There have been so many scam sites that claim to pay a lot of money such as $30 for answering a survey, $50 for creating a YouTube video... Now more people realize such offers are too good to be true, Earn2Flex is trying to be a little discreet - just by reducing the value of rewards. Well, the "rewards" are still fake, it's never going to pay you a penny. Read my Earn2Flex scam review, particularly if you're looking to make money with surveys-for-cash programs, this is another bogus scam that you should avoid at all costs.
Earn2Flex Review | ||
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Product Name: | Earn 2 Flex | |
Website URL: | earn2flex.co | |
Type: | Data harvesting scam | |
Owner: | Earn2Flex LLC (fake company name) | |
Launched: | April 2020 | |
Price: | Free to join | |
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What Is Earn2Flex?
Earn2Flex is one of many data harvesting scam sites, primarily targeting new (teenage) users. Its only purpose is to collect personal data from as many users and sell it to third-party spam agencies for money. It offers fake rewards for completing ridiculously easy tasks such as answering surveys, installing an app on a smartphone, etc. The monetary "reward" will be added to the user's Earn2Flex account each time they complete a task, such as;
- $25 just for signing up with Earn2Flex
- $5 each time they answer a (fake) survey
- $5 for installing an app
- $5 each time they refer a friend or social follower
- $10 for promoting Earn2Flex on YouTube
To complete a survey or install an app, users will be asked to submit their personal information first (your full name, email address, phone number, street address, date of birth, and so on). The majority of new users are happy to give out their information in exchange for $5, and that's where the trick is.
They carry on completing "surveys" and keep referring friends and followers to Earn2Flex, as their "account balance" increases each time. Unfortunately nobody gets paid - when they request to withdraw cash, their request will be either ignored completely or disqualified. Soon their access to Earn2Flex will be blocked, and that'll be the end of it.
The users' personal information will be sold from one spammer to another, which means sooner or later, the users will start receiving unsolicited emails, nuisance text messages, and cold-calls.
How Do We Know It Will Never Pay?
We know it because there have been hundreds of similar (almost identical) scam sites. Earn2Flex is actually a mirror site of Reward Dollars, which in turn is a mirror site of EZBucks, MoreCash, Social Bounty, and so on... None of these sites have paid a single dime to the users, and they've all been created to sell the users' personal data by offering fake rewards!
Fake Company
Earn2Flex claims that it was "founded in 2016" and it's been paying "real cash to millions of members for many years" as if it's a real company. But this very site "earn2flex.co" was only created in February 2020 and updated in April. So you can see it's not telling you the truth.
The address that's shown on the site is also fake - "Cotesfield" is a village in Nebraska, and there is no "Rollins Road". If you check that on Google Maps, you'll see that there couldn't possibly be such a company in the middle of nowhere.
Fake "Advertising Partners"
Earn2Flex also says, "we deliver proven results to our advertising partners", and not much else. It doesn't explain how it runs a profitable business.
You know, some industries are more interesting than others to the general public... Imagine you and I are having a conversation and I tell you that I own a restaurant that makes millions of dollars each year. You would probably ask questions like, the name of the restaurant, what kind of food I serve, and why my restaurant is so popular, wouldn't you?
Now imagine I tell you that I'm an advertising agent, making millions of dollars. You would probably say "wow", but you wouldn't have much to ask me, like successful advertising techniques, would you? Unless you work in the same industry.
Earn2Flex displays a few company logos on the homepage - Burger King, Wendy's, Dunkin Donuts, and Fortnite (which is an odd one out because Fortnite is not the name of the company) as if they are the "advertising partners". It expects no one to question what kind of advertisements, where they appear, and in what kind of capacity. Of course, the information is all fabricated. The company logos (Burger King, etc) are all taken from Wikimedia Commons and simply displayed on the site, they really mean nothing.
So How Does Earn2Flex Make Money?
As I mentioned earlier, Earn2Flex sells your personal data to make money. "Task Wall" is where fake advertising agents steal your data - offering rewards such as "$1,000 Visa gift card", "$100 Starbucks gift card" in exchange for completing a task, but none of them is really a task. They all pretend to give survey questions and ask your full personal detail.
