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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoaxipedia (the museum's online encyclopedia of hoaxes), the Hoax Forum, and the Top 100 April Fools' Day Hoaxes.
The museum was created in 1997 by Alex Boese. He's assisted by a staff of deputy curators and docents. Alex is the author of three books, most recently Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments (which has nothing to do with hoaxes). Check out the list of the Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time for a preview.Prankplace.com
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Is Surf Junky a Scam?
Surf Junky (www.surfjunky.com) is a service that supposedly lets you earn money simply by browsing the web. The description on its site of how it works isn't very clear, to say the least, but from what I can gather they make you have a browser window constantly open that flashes ads at you... a new one approximately every thirty seconds. They claim that they'll pay you about $0.45 for every hour that they sense you're actively browsing the web with this ad window flashing at you. Of course, it hasn't taken people long to figure out that theoretically you could leave the surf junky window open all day and be earning money while you do other stuff (like sleep). The trick would be to have a program running such as a chat room that would fool the surf-junky browser into thinking you were using the computer. So does this trick work? Can you earn money just by having a browser running? And the larger question: will surf junky actually pay you, or is it all a scam? The answer is that you're probably not going to make any money this way because it doesn't appear that Surf Junky is very good about paying anyone. At least, there are all kinds of complaints on the web about its non-payment. Apparently they have a habit of cancelling accounts that approach the $25 minimum payment threshold. If you sign up with them you also have to provide your email address and agree to have spam sent to you, so they're making money off you that way as well. All in all I'd say that Surf Junky isn't worth messing around with. There are plenty of easier ways to make a few bucks.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Sun Mar 06, 2005 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 42
Category: Con Artists, Websites
Category: Con Artists, Websites
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I thought I heard about a program like this years ago...when pop-ups were few & far between. Didn't seem like a good idea then, either.
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Sun Mar 06, 2005 at 08:04 AMI'm approaching $18.50 right now. No problems. I use FireFox, User Agent Switcher, and a modification t the toolkit.jar file. If they don't pay me, I'll DDOS them so they can't scam any more poor unsuspecting bastards.
Posted by ProjectMayhem in Madison, WI on Sun Mar 06, 2005 at 12:40 PMWow, with all the pop ups my previously unguarded computer at home recieves, someone out there should owe me a huge check. I was an unsuspecting employee this whole time!
Posted by sbnature in sb ca on Sun Mar 06, 2005 at 05:18 PMSurf Junky may be a con, but "get paid to surf" programs like this at least used to exist. There used to be a bunch of them. I used one several years ago and made about 30 bucks in a month before they apparently went bankrupt and stopped the program.
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Sun Mar 06, 2005 at 06:30 PMA good solid, reliable way to earn cash on-line is to learn medical transcription. It requires a short course, and of course some careful reading of a doctors writing, but in the end is a profitable endevour. There's TONS of that kind of work available and a never-ending supply of demand for more of this work. Hospitals, nursing-homes, doctors practices, they all need their short-hand transcribed into long-hand for record keeping purposes. I make money sitting at home doing it on-line and manage to bring in about $400 to $500 extra a month... depending on my mood.
J
Posted by Mark-N-Isa in Midwest USA on Mon Mar 07, 2005 at 03:37 PMJ
As mentioned, this concept is quite venerable; it seemed to emerge back in the days of Larry Ellison's 'Network Computer', a kind of dumb terminal which would be connected up to the internet, loading software from Larry Ellison's personal mega-computer, and no doubt you would save all your work on Oracle's servers and there would be a disclaimer whereby all your intellectual property becomes that of Oracle etc.
All things seem to come around every so often, except - frustratingly - for the original robot/vehicle Transformers, which are far superior to the Beast Wars nonsense and should never have been discontinued. Kids today have rubbish toys.
In my experience the best way to earn money working from home is to be a freelance writer, or a columnist on a major national newspaper or magazine such as the Guardian or Spectator for example; people like that earn a lot of money and also get tonnes of prestige, too.
Posted by Ashley Pomeroy in Cold on Mon Mar 07, 2005 at 04:21 PMAll things seem to come around every so often, except - frustratingly - for the original robot/vehicle Transformers, which are far superior to the Beast Wars nonsense and should never have been discontinued. Kids today have rubbish toys.
In my experience the best way to earn money working from home is to be a freelance writer, or a columnist on a major national newspaper or magazine such as the Guardian or Spectator for example; people like that earn a lot of money and also get tonnes of prestige, too.
Mark-n-Jen, I'm not surprised that pays well. There aren't too many people out there who can read a doctor's handwriting. 
