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Alwin Roth
May 22nd, 2009, 05:39 PM
Ok so many of you go on youtube i presume.

there's been this user that posts on random videos saying
"bet you cant resist clicking"
his username is "youcantresistclicking" or something like that
if you go to the homepage of that user,
it gives you the link to this:

http://www.rewards1.com

now, you get free stuff, from what i heard, which i claimed as bullshit,
but then i noticed all the usernames commenting on his youtube are
saying it worked, everyone, not a single "its a scam" comment.

Jelly
May 22nd, 2009, 05:44 PM
Pyramid scheme, the people saying "it works" are getting referrals as well.

Phopojijo
May 22nd, 2009, 06:00 PM
Pyramid schemes do work... you get a cut of everyone below you... the problem is the higher you are the more of a cut you get... that's why they're illegal... the guy at the top pays no-one but gets money from everyone...

There's a lot of people at the bottom though...

... assume every person gets 2 people to follow them exactly...

First Iteration: 1 person gets 2, that's 3 people, 2 of them don't get paid. (2 of 3 unpaid)

Second Iteration: Two people then get 2 people each... that's 4 people unpaid + 2 people (normal payments) + 1 person (with 2 normal + 4 small payments) = 7 people total... (4 of 7 unpaid)

Third Iteration: Four people then get 2 people each... that's 8 people unpaid + 4 people (normal payments) + 2 people (2 normal + 4 small payments) + 1 person (2 normal + 4 small payments + 8 smaller payments) (8 of 15 people unpaid)

Under that simplification... the number of people unpaid will always be just greater than 50%. Do some people get paid? Yep. But look at the dude at the top...

See why it's a scam?

In this case it's all advertising credits -- so instead of monetary payments... it's annoyance payments.

RecycleBin
May 23rd, 2009, 06:07 AM
There is a much better place called gaminglagoon.com

It first i trhouight it was a scam so I took about 2 surveys and got 3 points. I ordered a lazer pointer (which only cost me 2 points that didn't cost me a thing! ) and within 13 days it was in my mailbox. I was surprised it was legit. After that I took enough surveys and order 1200 MS points and it was in my email within a few hours.