A.W. Surveys - Fraud Site

**cristobel** · 08-09-2007 06:22 PM

Warning:

A.W. Surveys seems too good to be true, because it is. $1.25 per referral should have immediately clued me in, but I decided to take a chance and get burned.

I have 82 referrals under me + $27 in surveys done. That totals $129.50 and I have received $0 of it since I attempted to cash-out on 6/22/07. The owner, Adam Seebeck, has failed to give me proper customer service involving the situation, nor a viable reason as to why I have not received my funds. While he claims that several of my referrals had signed via the same IP, I hardly doubt all 82 of them used the same overseas IP to sign up for this offer.

Regardless, I have submitted a claim to the BBB and they are reviewing the site. I would HIGHLY recommend staying away from A.W. Surveys, as well as any of it's sister companies owned by Aclarn, Inc.

These companies include:
*SurveyKing.com
*TopSurveys.com
****urveys.com
*Aclarninc.com
*OrganizeThem.com
*Hi-Shorts.com
*Style-Hope.com
*DanceAndBeyond.com

Also, I have filed a claim with SurveyPolice.com and this is the current outcome:

***AW Surveys Survey Panelist Complaint***

Case #: 13
Status: Approved
Plaintiff: Cristobel Walters
Submitted: 2007-07-11 15:45:43
Panel Account #:
Description: A.W. Surveys seems too good to be true, because it is. $1.25 per referral should have immediately clued me in, but I decided to take a chance and get burned.

I have 82 referrals under me + $27 in surveys done. That totals $129.50 and I have received $0 of it since I attempted to cash-out on 6/22/07. The owner, Adam Seebeck, has failed to give me proper customer service involving the situation, nor a viable reason as to why I have not received my funds. While he claims that several of my referrals had signed via the same IP, I hardly doubt all 82 of them used the same overseas IP to sign up for this offer.
I would HIGHLY recommend staying away from A.W. Surveys, as well as any of it's sister companies owned by Aclarn, Inc.

*On 2007-07-12 10:30:16, AW Surveys wrote: (considered resolved)
In this case, the majority of accounts referred were fraudulent because of identical IP Address. We have sent 10+ emails to this user, they are ether being caught in their spam filter or are disregarding them for other reasons. We do pay our survey takers and have processed over 1500 payments last month alone.

*On 2007-07-12 10:42:59, Cristobel Walters wrote: (resolution not acceptable)
I have received every single e-mail from them. I have also responded to every single e-mail. On their site it say:

"When we periodically delete Fraudulent accounts and they have your Referral tag on them, you will lose them as your referral. We know that you can not control what your referrals do, but this is why we recommend only referring your friends that you know will not commit fraudulent activities."

I have yet to have one single referral removed from underneath me, nor given the amount of referrals that weren't fraudulent. They are providing an arbitrary number of "Over 25" for fraudulent sign ons, but can't provide me with an exact number. I can not control who signs on under me. If someone uses my referral link to sign their friends up or even sign up severals times under me, I have no control over this and A.W. Surveys claims to understand this.

Arbitrary amounts do not solve this situation and a even with a loose interpretation of your rules, this is asinine.
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Since 7/12/07, they still have yet to correct this situation. Also, several other cases have arised in regards to Aclarn, Inc. Heed the warnings and save your time!

Best Regards,

-Cristobel

**luckym91** · 08-22-2007 05:22 PM

thank for ur information.

**lassss** · 08-22-2007 11:16 PM

I was asked to remove my comments in order to be paid

**akulho** · 08-22-2007 11:39 PM

So many scam survey sites but where is the legitimate one ? Especially for international (paypal blacklisted countries) people to participate in?

**akulho** · 08-22-2007 11:46 PM

So many scam survey sites but where is the legitimate one ? Especially for international (paypal blacklisted countries) people to participate in?

**luvsherkids3** · 09-05-2007 01:54 AM

hi i joined this 1 too plus many more never recieved pay. what is the bbb you are talking about?

**smittymu** · 09-05-2007 04:46 AM

thanks for the heads up

**MelissaLori** · 09-06-2007 03:11 PM

I have signed up with them and I am currently at $71.50. I have read negative things such as this about AW and have read where few people were indeed paid.

I have even gone as far as contacting AW in regards to my website in order to not be in breach of their TOS. Adam Seebeck got back to me and gave the greenlight for me to advertise my referral link. I know everyone that has signed up under my link, as they are all either a part of my forum and another forum I have been a part of for quite sometime. And each one has pm'ed me with the info they signed up with.

So I am 99.9% sure that I am in no way, shape, or form in breach of their TOS. As soon as I reach payout I will opt to use the paypal one even though I will lose $25 (which seems a bit extreme to me). But this is so I can once and for all post on my site as to whether or not they are fraudulent.

That is the purpose of my website. I show payment proof of those that do pay and post about the ones that are scams. That way people can see first hand what works and what does not. Then they do not have to go through all the headaches and frustration of trying to find the legit ones.

**roseliabubakar** · 09-06-2007 08:31 PM

There are alot of other legitimate sites which you can join. Go to website for list of international survey sites..

**wanchope** · 09-08-2007 06:57 AM

this is the first negetive result i have recieved about this site! am double hearthed but i thout this survey was rated as the best in the world!meanwhile i will make the admin to know about this post.

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