30/01/09. BigBangSurf Review and Other News

BEWARE! THIS PROGRAM STOPPED PAYING! PLEASE DON’T INVEST!
Hi everybody! I hope you’re all well after the week and looking forward to a couple of days off now for the weekend. I myself am spending a couple of days in the north west of Ireland. For those not familiar it’s called Donegal and it’s widely regarded as one of the finest surfing spots in Europe. The weather is a bit wild for me to go for a swim in the north Atlantic in January but as I look out my bedroom window enjoying the majestic view of Donegal Bay I see there are a few brave souls out there with their surf boards even in winter. So I thought to myself why not write about a more gentle type of surfing that the readers here are more interested in, lol!

And so today I want to talk about a new surfing site called BigBangSurf. This one is notable for several reasons but perhaps the most unique feature here is that it seems to be the first major online program (that I’m aware of anyway) to accept the new payment processor EvoWallet. More about that in a minute. First though let’s have a look at the important part. The plan.

The plan here is the tried and tested 12 for 12 model. 12% daily on your investment for 12 days. 144% in total. It’s the classic autosurf model that hardly needs an introduction for most of you guys by now. But actually in this case it’s split into two parts for smaller and larger investors. The Starter plan will pay you 11% daily for 12 days with automatic payment on expiry. This involves you surfing 12 sites per day on a timer for 12 seconds each. Ad units cost $6 each and this plan is for those who buy 10 units or less, I.e from $6 to $60. As I said good for the smaller investor, or those of you who just like to test it first.

Then there is the BigBang Pros plan. For bigger investors but still more than affordable for the majority, this is the classic 12% for 12 days plan that I mentioned. Just like the other one, it’s for surfing 12 sites daily for 12 seconds each. Ad packs are still $6, but this is for investors who buy from 11 packs up to the allowed maximum of 2000, or in monetary terms $12,000. Cashouts are also on expiry and paid automatically.

The list of payment processors is impressive, especially for a new program. The admin has clearly done a lot of work in laying the foundations for a successful program here. He has however decided to pass on the processor fees to the customer so keep that in mind when deciding which option to take. I have included the fees here after the payment processors. LibertyReserve, PerfectMoney and EvoWallet all 1.00%. SolidTrustPay and StrictPay– both 2.00%. And AlertPay – 2.5%. I think I might try EvoWallet later for an upgrade. Anybody already using it please get in touch. I’d love to hear your feedback.

As an added incentive to encourage members to be more active in promoting BigBangSurf, the referral program here is among the most generous I can think of. You can earn up to 15% commission on purchases. You will actually receive just 3% for your direct downline, but this referral program is for five levels. In other words, your downline’s downline will also pay you up to the next five members referred. So even those of you not so good at recruiting new members night be surprised at the potential income you might earn from referring even a small number. Cashouts from your commissions can be made daily.

As with the payment processors, the admin of BigBangSurf seems to have done some good groundwork regarding the security of his site as well. It’s hosted on a dedicated server with a strong level of anti-DDoS protection provided by BlockDos, my personal favorite in this field. The script though caught me by surprise. The only place I have seen this one before was on the site of the now defunct DailyProfitPond. This was not the only similarity between the two sites by the way, in fact there are several. But DailyProfitPond actually wasn’t a bad site while it lasted so I’m not going to speculate on a connection that nobody will ever prove anyway, but if it does exist it won’t stop me from investing in BigBangSurf. If the admin agrees to an interview soon I might take it up with him but really, I wouldn’t read too much into it right now.

So my overall opinion of BigBangSurf is a positive one. Considering the small number of decent autosurfs launched so far this year the quality has for the most part been high. And one highlight would appear to be BigBangSurf. It’s a nice professional design and easy to navigate and I think there’s been a lot of homework and hard work put in to this. This way also be some indication of the admin’s intentions to run a long lasting and dependable program. All that remains is to mention the usual warnings about their being no guarantees in this business and always remember the rule of “caveat emptor” applies in this business more than any other. But now having said that I think BigBangSurf is a decent opportunity to earn a good profit for yourself in the coming weeks. Just remember that if you want to join at all, now is the time to do so. The sooner you get in the better your chances of success are. What else? Enjoy the surf!

Other news for today.

There’s not too much news to report today. But first I would like to correct my previous post because the admin of GoldNuggetInvest Robert (interviewed here) cleared a couple of things up for me today. Here is what he has to say about the script issues and about the missing interest payments:
“Thanks for your great support Paul and I must really say that we have great members, at least 98% of them are treating us like friends, without any complain.
However, I must clarify something what was written on your blog. Not all members have received the 5% for this weeks daily program. Arthur is working through the email requests one by one, in the order we have received them. Thats why I announced it may take up to 48 hours. He will however work the whole Sunday as well and I think by Monday or Tuesday we are up-to-date with all the missing earnings.
We will send out another news upgrade later today with information concerning the server upgrade.”
So hang on, guys, and I hope by the beginning of the next week everything will be alright with all the deposits made in GoldNuggetInvest.
And by the way, I have just received the promised update about the server upgrade:
“Here I am again with a news update, as promised!
I just got notification from BlackLotus this morning that they are working on the installation for our new server and it will be online within the next 12 – 36 hours. I asked them yesterday about possible downtime and received following reply:
“Only caveat will still be the 24 hour time to expire a DNS entry. What we’ll do is put up a temporary error message that visitors will see until their DNS expires with instructions on how to force their DNS to the new server if necessary.”
So there should be no downtime – and if there is, it should be minimal.
A lot of our members contacted me during the last two days regarding the posting of their earnings. Please note that Arthur is working on that issue all the time, but still has a backlog of about 300 requests and to be fair to all our members, we have to answer them in the order we received them.
I have convinced Arthur to come in on Sunday and I hope until Sunday evening we have answered most of your requests and applied the earnings manually.
However, once the server is installed the Weekly Fixed earnings will be posted automatic as before and the Daily Variable earnings will be posted on a daily base again as from Monday, Feb. 2nd.
One more thing, please address support requests for the moment to my personal email address at goldnuggetinvest@gmail.com. We have disabled the helpdesk today since it will be upgraded as well to the new eticket Help Desk software during next week.
I wish you all a nice weekend.
P.S. I will send out one more news update once the new server is up and running.”

