Yet another way to "Get Zapped" online!

A few posts back I talked about examining and analyzing a site thoroughly before signing up for or promoting. A site has come along that is absolutely perfect for an exercise in doing just this. http://www.greenzap.com/ It first came across my traffic site a few weeks ago and I set it aside for a quick look see then, laughed at it and passed. To my surprise, many people were signing up for this thing! Could I be wrong? Was I mistaken in my first look-see? (It happens.)

But, to my credit, many more people are now scrutinizing this site and it looks like it will indeed be at least one candidate for scam of the quarter if not for at least half the year. There are many reasons why this is, and it is NOT rocket science. It is in fact, plain "common" sense. Simple actually, and this is how "I do it."

First thing I did was read and think upon what the site was saying about itself and then compare it with what facts I saw presented. This particular site has this to say about itself:

1. “…do just about anything with money online…buy on eBay…Yahoo Auctions…”

Ok, let us stop right there. Been on eBay lately? Bought anything from anyone on eBay lately? Noticed ANY OTHER PAYMENT PROCESSOR BESIDES PAYPAL on eBay lately? I mean, you don’t even see storm pay let alone egold, INTGOLD, and etc. In fact, eBay IS PayPal,. No, Paypal IS eBay. Don’t believe me? Log into paypal and check out the bottom of the screen: “paypal is an eBay company. Lol. So, strike #1 and it is a biggee. Oh, and Yahoo Auctions? - THAT is StormPay. See where YOUR log out takes you next time you visit then exit StormPay.

So, right here you have big, fat, LIE and big ‘ol strike one.

2. “GreenZap is a fun, simple, low-cost way for people to send, spend, and receive money online. GreenZap account holders can send money to anyone around the world as long as they have an email address. “

Ok, so now they are a bank? Online banks do this. Yepper, and are governed by state, national, and international banking regulations. So, where is all that info? Policy and privacy statements, you know, the usual “I am trusting my money to a bank/processor thing?” Noticeably missing you see.

3. “Members can spend money purchasing goods and services from other GreenZap members & merchants or from other popular sites, including eBay® and Yahoo® Auctions. “

Really? And how is that accomplished pray tell? Have YOU seen a merchant taking GreenZap lately? A payment processor button please any where anyone? Ebay and Yahoo Auctions, don’t think so. See above.

4. “…or earn money by telling others about GreenZap”
The much promoted $25.00. Is there a processor here? No. So, are you actually getting this $25.00? No. Smoke and Mirrors.

Already there are 4 unsubstantiated claims here. This is where logic kicks in f + f+ f +f = false. This site is false. False is bad. False means “run away from.” Which of course, I did.
But here is the really crazy thing: they are telling you that when you join you receive $25 in your account for each member you sign up. Look, it is a meaningless, empty number. It has no substance. It is fluff, smoke and mirrors. I have a friend who joined and this so I asked him what his experience was regarding the money that is supposedly “deposited” into your account. He said:

“Doesn’t happen.”

I am not alone here: other people have done some research into this site, the owner/s and the claims. This person in particular has put together a great page on the venture: http://www.greenzapscam.com/ It is rather lengthy but well worth the read. My favorite little snippet can be found towards the bottom of the site:

“Interesting Facts
Doing a search of the address in the WHOIS records reveals two interesting pieces of information:
Ralphs Grocery CO - LA Jolla, Store 1088677 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037(858) 597-1550(Found from: http://phonebook.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Grocery+Stores/S-CA/T-La%20Jolla/)
PostalAnnex provides mailbox services, and how interesting that one of their stores (store #177) shares the same address as GreenZap too:http://www.postalannex.com/Find/store_detail.asp?id=177&city=&state=&zip=92037&storenumber=&action=submitted&page=1
I’m sorry, but it appears that GreenZap.com, the Paypal-killer, is operating out of a grocery store or a mailbox! “ *

Of course he also confirms what I already stated above: eBay is PayPal…and I don’t think you are going to see another payment processor coming anytime soon.

GZ totes itself as being “ a fun, simple, low-cost way for people to send….money online“…RIGHT OUT OF YOUR HANDS AND INTO THEIRS! My advise: stay away from it. It is some kind of email harvesting scam. Insulate yourself thoroughly, you might get zapped good by this one if you don’t!
-Cherie Halliday
http://www.xtreamsurf.com/

write me at admin@xtreamsurf.com

Considering an op? Send me the link…we will take a look see.

*hey, everyone has to start from somewhere, sometime. But, to make claims you are taking on Paypal? You need to get a life here.