Payment Processors Used By Surf Firms Offline
UPDATED 8:56 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Two popular payment processors used by autosurfing firms are offline simultaneously.
The main pages for SolidTrustPay of Canada and StrictPay of Panama both will load. But registration buttons for both of the processors are generating server errors and will not load. The problem appears to be affecting secure (https) connections.
Some members said they could not access their accounts. Others described the problem, which is being discussed on autosurfing forums, as intermittent.
Neither company has explained the problem on their main pages. The secure pages for both SolidTrustPay and StrictPay are generating a “Connection Interrupted” error message in Firefox, and a “cannot display the webpage” error in Internet Explorer.
UPDATE 3:13 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) One of our readers reports that sign-up pages for the processors worked from his location. We again tried to get the pages to load in Firefox and IE, and they threw server errors. Why this is happening is unclear.
UPDATE 8:56 P.M. EDT (U.S.A) SolidTrustPay and StrictPay are accessible now.
Both seem to work for me. I don’t have accounts with either but the sign-up pages loaded, which were https.
Uh Oh its the end of the world the payment processors are down. Actually their working just fine
Hello 7boogiewoogie,
People who can’t access their accounts or register would disagree with you.
BTW, the AdViewGlobal forum has closed a thread on this topic to discussion.
Patrick
Here’s how smart an autosurfer is:
“Actually their working just fine” Their?!?!
You mean “Actually THEY’RE working just fine” as in they are?
Not surprising coming from a person who supports Andy Bowdoin!
Speaking of offshore tax scams, I thought I’d share this:
Beware The “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams
http://consumerist.com/5212125/beware-the-dirty-dozen-tax-scams
Uh-oh excerpt for AVG participants:
Hiding Income Offshore
The IRS aggressively pursues taxpayers and promoters involved in abusive offshore transactions. Taxpayers have tried to avoid or evade U.S. income tax by hiding income in offshore banks, brokerage accounts or through other entities. Recently, the IRS provided guidance to auditors on how to deal with those hiding income offshore in undisclosed accounts. The IRS draws a clear line between taxpayers with offshore accounts who voluntarily come forward and those who fail to come forward.
Taxpayers also evade taxes by using offshore debit cards, credit cards, wire transfers, foreign trusts, employee-leasing schemes, private annuities or life insurance plans.
The IRS has also identified abusive offshore schemes including those that involve use of electronic funds transfer and payment systems, offshore business merchant accounts and private banking relationships.
(Now hum the theme from Dragnet to yourself. Unfortunately, the IRS has no catchy song.)
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