Earn2Flex works as an affiliate to these advertising agents, and every time you complete a "task", it receives a very small amount of commission (usually $1-$2) from the agent. That's all it does.
It may appear as if you'll receive a gift card from the ad agent AND $5 from Earn2Flex every time you complete a task...but how can Earn2Flex pay you $5 when it only makes $1-$2, you see what I mean?
And needless to say, these gift card rewards don't exist. If you think you have the slightest chance of receiving something in the post, you'd better forget it. It's all falsely offered as a bait to get you to give out your personal detail!
Fake Testimonials
The testimonials section is tagged as "What our happy members are saying", but they're all fake. All the 3 photos are royalty-free stock images and, the Earn2Flex owner has used the same images in the other scam sites. Obviously, the words are not quoted by the "members", they're just made up.
Fake "Payment Proofs"
I hope you're guessing by now that the "payment proofs" shown on the homepage are also all fabricated. Anyone can easily create these by collaging different screenshots, images, and text by using free graphic software.
Can You Make Money With Online Surveys?
The Earn2Flex homepage tells you as if online surveys are the way for you to make money, and that's grossly misleading. It says things like;
"Large companies and brands are always interested in what their consumers have to say. You will help companies create better products and services by voicing your opinions while earning real cash."
Yes, companies/brands are always interested in consumers' opinions. But not via a platform like Earn2Flex, because they need true opinions from genuine consumers. Not from some random people who are looking to make money by giving opinions, you know what I mean?
In other words, surveys are not designed to pay decent money. Okay, imagine you are 17-years old male student, desperate for some money. One survey says it pays $5 if you answer questions about pregnancy...or retirement life... You could pretend to be pregnant or retired and make up an answer to the questions if you wanted to. If they offer to pay a decent amount of money, they won't get genuine survey results, because it will only attract people who are looking to make money with surveys.
Earn2Flex says "our members can usually earn a few hundred extra dollars a day by answering surveys" - not true. Earn2Flex will not pay a cent to start with, and no one can make such a great amount of money via any legitimate reward programs, not even from well-known sites such as Swagbucks or Clixsense.
So What Have We Learned From It?
Well, according to Statista, there are 3.08 billion social media users worldwide in 2020. People "share links" every second and answer survey questions night and day. Even children can answer surveys as long as they can read. You see, what Earn2Flex falsely offers is not a job's worth. Nobody pays money - real cash - just for sharing links, you see what I mean?
If you stop and think about how a business runs, you'll easily understand this logic. If you want to get a job locally, you'll first send a résumé to an employer. If you're shortlisted, you'll be attending the interview as a candidate. You'll only be hired if the employer thinks you're the right person.
It works exactly the same way online. Nobody in the world will randomly pay you such good rates for doing something that anybody - even children - can do.
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You know, the only way to make a decent income online is to run your own business. If you have a particular skill, you can advertise it on sites such as Fiverr and Upwork and people may hire you. Otherwise, starting your own business is not as hard as you think. In fact, anyone can start right here, right now.
Affiliate marketing is the easiest way to start - NOT easy to make money, nothing's going to happen overnight, because you'll likely to have to build a website and need to learn digital marketing techniques. But anyone can become an affiliate with very little initial investment, promote products on a website and receive commissions from brands.
Building a website doesn't require technical skills. In fact you can have one built literally within 30 seconds, then you'll start customizing it to make it your own. If you are interested in writing blog content and monetizing it, join me free from the link below. We'll take you through. Any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment below. Good luck!
Thanks sir for the review. I'll like to know your take on star-clicks.com if it's legit or not.
Thanks
Please do you know any other legit site that wouldn't need a start up capital.
Hi Reggie, there isn’t such a thing, I’m afraid. Online jobs are no different from offline jobs, only a lot more competitive. The only way is to run your own business if you want to earn decent money. Any more questions don’t hesitate to get back to me. I wish you all the best!
Sir , thanks to you for giving such a important information about the scam of earn2flex . Pls suggest me a way of earning money online . I have not the skill of how to earn online .
