney still has not received a reply from StormPay to our demand letter. So now we move forward with legal action to retrieve our funds from StormPay. Due to obvious reasons, I am unable to give any specifics regarding these actions(s), but know that they will be swift. But please understand that there is a possibility that the resolution of this matter will not be, as investigators have now become involved at the behest of many of you regarding StormPay’s most recent actions. However, we remain undeterred in our attempts to regain access to our account so we can honor our goal to issue refunds.

:: EMO Refunds Slowed More By Chargebacks We need to inform you that our announced EMO refund schedule has been severely slowed. In addition to the fact that the funds intended to fund our EMO account are still being held in StormPay, some members who purchased upgrades with EMO have initiated chargebacks. The enormous fees that this has caused us to incur are depleting our reserve fund there. However we hope that new revenue that we will mention below will allow the speed of refunds to pick up next week.

:: New Revenue Opportunity Due to recent events and our attempts to communicate on a regular basis with you, the forum has been receiving considerable traffic. Since we have had to put plans to launch our new site on hold, we will be utilizing the immense surge in traffic on the forum to put into place a steady stream of income in the form of banner and texts advertisements throughout the boards. We will also be honoring all pending HitsDaily Pro ad purchases in this format as well. We will have more details about this Monday. For those of you who are wishing to support LifeClicks, advertising purchases will be a great way to do so.

:: EMO Email Address Changed For those of you who were attempting to donate to the legal fund in the past couple of days and have been unable, please note that it is because our EMO email address has been changed. Please send any future donations to emo@hitsdailypro.com

It has been a long and exhausting week for us all. I hope you are all able to get some rest over the weekend and know that I remain here and will continue to be here fighting for you all and fighting for this program that we all worked so hard to build.

Slow Day in Money Making Land

I was hoping to spread some good news today about our friends over at 12Daily Pro, but I haven't heard a peep from either side. Oh well, hopefully there will be some good stuff to report after the weekend.

Also, I know I haven't updated much on PixMeUp. The reason being that I'm trying to figure out how everything is working with the new backoffice and payout system. I'm gonna try to listen to some of their recorded calls this weekend to get more of an idea of how things are playing out.

Because of my desire to get going on my money making adventure, it's been tough sitting on the sidelines through all this Stormpay nonsense, but I can't do it too much longer. I'm getting ready to test out a couple of non-Stormpay autosurf sites. I'm just waiting for some funds to transfer right now. I know what you're thinking, "Geoff, you're nuts. Why would you do such a thing after this whole 12Daily Pro debacle?" Well, I'm just feel like testing the waters with a couple of test spends. I'll keep you posted when I start and what kind of luck I have.

Also, I'm trying to get involved in a couple of other things. One will give me more passive income, which is what I'm really after, and another will be something I can make money doing each day on my computer. I'm in the process of looking into these opportunities further before I jump in on them. I'll keep you posted on that as well.

Have a good weekend.

12Daily Pro - This Just In! Not Good...

Just when you think things are starting to look up in the 12Daily Pro/Stormpay debacle, this news comes in from the 12Daily Pro news section:

As we announced two days ago, attorneys for LifeClicks, LLC (the owner of 12DailyPro.com) have been communicating with StormPay, Inc. in an attempt to resolve business disputes with StormPay that arose about 10 days ago when StormPay objected to our members’ use of a competing processor, EMO, and demanded that we remove the EMO payment processor option from our website.

We complied with StormPay’s demand that StormPay should be our exclusive processor, and reached other agreements with StormPay, but within a few days StormPay reneged on those agreements and suspended all activity on 12DailyPro members’ accounts and our LifeClicks account. As StormPay has itself stated in published news reports, it has “frozen” our account and funds, falsely accusing us of misrepresenting our business model to StormPay.

Unfortunately, although StormPay’s president and lawyer committed to working with us to resolve our disputes, StormPay is not responding to calls from our lawyer and is taking unilateral actions concerning 12DailyPro members’ accounts without our consent or without any authorization from LifeClicks or 12DailyPro members. They are taking these actions even though we have demanded that they stop and work out a plan with us.

In light of these developments and StormPay’s refusals to communicate or negotiate with us, our lawyers are evaluating our legal options. They are also assisting us in our communications with law enforcement authorities who have contacted us, and we are cooperating fully with all investigations.

As you know, in recent days, many accusations and allegations have been made about 12DailyPro, and about people who are doing things and using our name without our authorization and consent. But you should know that until these problems arose with StormPay, 12DailyPro never missed making a payment or reimbursement to 12DailyPro members. The problems we are currently trying to resolve all trace back to the demands and actions taken by StormPay.

:: Note the above statement has also been sent to all news entities who have requested a statement from us in regards to these recent events.

I will continue to keep all of you up to date on these matters as anyt new developments of substance arise. Thank you all for your continued support of our program.

Charis 12dp Admin

12Daily Pro - A Brief Preview of the New Site

Good afternoon, everyone. From what I've seen, all has been pretty quiet on updates regarding the 12Daily Pro/Stormpay situation. However, Charis has posted a little bit of info on the 12Daily Pro forum about the new site. Here is the sneak peak:

The new program is membership based but is heavily geared toward external advertisers.

