Hi members,
It is with much
regret that we have to send you this email
to update you on current events.
As many of you may know, Stormpay changed the rules just a few days ago
about using Stormpay on a site which paid earnings or commissions in
conjunction with other processors. As most of our members wished to upgrade
with Stormpay we removed the other processors in order to comply with the
new Stormpay rules in the belief that there should be absolutely no problem
for the TurboGPT members because we had complied fully!
It would appear that Stormpay have without warning and without reason just
closed
our account and have completely denied us access to it. They have not answered
any
of our calls or emails regarding our account and what will happen to our members
funds. We have told them that we need access to those funds to do payouts to
members
but instead they choose to just completely ignore our polite emails!
It seems that we are not the only surf site this has happened to!, many other
programs
have also had their accounts closed today with no reason given and the members
funds held
hostage by Stormpay Inc. Having done a little more research into Stormpay today
it
is of no surprise to us that they may have acted in this manner.
Their honesty is at best questionable when you take into consideration that both
Stormpay
and NetIBA claim that NetIBA is an "INDEPENDENT 3rd Party verification
system", when in fact
both Stormpay Inc and NetIBA were both incorporated in the same town. Taking $20
a year off
their members for doing the due diligence that they should be doing in the first
place has
all the ingredients of a classic scam! Notice that both are registered by one
John R. McConnel Jr.
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Name
I.D. Number
NETIBA, INC.
0482353
Business Type*: CORPORATION
Profit/Nonprofit: FOR PROFIT
Status*: ACTIVE
Date of Formation/Qualification: 12/02/2004
Domestic/Foreign: DOMESTIC
Place of Incorporation/Organization: MONTGOMERY
Duration: PERPETUAL
FYC(Fiscal Year Closing) Month: DECEMBER
Principal Office:
Address Line 1: 2115 OLD ASHLAND
Address Line 2: CITY ROAD
City: CLARKSVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 37043
other than USA:
Registered Agent:
Name: JOHN R MCCONNELL JR
Address Line 1: 2115 OLD ASHLAND
Address Line 2: CITY ROAD
City: CLARKSVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 37043
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Name
I.D. Number
STORMPAY, INC.
0449997
Business Type*: CORPORATION
Profit/Nonprofit: FOR PROFIT
Status*: ACTIVE
Date of Formation/Qualification: 07/07/2003
Domestic/Foreign: DOMESTIC
Place of Incorporation/Organization: MONTGOMERY
Duration: PERPETUAL
FYC(Fiscal Year Closing) Month: DECEMBER
Principal Office:
Address Line 1: 1690 GOLF CLUB LANE
Address Line 2:
City: CLARKSVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 37043
other than USA:
Registered Agent:
Name: JOHN R. MCCONNELL, JR.
Address Line 1: 1690 GOLF CLUB LANE
Address Line 2:
City: CLARKSVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 37043
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Stormpay have also in the past been served with a Cease and Desist order by the
State of Tennessee
for the sale of unregistered securities and the operation of ponzi schemes and
fraud!
Stormpay also have no telephone number on their site which is in fact illegal
and carries a fine
of upto $100,000. They have also ignored our requests for their money
transmitter license details
which makes us think that they are possibly operating without a money
transmitter license which is
also illegal.
None response to email and the freezing of accounts without good reason is
illegal too.
It has become apparent that Stormpay appear to care very little about their
customers and
the words "honesty" and "Stormpay" appearing in the same
sentence is never likely to happen unless of course
you are reading some of the many self promoting messages that Stormpay send to
their customers.
We are sure that Stormpay will probably tell people that these accounts were
closed because of member
complaints or because the Admin ran off with all the money. We can assure our
members that the very few
refund requests we received were paid back in full immediately and that we have
not even requested a
single dime in payments to ourselves from Stormpay, meaning that they had
absolutely no good reason
to take our members money and hold it hostage.
We are asking that our members do not file refund requests or complaints until
our lawyer has been in contact
with Stormpay regarding this situation, because Stormpay will then be able to
claim that the account was closed
due to a large volume of refund requests, chargebacks or complaints which they
themselves would have caused.
If Stormpay Inc do not respond to our lawyer then we will have no hesitation in
filing suit against them for and
on behalf of our members and will then recommend that all members who have
personally lost money because of
Stormpay go and initiate refund requests or chargebacks against Stormpay Inc.
Please do not do this yet though!
http://www.mystormpaylawsuit.com/
Above you will find more interesting information about Stormpay Inc, but please
be aware that if you do file
suit against them that it might be dismissed unless you file it in Tennessee as
their user agreement that you
signed clearly states that you can only sue them in Tennessee!
Will I be paid my Stormpay withdrawal in another currency?
Unfortunately we are unable to do this due to insuffient funds as approximately
95% of all spends were made with
Stormpay. We will however immediately pay out all members who are owed Stormpay
payouts if Stormpay ever allow us
to access our account and pay our members, but please do not bank on this as so
far they have simply ignored all
our requests to know why they have just out of the blue closed our account.
If you pay a visit to any of the forums or message boards where surf sites are
discussed you will see that we are
not alone and are not just simply making up a story to avoid paying our members
what they are owed. Our hands are
completely tied here and we are doing everything humanly possible to regain
access to our account to pay our members
and to keep our members updated as to what is happening, but as Stormpay is
ignoring us we are completely in the dark
also and will update you on the situation as soon as we know more.
At this stage we are effectively starting over again as we have over 10,000
members and very few other options in the
pipeline at present due to the latest Stormpay fiasco. We ask that members be
patient and support us in the startover
by upgrading with different currencies, more below......
The good news is that as we no longer have an active Stormpay account and will
never use them again anyway, we no longer
have to abide by their new rules on using more than one processor and will be
reinstating E-Gold, Ebullion and other
reliable and HONEST payment processors immediately and effective straightaway.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this has caused to any of you and
will do our utmost to try and get your money
back for you or your owing payments to you.
As we have over 10,000 members and as the site has been an unprecedented success
we believe that we can forge onwards
and continue to assist our members to earn an online income outside of Stormpay.
This would require upgrading your account
with any of the other funding methods we offer and waiting a while while we
figure out the Stormpay situation for any outstanding
Stormpay payouts.
We hope that you understand that this is completely outside of our control and
that we are not the only site affected
by this stupidity.
We hope you are having a better day than we are.
Admin
TurboGPT.Com