Instant Cash Links Review – Fake Site, No Value

Instant Cash Links claims that making money online "has never been easier." Well, it's a pretty irresponsible statement, isn't it? You may have drawn attention by saying that a couple of decades ago, but we should all know by now that there's nothing special about working "online". There's no such thing as an easy way to make money. 

If you've been wondering if this particular site is legit or a scam, today my Instant Cash Links review will reveal what I've found so far. I guess it depends on the value of earnings they're talking about. I did try it myself and made my money so easy, instantly... 1 cent. So they're not totally lying in that respect.

What Is The Instant Cash Links Site?

Instant Cash Links (ICL) does not provide any service or any useful value to users. It simply promises to pay you in exchange for referring others to this very site instantcashlinks.com.

The site doesn't require you to sign up - although this might seem like a simple process, it makes it virtually impossible to earn any money. I'll explain why in a little while.

Overall, there are too many uncertainties in the information provided by the site. The owner is unknown. The aim of this site is unclear. The contact form doesn't work. It claims to share the advertising income it receives, but the exact revenue source is also unclear... All these red flags, now I'll list them up one by one so you know why I'm so suspicious.

How Much Can You Earn?

You'll be provided with your own unique link on the homepage. You share it with your friends or social followers and, every time someone clicks the link (and visit the ICL page), you'll be rewarded with $0.01. Yes, 1 cent.

When you've earned $25, you'll be eligible to request to withdraw. ICL claims to pay you via PayPal - no other method is available.

You will have to earn $25, which means you'll have to get 2,500 people to click the link.

Although the FAQ page says something different. Firstly, it says "Nobody knows for sure about this." This sounds somewhat childish to me. A service provider saying "nobody understands us" on the FAQ page! There are other important things that nobody knows about this site - the owner's information to start with.

The FAQ page claims to pay you $5 just for referring 100 visitors, whereas the homepage says $1. So there's a discrepancy there. But I've tested it by sharing my referral link to myself and earned $0.01. So it does seem that you'll have to share your link with 2,500 people, that's quite astronomical.

Your Earnings May Disappear

So this is what I mentioned earlier, but the FAQ page also warns you about it. The site doesn't require you to sign up or sign in. It means that you can't log on to your "account" because the site is simply cookie-based. 

As long as you're using the same browser, your earnings record will remain there. You also have your unique referral link ID. But you can't see the same screen with the same link ID on any other browser or device. And as soon as you clear your browsing history, it will all be wiped out - you'll never get to see the same referral link ID again.

When you've finally invited 2,500 people and the balance is $25, you can only request to withdraw on the same browser. If you clear the cache or your browser is set to periodically clear the cache, you'll lose all your records. Because you never have your "account". Earning money with Instant Cash Links is pretty unfeasible, isn't it?

Contact Form Doesn't Work

At least you have your own unique link ID, so if anything happens (if you've lost your earning record) you can contact the admin using the contact form - you think. No. The form doesn't work. It simply returns an error.

No Owner Information

Perhaps this is the biggest red flag - the owner's information is not disclosed anywhere on the site. No name, address, or even an email address can be seen. You see, you never truly trust someone with a hidden identity, no matter how credible what they say might be. No means of communication is available. The site may be gone by tomorrow, and if it's gone, you can't trace them. You don't want to get involved with a fake site like that.

There's one clause on the Terms of Service page (instantcashlinks.com/page/terms-of-service) that sounds confusing. 

The beginning of the clause says "the provider will pay...reported by our system", which sounds like Instant Cash Links controls the system but the payments are made by a third company. But the end of the clause says "we will not pay fees if..." However, the rest of the Terms page seems to refer to "the provider" as the Instant Cash Links' owner. So this is very odd.

Fake Site "CashBank4Calls"

FAQ page does say, "We make money from advertisements on this website", but the only company that Instant Cash Links advertises is a service called "CashBack 4 Calls" (cashback4calls.com.) A few banners and a popup ad can be seen. But the banner link is a direct link to CashBank4Calls, not a unique affiliate link. 

This suggests that both ICL and CB4C may be owned by the same person (only speculating).

The CB4C site appears to be operated from the UK, but that's dubious because;

• A UK address is displayed on the site. You can see the address exists on Google Maps. But it's a residential house converted to business premises. There is no "2nd floor". (*** In the UK, 2nd floor means 3rd level. It's a 2-storey house.)
• The banner reads, "Earn up to 750£ Working From Home". We never put the "£" sign after the number. It always comes before (£750). The banner was not created by someone who lives in the UK.

Google Plus? Long Gone!

Instant Cash Links encourages users to share the link on three social networks; Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. But Google+ was discontinued as of April 2019. We'd been repeatedly informed of it over 6 months prior to its closure.

According to the domain registry, the domain instantcashlinks.com was first registered in December 2019, eight months after Google+ was gone. This means they have no idea what's going on with the world's biggest search engine, and they probably have very little knowledge of social networks (i.e. what it means to share links, etc.) Perhaps after all, it simply wishes to increase the number of visitors by paying 1 cent a visit, to rank higher on Alexa, even though that alone does not benefit the URL itself.

No Quality, No Value

Now, I'm going back to what I said right at the beginning of this page. 

Whoever tells you that making money online is "easy" is not being honest. They're either bragging to get you to buy something, or the value of money they're talking about is extremely low. Instant Cash Links is the latter. It allows you to make money sooo easily - yes, 1 cent for sharing a link.

I think 1 cent is just about the right rate. And that's the reason you shouldn't look for easy jobs like "sharing a link." Actually, there are two reasons. One is easy jobs pay extremely low rates. The other reason is that they'll rot your brain. Those jobs never provide value and you'll never learn anything from them. You'll never move forward if you don't try to search for decent work online and polish your skills!