Members receive powerful advertising services, interact and engage with advertising content of other members and external advertisers and have the opportunity to earn for doing so. That is the ONLY thing the new site has in common with 12dp. Everything else is fresh!

The ancient idea of a surfbar is no more. Along with being manual, the new site's advertisement viewing area allows advertisers to deliver interactive elements for members to engage with along side their sites. The site will also collect key demographic information from members which will allow us to sell powerful advertising and demographic reporting packages for our advertisers.

The program is planned to have a referral program during pre-launch, but not after. However a separate affailiate program will be available which will allow people to earn commissions for all outside advertising sales they refer.

We are very excited! Waiting is not easy.

12Daily Pro - New Site On Hold and Other Updates

So, the new site is on hold indefinitely and 12Daily Pro is still in a holding pattern waiting for Stormpay to unfreeze their account. Here is the straight scoop from Charis:

::StormPay
Our attorney has made several direct requests of StormPay that are intended to gain us immediate access to our account as indicated in the join statement posted last night so we can procede with refunds as soon as possible, to provide answers and further clarification of the account debiting that occured yesterday, and to have our original withdrawal request honored so we can fund our EMO account and speed the refund process there. We have not received an answer as of yet and the StormPay website has been offline the better part of the day. I will continue to update you on this matter as I am able.

::New Site
To my disappointment, our attorney has instructed us that in the best interest of the future of LifeClicks and all affiliated entities, we need to temporarily put a hold on the launch of the new site due to the unresolved issues that have arisen over the past couple of weeks. We will update you as able regarding this.

::Thank You
I want to take this time to thank you all for your continued support during this challenging time. Your posts, emails, and calls of support are helping me continue to fight the good fight for us all. Please understand that during this time I am under the advice of counsel and am somewhat limited as to what I can say and there may be times when you will read things that do not sound like me. Trust your intincts in those cases about who you have come to know me to be. Know also that we are cooperating fully with any and all questions that are being asked about this recent StormPay issue and about our program.

I will continue to communicate with all of you as I am able and as I am allowed. I know you are all concerned with recent events; know that I stand with you, undaunted.

Charis
12dp Admin

Stormpay - Meet the BBB

Well, it seems that Stormpay's business practices haven't gone completely unnoticed. This is an article from The Leaf-Chronicle which is a local paper in Clarksville, TN (where Stormpay is located). Hopefully, Stormpay is trying to resolve the situation. To read the full aricle, click here.

Clarksville-based StormPay.com issued a statement Tuesday night indicating it and another Internet company are working to resolve business disputes.

From New York to Chicago, across the West Coast and down to Atlanta — even to Malaysia and other points overseas, thousands of consumers have complained they could not access their StormPay accounts.

The Better Business Bureau alone has received nearly 19,000 complaints during the past week.

According to the statement, attorneys for LifeClicks — the owner of 12DailyPro.com — and StormPay have been negotiating the dispute.

The operator of 12DailyPro.com "after vehement denials to her customers that any investigations were ongoing, now retracts her previous statements and now admits that investigations into 12DailyPro are, in fact, being conducted by the FBI and various state investigative authorities as we have stated from the beginning," Steve Girsky, StormPay owner, said in a release Tuesday night.

Girsky asserted that 12DailyPro misrepresented its membership base that StormPay was unable to cover funds that customers had deposited into their StormPay accounts.

"StormPay's representatives have assured LifeClicks that StormPay is a viable company and is still open for business, and StormPay has provided assurances that it is able to cover, dollar for dollar with money in the bank, any deposits that may be held in any StormPay account," the joint statement reads.

StormPay has been in business since October 2002. It claims to conduct transactions in 200 countries and serves as a payment intermediary for online auction sites and other Internet businesses, with the intent of allowing customers and businesses to send and receive money.

12DailyPro, in turn, is billed as an auto-surf Web agent where customers can buy online advertising and earn commissions from advertising revenue. An "auto-surfing" program is set up to generate money every time a user visits a participating Web site.

Girsky and John McConnell, StormPay president, say they too have spent the past week fielding complaints about the accounts being frozen, with some of the complaints bearing a "threatening tone

To read some more articles that The Leaf-Chronicle has written regarding the Stormpay situation, you can check them out by typing "Stormpay" in the search bar here.

12Daily Pro - New Site Postponed

Here are 2 quick updated from 12Daily Pro:

We understand that there are still many questions about the joint statement issued earlier this evening.

Note that we still have many questions as well and still do not have access to our account, so we can't provide any answers at this time regarding what actions have been taken within any specific Stormpay user's account or even ours for that matter.

The attornies will be continuing their conversations tomorrow and we hope more details will be forthcoming from StormPay on these outstanding issues.

Due to the unexpected and extremely important developments of the day and our currently limited staff, we have pushed back the launch of the new site.

We expect a Pre-Launch of the site sometime tomorrow evening. Thank you for your patience.

Charis

12Daily Pro & Stormpay - This Just In!

