Got Scammed By Trafficmonsters! (6)
Hello STM members!
Today we wanted to warn all of you about big scammers - Trafficmonsters!
We've been selling them pop and banners in April and May 2020. Here is our stats - https://gyazo.com/2cf776cd585d5dfdc896e309855c4eee . The manager has been saying that traffic quality is nice - https://gyazo.com/ad85894b055adb44945acfadb18e17ff
https://gyazo.com/c7e85f8775a6d348a4aa16695149fcac . Also, during 1st week of May their platform got broken so it counted banners as popunders. The manager said that it was their inner problem, but then he changed his mind and started blaming an unknown advertiser who has set high bids in their self-serve platform - https://gyazo.com/000893759ff80ba3ae8ac120877a090f . Bids were fixed in 2-3 days, but the earned sum remained on the balance (total 1500$). By the time of 1st payment (Net 15) we'd earned ~150$ https://gyazo.com/241ec31d24aa8a959e05f118e96c4ca6 so we decided to keep it and withdraw a bigger sum. By May 1st, we already had ~500$ - https://gyazo.com/07d69e628be5a1fed77ea0bc4266f541 . So the invoice was conducted (May 6) and sent to our manager - live:.cid.66e0c0f42a357fe3 and to their finance - payments@trafficmonsters.uk . We've sent 4(!) notifications to their finance asking for payment proof and confirmations, but got 0 response. Our manager has been promising to check with finance almost every day, but yet the payment hasn't been made : https://gyazo.com/2031e456a86a551804f612aa813352c3
https://gyazo.com/65862eaaccc62b2ec87d1b9548de8bb4
https://gyazo.com/e7e46d3d02893ff05f5d1f2990be64c9
https://gyazo.com/67266678f2cf3aef480c206201aa4f50
https://gyazo.com/e18bdafc6e6e547ad61e3514979c0ec1
https://gyazo.com/20668136a6fbd2a56d50da9760db2eed
https://gyazo.com/44666ea953fdf52087b7cc0f5f50573a
https://gyazo.com/ce58fd8e800b9c6ea9183f4a685ac000
Today’s JUNE 10 and there are no payments from Trafficmonsters! In the end, they owe us 1500$! Don't work with these guys, because you’ll meet extremely rude scammers there!
Could you maybe translate the conversations? This way it's a bit hard to see what the exact conversation was.
Also, the invoice is made on the 6th right, + net15 means 21st of May, it's now the 10th of June. Ofcourse they should answer quicker @Trafficmonsters, but I wouldn't call them scammers so quickly.
Yes, sure, here is the translation
https://gyazo.com/ad85894b055adb44945acfadb18e17ff - Trafficmonsters manager said that they've checked traffic quality on test volumes and it met their requirements. He said that the next day they'd start buying more.
https://gyazo.com/c7e85f8775a6d348a4aa16695149fcac - ADxAD manager asked about 0 responses and wanted to know if there are any tech issues or if the traffic quality changed. Trafficmonsters manager replied that quality is ok , they keep fixing tech issue.
https://gyazo.com/000893759ff80ba3ae8ac120877a090f - Trafficmonsters manager says that 300*250 banners quality is fine. ADxAD manager asked for a report with subids, as they don't show that info on the dashboard. ADxAD manager asked for a report again, the manager confirmed that there was no tech issue, the wrong bids were set by the advertiser. Still no report
https://gyazo.com/2031e456a86a551804f612aa813352c3 - Trafficmonster manager confirmed that they don't have VAT Number. ADxAD manager asked if everything is allright with the invoice that was sent to their finance dept. ADxAD manager confirmed that after the payment received ADxAD would be glad to relaunch traffic.
https://gyazo.com/65862eaaccc62b2ec87d1b9548de8bb4 - it's the 2nd part of the screenshot above, where Trafficmonsters manager confirms that they payment would be released by the end of the week (May 24). And he confirmed the relaunched after my side got the $.
https://gyazo.com/e7e46d3d02893ff05f5d1f2990be64c9 - ADxAD manager asked for payment proof as there were no $ by the end of the week. Trafficmonsters manager replied that it had to be cleared out, but the finance had already left the office, so he'd check on Monday. ADxAD manager said ok, we would revert on Monday.
https://gyazo.com/67266678f2cf3aef480c206201aa4f50 - May 25 - ADxAD maanger asked for the news, but was ignored. May 28 Trafficmonsters manager said that he has asked about the payment status once again.
https://gyazo.com/e18bdafc6e6e547ad61e3514979c0ec1 - Trafficmonsters manager said that their accountants are in BVI and their working regime is once in 2 weeks. ADxAD manager asked to ping them once again. Trafficmonsters manager agreed, but it was not followed by any comments.
https://gyazo.com/20668136a6fbd2a56d50da9760db2eed - ADxAD manager asked once again about the payment. Trafficmonsters manager had sent unknown sequence of capital letters and numbers, said that he'd missed the chat and in a short form said that he'll check for the payment once again.
https://gyazo.com/44666ea953fdf52087b7cc0f5f50573a - it's a 2nd part of the screenshot above and it says that Trafficmonsters manager asked about the payment method mentioned in the Invoice. ADxAD manager replied with Paypal. Trafficmonster confirmed that then he was in touch with finance and he asked them for details.
https://gyazo.com/ce58fd8e800b9c6ea9183f4a685ac000 - the 3rd part of the screenshot above. ADxAD maanger said, yes please check with your team. Trafficmonsters manager asked about the due date. ADxAD manager replied that it was his side to pay that's why he should name the due date. The invoice has been sent in the beginning of May. Trafficmonsters said that he'd check. ADxAD manager asked about the time when to expect reply. The manager replied that the definitely the same day we should have expect the answer.
https://gyazo.com/7db44de8721bde540d3fddc2ec97ad87 - June 5, ADxAD manager tried to clear out if my side should have expect the money transfer on Paypal the same day or not. Trafficmonsters manager replied that the finance managers were having lunch so they'd reply during 1 hour. In an hour ADxAD managers asked about the confirmation once again, but there were 0 responses. ADxAD manager last message was about showing this situation to the public.
Thanks, it looks like there is some delay in payment. During corona in some countries it's still hard to be productive and have all things aligned as before. I have no experience with Trafficmonsters honestly so I can't tell they are solid or not. But I think this is will be a "classic" version of getting paid too late, which happens quite often and is very annoying! It happens to me not that often anymore, but occasionally yes.
Best to stay calm at least. Try to call them or maybe find another person on Skype thats works there. And maybe they can reply here @Trafficmonsters....
*I see their last activity was 03-01-2014 01:35 PM 
we did find another person in Telegram, at least it look like another person, but this might be the same guy. He said that their Net terms are Net60 (IO was signed for Net 15) and they will check April and May quality once again (as I said it was confirmed several times already). Our manager kindly explained entire situation and in return manager from Telegram said that our traffic was "bullshit". Our manager once again stressed that there were no disatisfaction with user's quality and that the payment had to be made. That's it.
There is no issues with delays, they just don't pay"(
Originally Posted by adxadcom
Net60 means indeed you have to wait a little longer, but not if you signed for net15 ofcourse...
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