Bux.to Scam Alert!
Major rumors are going on in the PTC scene and especially this post from the TakeTheGlobe admin has fired up some heavy discussions on whether Bux.to is a scam or not. Let me tell you what I personally think about it.
First of all be warned, this post is against Bux.to and their scam business model! Although I was a long time supporter of Bux.to (and I feel really sorry for that), I’ll now want to warn people to invest even a single cent in this site! Seriously, DO NOT INVEST IN BUX.TO!
Ok, let’s start. Bux.to LTD is most probably run by a guy from UK named David John Withers, a person well-known for many online scams and tax/VAT frauds. There’s some unchecked evidence that he was born on June 15th 1956 and lives (or lived) in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK. It seems there’s no “George” or “Debbie” who are the supposed founders of Bux.to, but only a single guy with some “partners” who run a scary million dollar scam business by ripping off thousands of people everyday.
Let me give you some more facts that make Bux.to look very suspicious besides the above mentioned:
- They have payment delays exceeding 6 months, independent of having an upgraded account or not. I’m personally still waiting for some measily $75 since April 18th 2008. Ironically, their excuse for this huge delay is the manual payment audit process to prevent paying out scammers who are trying to game Bux.to. They claim to have more than 10 million members and in more than half a year they haven’t a solution for this auditing process? No way! They should have enough funds to pay a company for this or hire more employees.
- They moved their company’s place of residence to Dominica, a tax haven without much control from any government or lawyers. They claim to finally call themself a real company. No Way! They simply hide in that country to scam even more people. Hey, when they are really coming from UK why don’t they register their company in the UK?
- They promise to come back to their normal payment schedule after a new script is released. They are now working on that script, called “Bux Reload”, for several months and it isn’t finished yet. They claim that a good script simply is taking that long. No way! Ask a coder and he will tell you that it won’t take more than 2 weeks or so.
- They are currently setting up a new server system with help of Theplanet.com (a major reliable online host) which causes extra payment delays. Afer several weeks they are still working on it. They claim that they have no influence on this time frame since the job is done by the Theplanet.com staff and that it simply takes that long. No way! Setting up a server rack can be done within a week, especially with well-trained people like those from Theplanet.com
- Their business model isn’t stable and nearly completely relies on people upgrading their accounts or buying referrals. They claim that they make all their money from advertisers. No way! With some 50% of self-sponsored ads (e.g. promoting their own forum or success stories) they simply can’t make that money back.
- They are selling bots. They obviously they claim to not sell any bots. No way! Take a look at all those funny usernames in your downline which look like randomely generated by a computer (or simply look in the forum to find people from your downline).
- They delete forum posts. Whenever someone is trying to tell the truth about Bux.to, the post or thread is closed or deleted. They claim to prevent people from telling lies about their holy Bux.to. No way! They simply fear of losing paying members that bring them money. It also seems like the forum mods are paid for bringing those people “under control”. Mods like Nattymoo, Tri or Spiderwoman are defending Bux.to like their life depends on it, although they didn’t got paid by them yet (or made only some small bucks).
I could go on and on and point out several more concerns I have with Bux.to and their scam practises. But I think those facts above are enough to at least have a closer look on them before thinking about investing money in it. Sure, I can’t proof all of the facts above, but I think common sense should tell us that something is completely going wrong with Bux.to.
To all my readers, please don’t invest any money in Bux.to anymore! Really, DON’T DO IT! You’ll most probably never get a single cent back. Also don’t necessarily base your descisions on whether or not to invest in Bux.to on only the facts provided above, but simply use your brain and ask yourself if Bux.to really looks that trustfully!
If you have any additional evidence that Bux.to is a scam, please comment on this post or simply tell us how much money you’ve lost. Please also note that I will delete any comment trying to defend Bux.to, simply because there’s nothing to defend about Bux.to anymore. For me they are big scammers and I’m done with them. All I want to do now is to warn people from joining them and investing their hard earned cash, because they WILL lose it.
See you later,
Querblogger
PS: Dear Bux.to staff/admin/mods/robots, fell free to delete my Bux.to/forum account after my evil post here. That would give me some nice extra opportunity to add some more facts to this post. It’s highly appreciated! 
Abviously,you are a seriously guy!
Comment by getpaidto — October 31, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
Damn theire goes $170.
Why are theire scam sites with 10 million users?
This fraud should have been detected much earlier!
Have a nice day.
Stijn.
Comment by Stijn — November 1, 2008 @ 12:49 am
My bad luck I am going to loose my investment I invested in bux.to $ 598.00 on Feb This year & nothing received yet.
Comment by Chamil — November 2, 2008 @ 9:59 am
hey , Querblogger .. !!
suggest me some TRUSTED ptc having paypal payment option !
u know y i’ve written trusted in caps .. lol
Comment by mahesh — November 2, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
except neobux
Comment by mahesh — November 2, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Hi Mahesh
Well, I don’t know any other trusted PTC comparable to NeoBux and I’m also not involved in any other click sites right now. But from what I’ve heared, many people recommend Isabelmarco and Taketheglobe, but I’ve never tested them by myself. For now I’ll stay with NeoBux since I’m making quite some bucks each day!