I don't know about you, but it's nice to see the 2 sides talking. Let's hope this leads to a full resolution of our funds.

Update on Communications With StormPay;
Joint Statement by 12DailyPro and StormPay

Attorneys for LifeClicks, LLC (the owner of 12DailyPro.com) and StormPay, Inc. have been communicating to attempt to resolve business disputes between LifeClicks and StormPay. Those discussions have been productive and useful, and are continuing. StormPay’s representatives have assured LifeClicks that StormPay is a viable company and is still open for business, and StormPay has provided assurances that it is able to cover, dollar for dollar with money in the bank, any deposits that may be held in any StormPay account. Any previous statements regarding LifeClicks’ concern or doubts about StormPay’s ability to make any necessary payments are hereby withdrawn, based on these assurances from StormPay.

StormPay and LifeClicks have been made aware of the existence of investigations into the 12DailyPro program by investigators at the FBI and the states of North Carolina and Georgia. Both StormPay and LifeClicks intend to cooperate fully in any investigation that may be ongoing.

Both StormPay and LifeClicks would appreciate your continued patience with us as we continue to work on a resolution of our current disputes and to develop a solution to restore the processing of members’ payments and reimbursements through StormPay accounts. Please understand that if members initiate a chargeback with their credit card issuers, both StormPay and LifeClicks will be liable for related chargeback fees that may be incurred. Any chargeback fees will only serve to reduce the pool of available funds to be used for refunds and reimbursements. If you have already initiated a chargeback, please contact your credit card issuer and reverse the chargeback.

Many of you will notice that payments you have received recently from 12Daily Pro have been refunded back to the LifeClicks account by StormPay. StormPay has explained that the purpose of these refunds is to attempt to secure as many funds as possible to make the widest and broadest effort to refund 12DailyPro customers that we can. LifeClicks can confirm that there are 12DailyPro funds available at StormPay, and we are working together to formulate an orderly and equitable reimbursement plan for refunding as many of you as we possibly can. We appreciate your continued patience as we work through this process.

12Daily Pro & Stormpay - Trying To Work It Out?

Charis just posted something on the 12Daily Pro site saying that their lawyers have been in talks with Stormpay, which is encouraging. However, for some reason Stormpay is zeroing out some people's accounts.

I checked my account and my withdrawal request for my remaining funds was cancelled and they posted a charge back for the amount of my balance. You might want to check your account, if you have one. Hopefully, we'll know more soon.

We are aware of the Stormpay account chargeback situation and that some 12dp members accounts balances are being debited or zeroed out.

Our attorney has been in talks with StormPay's attorney today. There was some movement towards a possible a solution. But something happened with 12daily Pro member accounts at Stormpay in the meantime. We remain positive.

We are not yet sure what is happening. My attorney is trying to get some answers as I type.

Please be patient and I will share any new information as I have it.

Thanks,
Charis

Alien Trust - Moving Forward

It's nice to see the 2 top dogs in the autosurf industry aren't going down without a fight. In fact, they plan to come back stronger than ever. If you saw my 12Daily Pro update from yesterday, you know they are going on with the convention, are gonna try and pay out all of the E-gold/EMO transactions over time, and are gonna go ahead with their new site launch. It's comforting to me that they're not gonna let Stormpay take them down.

Following that lead, Alien Trust is making changes to their operations, so that they can continue to run their site and run it at a higher level. The basic recap of Alien Trust's update is the following:

1. The database will be backed up with everyone's current member levels and credits and saved in order to refund members over time, then reset to 0 member levels to re-launch.

2. Ad credits will be available for viewing to fulfill advertising packages starting tomorrow.

3. We will be accepting new Ad Buys starting tomorrow through E-Gold, then in a few days time Uniclear and AlertPay will become available.

4. Commission checks will begin to be paid starting 1 week from this Friday directly from our Chase Bank account through QChex.com payment services, so the funds won't be held in a 3rd party payment processor.

5. Payments will be bi-weekly, instead of weekly

You can read the complete Alien Trust update at: http://www.northshore-media.com/index.php/post/1145/

PixMeUp - Up and Running

Well, it looks like they've finally got things going over at PixMeUp. I looked in my backoffice this morning and saw that the matrixes had been loaded up and I had commissions of $8. I know that's not very much, but at least it's something.

Apparently, the commission amount doesn't include any matching bonuses for people who sponsored others yet. The word is that Russ said we should have the matching bonuses by the 1pm training call. Also, they are saying that more than 3,000 people who joined after the prelaunch are not included in the current commission calculation.

The PixMeUp training call at 1pm PST will teach us more about the backoffice. I'm gonna try to get on it. Hopefully, this thing, especially our money, will continue to grow by leaps and bounds.

12Daily Pro - New Site Coming

Glad to see Charis' father is doing better. We continue to pray for him and his family. Here's the latest from 12Daily Pro:

I wanted to take this time to update you on our progress with the StormPay issue and few other items.