Hi Nitin, as I suggested in the post…join me from the link and I can take you through. I wish you all the best!
Sir, thanks for the lnfo.. Please I want to know if pennywise wealth management true, how legitimate is it.
Hi Mike, It’s not legitimate at all – check the review; https://cybercashworldwide.com/pennywise-wealth-management-scam-review
What do you have to say about gramfree?
Thanks for the enlightenment though.. It has really helped !
And also, any suggestions on how I can stop my email from being slammed by these scammers? I’d really appreciate one?
Hi Jay, thanks for your comment. Firstly GramFree – my colleague Joe has written a review GramFree Review – Why Should You Trust This Site?
About email spams – I don’t think there’s the best way to stop them all, once you’ve started to receive them. What spammers do is use their own “self-hosting” email marketing software instead of using well-known email marketing services (or use several of them). If you unsubscribe from one list, they’ll simply add back your email address on another list. So it’s best for you to open a new “disposable” email address and use it whenever you want to sign up with a program that you’re not sure of.
I wish you all the best Jay, thanks!
Hello everyone why I have 5 people and I just add 2 to it today to make it 7 people but is not showing on my profile why will I say this is scam after having much people that went to join me?
Hi, like I explained… You’re wasting your time and embarrassing yourself by getting others to join. Stop now and move on, because you’re not getting any money from it. Good luck 🙂
It was my 14 yr old son who said it sounded too good to be true. I immediately checked the review & here we are. You guys saved us from wasting our time & getting spammed. For 40 odd years the only way I know I can get my share of rewards is from working hard for it & stick to my guns. It doesn’t matter online or not. Try to find an easy way out & make a fool out of yrself. God bless.
Hi Donnie, thanks for your comment. Yes a clever teenage kid like your son can easily work out the sites such as Earn2Flex are scams from all the contradicting information. You’re absolutely right, people often quote the phrase “Don’t work hard, work smart” but they also often take it the wrong way and search for an easy, lazy way to earn money, which doesn’t really exist. I appreciate your comment Donnie, I wish you all the best.
Thanks so much sir for that wonderful reply I have worked and worked just to get paid it turns to a very big problem even those that join me started seeing me as unserious person..is they any good site like this someone will work and get paid cuz I really need money for my sick sister..please add me on what’s app +*********..thanks sir
Hi Muna, thanks for your comment. Okay, here’s the solid, undeniable truth…
If you want to do some work and get paid decent money because you NEED it, the only way is to sign up with a job agency, make a good resume and go for a job interview. That’s the only way.
Many people who “NEED” money for various family reasons, to pay bills, etc. look for online jobs because they can’t find a decent job locally – they’re totally missing the point. Online job is much, much harder to find. Because they don’t know you. They don’t trust you. Nobody wants to rely on someone they don’t know to do a job and pay. Jobs that are available for ANYONE (like online surveys) will only pay a few cents.
When you want to change your lifestyle and start making good money, you can start running your own business. But it requires you to learn techniques and requires you to invest money (at least a few hundred dollars). While you’re desperate for money, you can’t run your business.
So my advice is to stop wasting your precious time looking for a “site that pays” which never exists, and look for a local job to save up some money. I can help you when you’re ready to run your own business.
I wish you all the best to you, and thank you for your comment.
I have no problem logging on to Earn 2 flex right now. steadily making progress I spend almost 6 hours daily and I have made 120 dollars so far. Are you saying this is not going to be materialized then how come it asked me payment options?
Hi, thanks for your comment. It does ask you to save your preferred payment option just to sound real, that’s all. As I explained in the post…all I can advise you is to stop it now. I wish you all the best.
Can I be able to remove my payment details? I don’t want them to hack it? In fact how do I edit the details I have updated in the site?
Hi Fortune, yes you can. Payment detail – you can simply replace it with a fake one. Your personal detail, if you go to your account settings and change your login email address to a fake one (anything…like abc@zzz.com) and save. Log out and try logging back in. It will only log you in with your new (fake) email address, not with your real one. I hope that’ll work. All the best!