Updates: StudioTraffic, 2WeekSurf, 12DailyPro, Feederfund
Posted by rabbit on November 13th, 2005
Studio Traffic
Well it seems that things are still pretty dicey over at Studio Traffic. From what I can observe thus far, almost all the americans who are in profit have had their accounts blocked. Incidentally, a lot of these members are people with 5 figure account levels. There is speculation that these accounts were blocked not because of a U.S office closure as the admin claims, but because Studio Traffic is running out of cash. I am inclined to believe the latter because all the signs are pointing to this. They have been kicked out of the Top 5 at HYIPinvestment.com and labelled “Not Paying” because they have blocked the admin’s account as well. You can read all about the fiasco here. Former employees are complaining as well such as in this thread at hyipdiscussion.com.
Up to a few months ago, Studio Traffic was king of the hill when it came to autosurfs. It was the flag bearer of the autosurfing field because of its longevity and good payment record. But programs such as 12DailyPro came into the picture and took over. Instead of going through the withdrawal ritual at Studio Traffic for 30% per month, people started to flock to 12dailyPro and other autosurfs that pay a lot more money each month automatically to your ecurrency account. These same autosurfs also allow their members to surf in less time for their earnings. How could Studio Traffic possibly compete with these?
At this point I have to continue to recommend that newbies stay away.
2WeekSurf
2Weeksurf seems to be back in business after the transfer to their dedicated server a few days ago. It seems that it took them longer to do the transfer than planned. Anyhow, all members were compensated for the missed surf days — which is a good thing. After the transfer, the admin sent out an update which I thought was encouraging. Here are the highlights with my comments in blue:
- They have moved to a dedicated server with better firewall protection and DDOS Protection. They have ordered two more servers to be built in India. They are also planning to buy a secure server that they can use to backup data daily.
If this is indeed true, then this indicate that they plan to stick around for a while. There is no way to really verify if this is true though.
- They have received trading reports from their investment team in India and Dubai and will be posting their overall trading returns very soon.
I am anxiously awaiting this.
- They are still waiting for the NetIBA address verification letter in the mail to get certified.
Yesterday I was a bit concerned when I checked their forums and saw people posting that they were not being paid in full what they were owed. I was also concerned that people were waiting days for a response to their tickets and emails. Today the admin responded to these concerns with the following:
http://www.2weeksurf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249 and
http://www.2weeksurf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=242
12DailyPro
On November 11th 12DP celebrated its 6th month anniversary. Well there is no way I could have predicted 6 months ago that 12DailyPro would still be around today. When I first learned about the program, I dismissed it as just another high percentage per day scam / ponzi. But it has since proven itself to be something more. I still think it at least a partial ponzi. No one knows for sure how they have been able to pay 12% per day consistenly for so long. Also no one knows when the party here will end. With (what appears to be) quality competitors such as 2WeekSurf.com coming in the arena, the next few months should be interesting.
My prediction is that they will be around long enough for at least their Get Paid to Surf convention in North Carolina in February 2006. Still, I would recommend that you all follow the number one rule for these type of higher yield, higher risk programs by taking out the principal as fast as possible and play with profits.
Feederfund
Feederfund is listed as one of the programs that were checked out by SensaTrust. According to the listings page, the admin was able to obtain the following from the Feederfund administration:
*Proof of identity
*Written agreements (I can only assume these are agreements between Feederfund and the individual funds available under the Feederfund banner).
*Track record of funds
*Telephone meeting
*Payment History
So far none of Sensatrust’s reviewed programs have failed or scammed away. So this will add even more credibility to an already good organization. Please keep in mind that only 4-X Club within the Feederfund group has been vetted by Sensatrust. The others such as FXIG, ITS and PHSI has not been individually checked by Sensatrust. In their latest review Sensatrust checked out Feederfund itself, not the individual investments.