StormPay
I am sure you are all understandably anxious to hear updates on our progress toward recovering our funds. Today, we were able to arrange to retain the attorney who will be representing us in this matter. He has outlined a strategy for attempting to get our funds released by StormPay by whatever means at our disposal. We hope for swift action in the matter and will keep you as informed as things unfold, to the extent that we can without compromising the case.

Refunds
We will begin issuing a few refunds this evening and will process a batch of refunds daily. The order of the refunds will be: 1) Remaining Egold/EMO 2)Remaining Egold/Money Order, 3)Compounded EMO, 4)EMO. Please note that because we are unsure of how fast we will be able to resolve the StormPay situation, nor what the outcome of our efforts will be, we cannot provide any kind of time frame by which these EMO refunds will be issued. Also, due to StormPay’s random refunds and double payments that they are conducting with our funds and without our input, we are unable to yet give an accurate assessment to you of how we will deal with the StormPay refunds. Our hope is that by the time EMO payouts (currently on Dec. 8 expiration), catch up with where we left off with StormPay withdrawals, (Dec 23 expiration), that we will have some resolution on the StormPay issue and can announce a plan and/or for StormPay refunds.

Ticket System
Tomorrow, we will be revamping the ticket system to meet our current circumstances. In light of what has occurred and the fact that our goal is to be able to refund all pending and active upgrades, we will be closing all account issue related tickets. The new ticket departments will meet our current situation as well as provide support for the new site. There will also be a department for any missing EMO upgrades. Because there is no way for us to verify missing StormPay at this time, these will have to wait until we are able to gain access to our account data there. We strongly urge that you not submit tickets asking about the current situation; we will be posting updates daily and sometimes several times a day regarding progress on these matters. Our support staff has been extremely reduced, so we can have more funds available for refunds and basic operations. So, inundating the tickets system will only slow our ability to respond to the specific ticket issues we deem vital at this time.

Forum
We have now made all areas of the forum viewable to all guests, so that all of you can read it. We are unable to registrations at this time, due to concerns about mass spammers who have attacked our forum in the past.

Accounts Will Not Go Inactive
There have been some concerns by some members who have not upgraded in a while that their accounts will go inactive during this period. Due to current events, will be suspend the inactive status for anyone that would have normally been moved to that status, so as not to interfere with any refund they might receive.

The New Site
Thanks to the hard work of our technical staff, committed to LifeClicks despite all the happenings of the past week, we will be launching the new site by the end of the day tomorrow. You will notice that the 12dp homepage will change at that time, to reflect our current situation. The homepage will have three main links, one for the forum, one for members to login and check their account states and member news, and one to visit our new site.

Thank You
I wanted to take this time to thank all of you for your thoughts, prayers, and expressions of support regarding the health of my father. He is now in stable condition and we continue to pray that he will not return to any critical state. I am truly blessed to have a family of 12dp members that cares. You make me proud to be in your company.

This is a challenging time for us all, but know that we are dedicated and focused on doing everything we can to insure these recent events are overcome and we can all move forward.

We thank you for your continued support during this time.

Charis
12dp Admin

Let's hope all gets back to normal and 12Daily Pro makes a complete recovery, as well as launching a successful new site.

PixMeUp - Not Quite There Yet

Good morning to everyone. Well, I got out of bed anxious to pull up my PixMeUp backoffice to see how many levels of mine were filled and to see if I had any money waiting for me... boy was I surprised. I couldn't even log into my backoffice. It gave me a "that login is not valid" error message, so no Christmas presents yet.

I know it's been a little frustrating for people (myself included) to be told continuously that things are going to be done and ready at a specific time, only to find more problems. However, I'm gonna continue to be patient and positive because, hopefully, when they get this thing up and running there won't be any more problems and PixMeUp will turn into the incredible opportunity that they've been hyping it as. I'll update more as I know more.

12Daily Pro - Update From Charis

Here's the latest news from Charis. Unfortunately, Charis' father is having some serious health problems. Our thoughts and prayers are with Charis and her family through this difficult time.

I want to take this time to update everyone on 4 very important items.

1. StormPay Action Plan
We will be meet with our attornies tomorrow regarding the unlawful holding of our funds by StormPay. Our intentions are to get the attorney his retainer tomorrow. Members have very generously donated approximately 34% of the needed retainer. We will pull some funds from our operational budget to pool together so the attornies can move forward. Any additional donations to help offset the costs are still welcome. We have also received notice that a former state senator and attorney is willing to help us in our fight. In the meantime, StormPay continues to tell more lies about the reason our accounts were suspended. However, rest assured we have damning documentation that will soon expose them for exactly who they are. We will post another update tomorrow on the progress of our legal efforts. Note, as of yet, we have yet to be contacted by any of the neublous 'investigators' they mention.

2. Additional Representation
We have also had to aquire a different attorney to help manage damage control regarding the libelous accusations StormPay has made against us and our business model.

3. Refunds Will Begin
We will begin issuing refunds tomorrow as we are able. We will begin with the members who chose to have their Egold upgrade withdrawals paid to EMO. Please note that becuase of the holding of a large portion of our funds, the speed of the payment schedule will be very slow, but we do the best we can.