The admin of AggeroInvestment Roger (interviewed here) has been already tired to explain why their merging with PAC will be beneficial for everybody. Some of the members are still asking questions about that and that’s why Roger tried his best to respond to all possible doubts that some members are still having. This all was published in the regular Friday update sent to all the members of AggeroInvestment:
“I hope you are having a wonderful Friday again. I’m not going to discuss a lot of things today as most of you already know what’s going on. Basically, just a few answers to some of the frequently asked questions about the merger of AggeroInvestment (AI) with PremiumAdsClub and Scotia Ads (PAC/SA).
1st- AI and PAC/SA will remain different programs. That includes payment processor accounts. We will NOT merge it into one account.
2nd- You do not have to join the other program if you do not want to. That will be totally your decision.
3rd- Contests, bonuses, forums, etc. are all still separate from each other. (Maybe one or two mixed contests and/or bonuses in the future.)
Then you might ask what will change? And why the need to announce a merger if everything’s going to be the same anyway? The answer to that lies in the background. I cannot go into much detail but trust me that all programs will be much, much stronger because of our plans ahead. Three heads working for the betterment of this industry is better than one (me). You’ve trusted me this far, I hope I still have your trust on this decision. Do not treat this as a game anymore but treat it as your business from now on. Think positive always!
Enjoy your weekend ahead! And stay safe always!
P.S. New members, please read the ‘HELP’ link inside your member’s area. Slowly study it and you will learn how our program works. You will then be ready to answer any of your future downline’s questions when we open again.”

ForexInv (reviewed here) has been offline today for several hours due to some maintenance work on their server. You could see this update on their website for some part of the day:
“ForexInv Co. Server is under maintenance, please access your account after 5 – 8 hours. Contact us if you have questions.”
Bu this moment the site of ForexInv is up and running fine. The admin just issued the following update:
“ForexInv Co. maintenance complete and you can request transfer now. Server complete time 30.Jan.2009 01:12:10 PM. Thanks for all your support.”

Please be aware that now I have all the evidence needed to confirm that BrainManagement (reviewed here) is NOT a registered entity in the British Virgin Islands. Thanks to one of my readers who actually contacted a government official, Danielle Sylvester, who is employed by BVI Financial Services Commission and she gave this explanation regarding why BrainManagement is still on their list. I would like to publish this reply from her and please note that this is an official response:
“According to the records available at the Registry of Corporate Affairs, BrainManagement Ltd was incorporated on the 9th November 2001 and has since been stuck off the Register and Dissolved on 30th June, 2005. At the time, its registered office was TMF (B.V.I.) Ltd. TMF Place, P.O Box 964, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Additionally, our records indicate that the company was licensed under the Mutual Fund Act, 1996 on 6th February, 2002 to provide management services to Brain Fund Ltd. It’s license was subsequently canceled on 11th October, 2005 under section 29(b)(i) of the Act, whereby the company had ceased to carry on business in or from within the Territory.
Regarding the Commissions website, this appears to be an oversight and is in the process of being rectified. Please note that BrainManagement Ltd is no longer regulated by the Financial Services Commission to provide services as a mutual fund entity, nor has it made any new application under the mutual funds legislation. If the entity has been operating as a mutual fund entity, it would be in direct contravention of our Act.
Also, please confirm whether or otherwise you may have evidence that BrainManagement Ltd is presently carrying on business (evidence should also be provided).
I trust that this information will be of assistance to you and look forward to your reply.”
I don’t think that BrainManagement is in trouble so far as the payments are processed on a daily basis but I would like just to let you know the information I got so you could make a reasonable and informed decision of whether or not you might like to deal with BrainManagement.

For your information Increaser and MutualForexFund are definitely gone and there is no sign of their return. So, we’d better just move on especially if you consider that there are so many programs that are paying on time. For instance, today I was paid from the following programs: AggeroInvestment, EliteFundGroup, 24over7, GoldNuggetInvest, QuickYield, 2008-N, Pioneer-Fund, InvestMonopoly, SilverInvest, FXOIC, BVIuion, ANOI, ImokTrade, Olympex-Group, PanaMoney, BrainManagement, WorldFinanceCorporationGroup, UCGCapital, 7Inv, CapitalCorpex, CadillacVentures, NordicMutualFunds, URInvest, Giant-Investment, IntensifyFunds, Surfs-Ahoy, ResidualForexIncome, ImmenseInvest (the first instant withdrawal to LR received) and BigBangSurf (the first ref comms paid). See you on my blog tomorrow!