Comment by Querblogger — November 2, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
Just a little correction: it’s “…trying to DEFEND Bux.to…”, not “trying to DEFEAT Bux.to”
Comment by Tiberius Burciu — November 7, 2008 @ 11:11 pm
Epic fail, epic fail…
Thanks Tiberius, have just corrected it. Shame on me, hehe
Comment by Querblogger — November 8, 2008 @ 1:08 am
Hey, buddy, you’re welcome. Shouldn’t be ashamed of that mistake: we’re all humans and we tend to make some errors, once in a while
PS: Now you owe me a beer..hehe;)
Comment by Tiberius Burciu — November 8, 2008 @ 2:12 am
well, i know nothing comes in front of neobux. i got my first payment from neobux yesterday. i was suprised to see such a instant payment .
, then i clicked payout .
every ptc says instant payment , but none of them are providing it .
yesterday, i clicked 1 ads and reached 2 $ milestone
they asked me alertpay/paypal. i clicked paypal and i was like wtf !
your payment has been sent.
i used to wait quite long to see these words !
now, i understand why QUERBLOGGER loves neobux so much …
btw, i also love neobux !
the only problem i am facing with neobux is they doesn’t support unvarified paypal payment ! i have some bux on my paypal a/c and i wanna invest it in some trusted site …
in the mean time, let me see these sites , Isabelmarco and Taketheglobe
Comment by mahesh — November 10, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Congratulations mahesh! I aggree, it’s quite a nice feeling to see some instant cash pouring in, hehe.
Why can’t you verify your Paypal account? For me it was only a matter of submitting a scan of my ID and a utility bill to proof my address. I got verified within only two weeks or so.
Comment by Querblogger — November 10, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
Check This Out
COPYRIGHT 2002 Ingram Investment Ltd.
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 July 2002-UK Government: Heavy prison sentences for Midlands VAT fraudsters (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:07042002
Four men were sentenced to a total of 18.5 years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court today for a GBP39 million series of VAT and duty frauds involving computer components imported from the United Sates and Hong Kong.
Omar Bassam, Paul Burke, Nicholas Skidmore and David Withers controlled a network of companies and bank accounts and property in both the UK and the Cayman Islands.
In the first stage of the frauds, computer components were imported into the UK under false invoices - undervalued by up to 1000%. The value of one consignment was declared as $2,000 when the true value was nearly $1 million. The second stage involved the manufacture of false invoices to support massive VAT reclaims to which they were not entitled. To add credibility to the false invoices they ‘hi-jacked’ the details and VAT number of Compaq Computers, a totally legitimate company with no knowledge of the scam.
Customs’ investigations led officers from Birmingham to the United States, Germany and the Republic of Ireland and proceedings are currently pending in the United States against the fraudsters US supplier. Financial investigations showed more than GBP85 million passing through just one bank account in the nine months between May 1998 and January 1999 and the assets of all four men have now been seized by Customs.
One man, Withers, has pleaded guilty to an associated money laundering offence.
Omar Bassam was sentenced to 18 months plus an additional 3 years if he fails to pay nearly GBP800,000 compensation. Paul Burke was sentenced to 3 years on each of two charges to run concurrent with an additional 2 years if he fails to pay GBP440,000 compensation. Nicholas Skidmore was sentenced to 7 years on each of four charges to run concurrent with an additional 2 years if he fails to pay compensation of GBP643,000. David Withers was sentenced to 6 years on each of two charges to run concurrently plus 1 year for a money laundering charge to run consecutively plus an additional 2 years if he fails to pay compensation of GBP205,000.
H H Judge Derek Stanley said that this “had been a massive assault on the public revenue”. He praised customs investigators for the thoroughness of their investigation and their presentation of what had been a complex case.
“This was a concerted and sustained attack on the system, involving fraud on a massive scale,” said Frank Ferguson, Customs’ Assistant Chief Investigation Officer. “I am delighted that the case has been brought to a successful conclusion and would like to pay tribute to the hard work of the officers involved. The greed of these men led them into a culture of crime, their businesses supported by a web of fraud and lies. The sentences handed down today should serve notice to anyone operating fraudulently in the computer trade - you will be found and you will be punished.”
Personal Details:
Name Omar Bassam
Address 34 Weavers Field, Girton, Cambridge
Date of Birth 5 June 1958
Name Nicholas Skidmore
Address 15 Rivermead, Kew, Southport
Date of Birth 21 December 1966
Name David John Withers
Address 7 Luttrell Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Date of Birth 15 June 1956
Name Paul Adrian Burke
Address 4 Harringworth Court, Shelfield, Walsall
Date of Birth 17 April 1964
For the attention of News Desks
Anyone with information about illegally imported drugs, tobacco or alcohol or about VAT fraud can speak to a Customs officer in complete confidence. Call Customs Confidential 24 hours a day on 0800 59 5000 http://www.hmce.gov.uk
((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data prepared by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to info@m2.com)).
Comment by Hammer99 — November 12, 2008 @ 3:38 am
David John Withers is the supposed owner of Bux.To
Comment by Hammer99 — November 12, 2008 @ 3:40 am
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Comment by ANKUR GARG — November 28, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Bux is scam allright. I am waiting on$4330 since June.
Comment by Jaap — December 13, 2008 @ 8:28 am
Thanks for the truthful info. I lost $200 at bux.to. So are we going to allow this to happened to us? U know what bux.to will always be victimized millions of people if we should not take action NOW! Is there anyone here already filed a dispute at Alertpay? I knew 30 days have passed and it is useless to file a dispute but then again AP could freeze/suspend their accounts for investigation.
Comments and suggestions are much highly appreciated.
Thanks
Comment by semaj — December 30, 2008 @ 7:13 am