4. The Convention Will Go On
Due to the overwhelming support of our members and our confidence that we will prevail as a company, we have decided to go forward with the GPT Convention. We hope it will be a time for all of us to come together and strategize for how we can emerge victorious from these recent events with a new dedication toward changing and strengthening this industry.

5. New Site Back On
Due in large part to urgings from many forum members, we will be going forward with the launching of the new site. It will get everyone focused on the future of LifeClicks as well as provide a new revenue stream that will help us speed up the refund process. In this site you will see the exciting future of LifeClicks.

The planning of the new site and the knowledge that the convention will go on, along with the amazing support we have received from members and staff renewed my spirit in a much needed way earlier today.

But I have just received some news that has changed that spirit. I have just learned that my father, who recently suffered several strokes, may not make it through the night. I have been a regular fixture on the forum in the past couple of days answering as many questions as I can from members. But in light of this recent development, I will not be on the forum this evening. I ask that all of you keep my father and my family in your thoughts and prayers.

I anticipate the next few days will be very challenging for me on a personal level, but I want you all to know that I remain dedicated to you all and will continue to press on in the best way I know how.

Thank you all again for your support.

Charis 12dp Admin

PixMeUp - We're Really Ready This Time...

Well, I hope they're right. As you know, if you've been following the whole PixMeUp phenomenon, we've been waiting for all of the data to get transfered in properly and PixMeUp to officially launch this program. I was just on the conference call at 1pm pst and learned the following:

• All of the date should be loaded in by the end of today (except for 4 people)
  
• 150,000 business centers were placed (not all are currently showing up)
• Once everything/everybody gets loaded in, the matrixs will probably change a little
• Once everything is uploaded, people should start to see some money in the backoffice and Russ was pretty sure that everyone would have at least some money the 1st day
• They will be sending out an email telling everyone when the training calls will be to learn more about the backoffice
  

Keep your eyes posted on your PixMeUp site to see the new changes. It sounds like it should all be finished by the end of today. I know you've heard that before, but THIS TIME I think it'll be true.

Is Stormpay on a Beach in the Caribbean By Now?

I wanted to just enjoy the weekend and forget about this whole unfortunate saga between Stormpay and the major players in the autosurf industry for a couple of days, but the news just keeps coming. I'd be remiss if I didn't pass it along. Here is the latest email from 12Daily pro. They sound like they want to take legal action against Stormpay and are asking for donations for their legal fund. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but do whatever you feel comfortable doing. Either way, I guess it's good that they're going after them legally. Keep thinking positive thought everyone.

You have received a message from 12 Daily Pro:

We have learned that StormPay has completed its own independent investigation, which we have learned did NOT involve any law enforcement whatsoever, only their bank and themselves, and have begun arbitrarily issuing refunds. In addition they are randomly denying claims of individuals at their own discretion and threatening THEM with legal action.

We also learned that they are refunding members who have already received their upgrade payments from 12daily Pro. Thus essentially paying them twice with our money. Then on top of that they have announced they are going to seek to take additional money from us.

Not only are they now holding money paid to us as non-refundable upgrade fees, but they are also holding a great deal of funds that came to us as via other revenue streams having nothing to do with member upgrades including:

Thousands of dollars in referral commissions we earned by promoting their website.

Thousands of dollars we earned in advertising sales

Thousands of dollars we earned from other online sources

Thousands of dollars in referral commissions we earned by promoting NETIBA, owned by StormPay.

Thousands of dollars earned from advertising promotions and for convention registrations.

They are also sitting on much more money that they earned in fees from both our company and all our members, transactions which they are now saying are null based on their own internal investigation.

We also have not been contacted by any law enforcement officials and/or been informed of any investigation by anyone. StormPay has created this lie in order to cover their own trail of blackmail, deceit, and money shifting that made them unable to pay our withdrawal request.

What does this mean? THERE WAS NEVER ANY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF OUR STORMPAY ACCOUNT. STORMPAY LIED TO IS USERS...AGAIN.

StormPay has also lied to all of its users informing them that they just discovered 12daily Pro's business model. However, their own daily records since we began using them in May of 2005, they have a detailed record of payments both received by us from members and sent to members by us. Not only did Stormpay tell us just 5 days ago that we were an excellent client and member, they blackmailed us into forcing us to chose them as our ONLY payment processor, with full knowledge our our business model.

These current actions and this 'fake' investigation are simply a means by which they can cover their own illegal acts and mishandling of their users funds. They have provided us NO PROOF of an external investigation. And no external investigators have contact us.

In addition, Stormpay has locked us from access to our account, so we don't know who is being refunded and whether or not those refunds are legitimate. We also fear that they may be laundering and siphoning funds out of our account to cover their debts to their other users who have never even been members of 12daily Pro.

StormPay President, John McConnell openly admitted to me that they do not have the funds to cover their user accounts in their bank. These actions they are taking are ALL because of this. And now they intend to try to make 12daily Pro and all of you pay for their unlawful shifting both our money and yours.

By the second, StormPay is absconding with money that we need to legitimately refund our members and operate our business. Their actions are making it very unlikely that everyone will get the refunds they are due.