Posted by Matt on Mon Mar 07, 2005 at 05:52 PMI'm pretty sure now that surfjunky is a scam. However, there are legit Auto-surf 4 pay programs out there. I highly recommend Studio Traffic. They pays very well: 1% of what u put in daily for auto surfing 200 sites (or 100 after u upgrade). so essentially u r getting 30% of return profit monthly. If u need proof that they pay: they have a forum available, and many ppl gets paid will post there. Some ppl even gets 5k per month.
here's their website btw: ****************
Posted by Mike in ON Canada on Thu Mar 10, 2005 at 12:11 PMhere's their website btw: ****************
There use to be a program called All-Avantage... it was like a toolbar with ads on it and payed you so and so for running it while being active on the computer. I actually got 2 checks from them for about $25 each for 2 months worth of surfing. Soon enough, they shut down and that was the end... good while it lasted but sometimes these things ARE legit.
Posted by sldkafjskl on Fri Mar 11, 2005 at 05:50 AMone of the more trusted sites out there would have to be http : // www. studiotraffic.com/index.php they actually pay up and they have been around for a while now. unlike others where they would disappear this one is actually growing larger.
Posted by tony on Sat Mar 19, 2005 at 06:25 AMWhether it's a scam or not, the people paying for these ads are being cheated, as it's hardly likely to be a successful advertising campaign.
Posted by Lakrasia in London on Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 10:05 AMI recently heard on a message board about Surf Junky and told my spouse to registered and log on, she did and that night we left the computer on until the morning. I notice a little icon stored on the computer and it's source was unknown, then I tried to log on to the inernet and something was interferring with my connection.
I tried to to erase the icon off the computer, but was unsuccessful, i even tried to contact my internet provider and they said that problem wasn't theur responsibility since it had nothing to do with them. Finally, I have had to take the tower to the hospital to get (fixed) and will no longetr mess with surf junky ever again.
Posted by Daniel Taylor in Denver on Mon Apr 04, 2005 at 04:13 PMI tried to to erase the icon off the computer, but was unsuccessful, i even tried to contact my internet provider and they said that problem wasn't theur responsibility since it had nothing to do with them. Finally, I have had to take the tower to the hospital to get (fixed) and will no longetr mess with surf junky ever again.
Surf Junky is a scam and a waste of time, and I only wish they could track these people down. Unfortunetly you can never find them after a scam like this =/
After I got my time stolen by Surf Junky, I moved to Studio Traffic, even though I was still skeptical it would work... and I've actually gotten over $150 already! I couldn't believ e it. Anyway, if you want to check it out; go here:
http://www.studiotraffic.com/index.php?refid=102516
But otherwise, just STAY AWAY FROM SURF JUNKY!!
Posted by Meaghan on Fri May 06, 2005 at 10:17 AMAfter I got my time stolen by Surf Junky, I moved to Studio Traffic, even though I was still skeptical it would work... and I've actually gotten over $150 already! I couldn't believ e it. Anyway, if you want to check it out; go here:
http://www.studiotraffic.com/index.php?refid=102516
But otherwise, just STAY AWAY FROM SURF JUNKY!!
surf junky is a piece of $h!T Im gonna crash there site down. its a waste of time. i got up to 20$ that they owe me, and i sitll dont see my money even after 2 months
Posted by Kyle on Tue May 10, 2005 at 05:43 PMAll pay to surf/click suck, they are ALL SCAMS
i havent received any money and im getting pissed off, kyle please crash all the sites out there!
Posted by george on Tue May 10, 2005 at 05:48 PMi havent received any money and im getting pissed off, kyle please crash all the sites out there!
I have not had my account deleted, I am showing well over $150, but I haven't received any $$$ and of course, no reply to emails.
Posted by GCF in VA on Thu Jul 28, 2005 at 06:12 PMSurf Junkies teh pwn i got $25 off it!! ))
Posted by Joe in LaLa Land on Sun Aug 28, 2005 at 06:18 AM))I made $48 with surf junky it seems to work great for me and the person who refered me said that they have been recieving checks every month :D
I just hope they keep paying me
Posted by david in Ohio on Sun Aug 28, 2005 at 11:54 AMI just hope they keep paying me
Surf Junky owes me $163, and have until tomorrow to pay me $98 of that. I'm not holding my breath. Bastards.
Posted by Cassie in BC Canada on Wed Sep 14, 2005 at 01:57 PMhi all
i think there is something wrong cause u told us that surf junky will delete my account when i reach the minimum balance (25$) but now i have 50$ and nothing happend may be a i am wrong and they will not send me any money but i think the problem was about they will delete my account when reaching 25$
thnx all
Omar
Posted by omar in egypt on Sun Oct 09, 2005 at 03:56 PMi think there is something wrong cause u told us that surf junky will delete my account when i reach the minimum balance (25$) but now i have 50$ and nothing happend may be a i am wrong and they will not send me any money but i think the problem was about they will delete my account when reaching 25$
thnx all
Omar
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