We have been advised that it may be possible to take legal action that will force them to cease and desist in disbursement of our funds until a REAL independent investigation is conducted. Other autosurfs are also in discussion of a class action law-suit against the company, who has a long negative history with the BBB.

Many supportive members on the forum asked us if there is any way you can all help us recover our funds from Stormpay via legal action. Requests were made that we make available the ability for members to donate to a legal fund for this purpose. Over 200 members have already donated. If you would like to assist us in our efforts to recover 12daily Pro funds from Stormpay, you can send a donation electronically via EMO with the following payment details:

Account Name: 12dp Stormpay Recovery Legal Fund
Account Email: emo@12dailypro.com

OR you can send to our mailing address: LifeClicks LLC
8116 South Tryon St.
Suite B3, #15
Charlotte, NC 28273

If we are able to pool enough funds for this legal action, we will not have to utilize company funds that are needed to provide refunds as we are able. As it is the staff has been cut to 1, myself, in order to use any and all available funds for refund purposes. Any assistance any member can give for this legal funds would be greatly appreciated.

If we don't take immediate legal action against Stormpay, they will continue arbirtarily taking and spending our money that we need to pay you your refunds.

Please know that I am here and I am going to stay here and continue to communicate with all of you the best way I possibly can.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Charis

Stormpay - They Finally Stopped Hiding

I just got this lovely email from our friends at Stormpay. Wow, I'm glad to see their so worried about the integrity of the internet and these supposed "Ponzi" schemes, which to my knowledge 12Daily Pro is not. Either way, if Stormpay doesn't like the type of businesses their dealing with, then why don't they just give them back their money, so both parties can go their separate ways. Unfortunately, this sounds like it could go on for a while. Who knows when this whole thing is gonna shake out and whether or not anyone will get their money back.

Also, from a news post on Alien Trust it sounds like they may be on their last legs with a mention of "if we don't come back," but we'll see. I'm trying to still stay positive about this until some sort of conclusion is unvealed. In the meantime, I've asked for a withdrawal for all my money in Stormpay and erased my credit card info that was on file.

Without further ado, here's Stormpay's response (finally) to what's going on:

Dear StormPay Member,

Please read this news update as it contains important information
concerning your StormPay account as well as spends from your
account to the "Auto-Surf" industry.

Traditionally "auto-surf" is a "traffic exchange" industry as to where
persons gain traffic credits for promoting their URL (website address)
in exchange for viewing websites offered by others. Any monies taken
in on these types of "traffic exchanges" are normally for upgrades to
have your URL (website) shown at a higher rate of exposure. For an
example of how a true auto-surf works, you can visit www.autohits.dk
or other sites comparable.

"Paid to click", or "Paid to Read" types of sites are normally where
an advertiser pays to have his/her ad displayed and the end user
gets paid a portion of the advertiser dollars for clicking on and
reading/viewing the ad. The end user who is being paid for reading/
viewing the advertisement does not spend any monies to participate.
An example of this type of service is StormPay's own "StormClix"
where participants are not charged to view advertisements and are
rewarded an account credit for viewing the advertisement.

It has recently been brought to the attention of StormPay Inc. that
the current rash of new Auto-Surf and Paid to Read accounts are
NOT operating in the traditional manner. Further investigation by both
StormPay and other outside investigational organizations/law
enforcement agencies have have drawn early conclusions that these
types of programs are nothing more than well hidden "Ponzi" or
"Pyramid" schemes. While many of you may not agree, or wish to
agree that these programs or illegally operated ponzi's, there are
many facts that that are unavailable to you, or that may have been
hidden by the operators of these programs. Please note that
StormPay's user agreement has always banned merchant accounts
for these types of activities.

Throughout the investigations into these programs, StormPay has
asked the "Merchant(s)" to provide a detailed explanation of the
workings of these programs including how profit margins and
customer payments are made. These questions were asked point
blank by StormPay while on a conference call with the owner/operator
and their attorney. The requests for information from the
"merchant" were simply denied leaving StormPay no choice other
than to report those findings to the other organizations who required
the information from StormPay. These findings and reports caused
the seizure of funds of the merchant(s) StormPay accounts until all
legal matters are resolved. Please be reminded that this could have
been avoided if the merchant(s) could have, or would have provided
information proving no illegal pyramid or ponzi activity.

Furthermore, investigations and calculations show that these
merchants were already at an "upside down" point where they are/
were not able to meet the financial obligations made to their program
participants. These merchants who were already failing to make good
on their claims seem to now be using StormPay as their "Scape Goat"
for the failure of their own pyramid or ponzi scheme. These programs
are always doomed to failure and for that very reason, deemed
illegal. Please site the following from StormPay's user agreement:

"17. Get Rich Quick" Schemes: Get Rich Quick Schemes are prohibited
resell items by StormPay. Get Rich Quick schemes include any type of
self-employment, start-up businesses, or investment opportunity where
the claims of profit or returns on investment are unrealistic or
unsupported. By law, if a business opportunity costs $500.00 USD or
more, the promoter is required to support any claims regarding
earnings or profits with written documentation.

Pyramids don't pay. StormPay Inc. and the Federal Trade
Commission caution consumers about clubs or programs that
promise quick money for recruiting new members. Don't bank on
the pyramid promise that someone else will pay you. For more
information on get-rich-quick schemes, visit the FTC at www.ftc.gov.

We know that the most prominent question in your mind is
"What happens to the money I sent these programs?" Answer:
At the moment any funds frozens in these merchant's accounts are
frozen and not payable until all investigations are completed. At such
time investigations are completed, any remaining funds will
be released to the merchant's, or refunded to the purchasers, based
on the outcome of the investigations. Please be aware if determination
is made that these are ponzi schemes, a great deal of the funds
received by these merchant's will have been used to pay obligations to
those who joined earlier into the programs. In other words, they will
have used your money to pay other members thus creating a deficit
of funds needed to refund all users. Please be patient while
investigators decide the best procedures for handling this serious
situation. Contacting your credit issuers or banks requesting
chargebacks only compounds the problems for all involved, including
the merchants and their customers, and delays returns of any funds.
These actions could also be punishable by law.


StormPay will keep you updated of developments as information
is available and allowed to be released.

StormPay Inc.

PixMeUp - Almost There! We Really Mean It This Time

I know, I know. PixMeUp has been saying their almost ready to go for a few days now, but I'm just too excited (and really need some good news with all this 12Daily/Stormpay drama) not to believe them. Anyway, PixMeUp says that tomorrow we should be able to get into our backoffices and even might see some money in our account that we can access. That'll be nice if that's the case.

Also, I know that they're encouraging people to get on the daily conference calls for more up-to-date news. I was on one earlier. It was mostly the usual stuff. They've been working around the clock to make sure everything is ready when they launch, which is good. They just sent out an update email. Here's what it said, in case you missed it:

Hello Everyone,

We thought the pay outs would start tonight however, it looks like it will be tomorrow morning. The programmers are putting the finishing touches on the silver centers and will work through the night to accomplish this for us.

I will send out an email first thing in the morning with the instructions to receive your payments followed closely by an email that will outline how you need to access your virtual back office.

Thank you all for your continued cooperation in allowing us the time to do this in an orderly manner.

Robin Ray

What Else? Stormpay... If That Is Your Real Name???

It seems that Stormpay is spreading their joy to quite a few autosurfer sites that use them. Most that I know have had their accounts frozen by Stormpay and nobody can seem to get ahold of them. This includes Alien Trust, as well, which was thought to be the next 12Daily Pro. Hopefully, Stormpay will stop screwing around and be honorable and hold up to their end of the deal. In the meantime, I hear some people are deleting their credit card/bank info from their Stormpay accounts and trying to get their current balance out. Maybe not a bad idea.

Let's keep the faith that tomorrow will bring some more positive news. For now, here is 12Daily Pro's current position. At least they're being proactive.

We have done some additional research and as you may have noticed, we have come to some decisions regarding our current issues with Stormpay.

We did everything we could to meet and live up to StormPay's blackmail attempts on Monday. We removed EMO, a payment processor with who we have a very solid relationship. At StormPay's demand, we completely eliminated all choice for our members of payment processors and put our business in a very difficult postition. After all of that, it seems that we have been betrayed.

The existance of 12daily Pro has profited StormPay over the course of the months perhaps more than any other of their clients or users combined. They seem to now have a problem with autosurf; we find it curious that they didn't have a problem with taking our money. We have learned that StormPay has suspended many other autosurfs as well witin the past couple of days. It appears they may also be sending out libelous answers to members questions about why we were suspended.

We want to let you know that we have decided to become proactive in this matter, after a full day has passed with no explanation from them of why our account has been suspended. Our attorney has submitted a letter to their attorney via email explaining our postion and requesting a response. Barring a legitimate explanation by Stormpay within a timely manner, we will be filing immediate legal action to recover all our funds by legal force if necessary so we can meet our responsibilities to all of our StormPay members in a timely fashion. We will update you on the progress of this matter. We promise to fight them to the death for money that rightfully belongs to you and us.

In the meantime, since our account has been locked, we cannot at this time make any StormPay payments. We also have been denied by StormPay the withdrawal of funds that we earmarked for the funding of our EMO account. So, this evening we will have to weigh a lot of factors in determining how we will structure a recovery plan for our Stormpay funds as well as determine an ammeanable and fair payment schedule for all members with currently pending withdrawals.

We will have some answers for you on this by midday tomorrow.

In the meantime, we have enabled EMO upgrades again, staff will be focusing on support tickets and the launch of the new program hopefully later tomorrow.

We need you all to understand that this is a very difficult situation which we never could have predicted. There will be a lot of change and uncertainty in the coming days. But know we are doing all we can to insure that StormPay does not bring this program down nor take advantage of members that we have spent months caring for.

We completely understand that you are all concerned as we are as well. We ask for your support and patience at this time. Rest assured we are here working our butts off for you. You can help by not creating more work by staff with support tickets about these issues. We will update the membership as a whole as developments arise in the member news area, so please check it often for new postings.

We will not let anyone destroy this program that our staff and all of you have worked so hard to build.

NOW is the time when we PROVE we are pros!

Charis

12Daily Pro & Stormpay - Possible Movie of the Week???

So much drama in the LBC, sometimes it's hard being Snoop D-O-double... you get the picture. Well, things haven't gotten any clearer. It's starting to get ugly though, which is unfortunate because I think all most really care about it is getting 12Daily Pro back running smoothly. The latest (and not so greatest) is that Stormpay still has a freeze on 12Daily Pro's account. Not good. Here is something that was apparently posted from 12Daily Pro's forum. It looks like some sort of response from Stormpay:

Stormpay Inc. certainly understands your concerns regarding this situation.
However, the funds of this merchant were frozen by an outside organization pending further investigation.

To protect the integrity of the investigation we are unable to release any details at this time. Once the funds are released, StormPay will release the funds to claimant(s) for disbursement.

Interesting, huh? Well, that's one side. Here's a rebuttal news post from 12Daily Pro:

From what we can tell, it seems that StormPay may not have in their bank account enough funds to cover the withdrawal we requested and thus could possible be using the account suspension as a smoke screen for their inability to pay us our requested funds.

It seems they may have fabricating the existence of some kind of investigation and suggesting that our account has been 'frozen' in an effort to deflect attention from their ability to pay us. We have verified that none of our other payment processing accounts, nor our bank accounts has been frozen. Those accounts are perfectly fine. We find it very curious that the only financial account we have open that is currently frozen is with a company that has found one excuse after another not to pay us a large deposit we requested weeks ago.

We assume their tactic is to breed fear among members in an attempt to get them to place chargebacks so they only have to pay out to individual members in small amounts at a time and thus NOT have to pay us the large lump sum that we requested because they may not have the funds in place to cover such a large withdrawal.

We are still researching and gathering information and will provide more as we have it.

To add even more to this (not that we needed more), there's a rumor going around that EMO might be trying to sue Stormpay. Now, this is only a rumor, but the way things are going, anything's possible. I'm thinking Heather Locklear would be a good casting choice to play Stormpay in the big screen version. Any thoughts?

12Daily Pro & Stormpay - The Saga Continues...

What a day, huh folks. Well, it keeps getting more and more interesting. It sounds like they'll be more answers Thursday morning, but for the time being, this is what's going on:

• 12Daily Pro's Stormpay upgrades have been disabled by Stormpay. 12Daily Pro has contacted Stormpay, but to no avail and doesn't know why this has happened.
• 12Daily Pro will need to wait until the morning to provide everyone with an update on the status of this current Stormpay/EMO situation and withdrawal schedule.
• 12Daily Pro is hoping to be able to launch their "new site" by Friday morning. Update coming tomorrow.
• There are still a handful of remaining Stormpay and Compounded to Stormpay payments to be made for expiration 1/23 (due to the hold on 12Daily Pro's Stormpay account).

I admit, not a lot of good news. Hopefully, we'll know more tomorrow and 12Daily Pro will be able to resolve this and resolve it quick. Keep the faith, people!

Stormpay -Pushing Their Weight Around???

These are strange days in the autosurf world. As you all know, Stormpay has forced 12Daily Pro to drop EMO as an alternate payment processor. However, it seems that Stormpay isn't stopping there. The following was posted yesterday in their "News" section. Basically, the just of it is that they will not allow commission-based businesses (i.e. autosurf sites) to use Stormpay, unless they are they only payment processor option. I'll let you draw your own conclusions from this. We'll see how it will affect the autosurf community, since most sites use more than one processor. Also, note that not all countries are supported by Stormpay, so it'll be interesting to see what happens from here. So many unanswered questions... Anyway, here's the article:

Policy Update
31-Jan-2006 14:40
Due to high volumes of fraudulent transactions made to merchants with commission based business models, StormPay can no longer process payments for those type of merchants who choose to accept more than one payment processing solution.

Using more than one payment processor is exactly the situation that “fraud” seeks out. This enables the fraudulent user to set up a fake profile with either of the processors, make a purchase or join the program, and then withdraw their earnings to the other processor where the real identity is used. This sort of activity makes it nearly impossible for either processor, or law enforcement to properly handle the fraud because the “trail” comes to an end. This is the cause for a great many chargebacks to those merchants which can be avoided.

As of 1/30/2006 StormPay must require Merchants with a commissioned based business model who choose to accept StormPay, to only accept StormPay. StormPay certainly does not wish to dictate how our merchants run their business, all merchants are free to choose any processing solution that best suits their needs. We understand you have choices and certainly hope that choice is the online leader – StormPay. However, if another payment solution is used, please immediately remove StormPay from the associated website as a funding option and continue to use the StormPay account funds to finish payments to those members who paid using their StormPay account.

At StormPay we truly care about our merchants’ and the overall success of their business and sales and for that reason we have implemented these very necessary changes. Thank you in advance for your understanding in this very crucial matter.

StormPay Inc.