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Is the website www.circumnews.com legitimate or fake?
Is the website www.circumnews.com legitimate or fake?

Is the website www.circumnews.com legitimate or bogus? Unfortunately, it is a fake. The website claims it allows it users to make money by reading news articles and/or creating referral links. A Referral is a unique link given to each user, which allows that user to earn money when someone clicks on that link.users may put these links on social networking websites, in emails, blogs and other locations on the internet.

Although the website claims it will send payments every 14 days via PayPal or Payza, a lot of persons have complained about not receiving payment or being deregistered after reaching the minimum payout amount.

Anonymous persons sent us the following information:

Circumnews.com is a scam. CNN has their own department that deals with ratings and viewers. They aren't outsourcing, especially to websites in Ukraine that have poor English amongst all the other red flags and unprofessional aspects.

Considering that and the fact that you don't even have to actually ping the News site its self to get your 2 to 5$$, big red flag. There are several other websites run off the same server that are not legit. Same concept sites. No one got paid for those sites either. I know I posted once before, but seriously just ask CNN to confirm they don't use these people and get the controversy behind everyone.

CircumNews is a scam. Here are my reasons:

  • Fact 1: They are in the Ukraine.
  • Fact 2: The site was created less than 3 weeks ago.
  • Fact 3: Those referral links? All re-direct back to the website OR yield a FAILED response.
  • Fact 4: Their touted $100 payout level increased to $350 today
  • Fact 5: Both PayPal and the FBI are aware of their shenanigans.

Circumnews.com is now believed to be a scam and a threat. People are getting viruses when they hit the cash out button or the send button to contact. There is no privacy policy and no one has been paid yet, it also has bad grammar. The domain has a sister site called Umfragenews.com in Russian. They may also be selling email addressees, pay pal info, and passwords. There's a lot of people falling for it! This site needs to be investigated and found out before too many people are victimized.

Please take a look at the comments posted below by other users who have used Circumnews.com. If you have any information on the website www.circumnews.com, please post it in the comment below.

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by an anonymous user from: Delhi, India

Fifty-news is fake or not?

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It is a fake.

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by an anonymous user from: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Many of my friends are using this website and they are thinking it is real. Please tell me how can I help them?

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Have them read the comments below.

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by an anonymous user from: Newark, New Jersey, United States

newsbehoof.com is a scam. I've been waiting for over 14 days which they state is the requirement, but still no payment to my paypal account.

What a waste of time.

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by an anonymous user from: DeFuniak Springs, Florida, United States

Has anyone uses fifty news.com yet? I hit the payout button yesterday and now Im kinda worried they can possibly hack my account now...is that possible for them ir do these places do things like that?

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by info

The "fifty-news.com" is another fake website. Click here for information.

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by an anonymous user from: Dallas, Texas, United States

So glad I did a little research before really getting into this. It sounds great but when they wanted my paypal account number, I knew something was wrong.

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by an anonymous user from: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Till News is a big FAKE...I reached my limit for 2 payouts and never got either one. When you email them, you never get a response back. Now they have LuckI News which is set up the same way. They didn't bother to change anything except the name. FAKE so don't even waste your time.

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by an anonymous user from: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Has anyone heard of Tillnews.com? it's pretty much the same concept of cirumnews.com. I got suspicious after a day on the website.

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by an anonymous user from: Brecksville, Ohio, United States

Should I be worried that they still have my email address? They can't get to my bank or paypal account, but I can't find where I can remove my address. It was fun, though....

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There is no need for you to worry because they have your email address. Just do your research and be careful next time.

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It is also a fake website. Click here for information.

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by an anonymous user from: Irkutsk, Siberian Federal District, Russia

The website www.postvesti.com is also a fake. The scammers just changed the website or domain name.

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The website www.circumnews.com changed their name to www.allnewsround.com. Click here to read more.

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by an anonymous user from: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

"allnewsround.com" is now "questofnews.com" created on 5/8/2015.

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by an anonymous user from: Ljubljana, Slovenia

If you really wish to do something about it, give your vote for the page on the WOT (Web of Trust) so possible new users searching for information may see the rating and decide not to login there. Seriously. It's a scam. I can't believe I fell for that too! Click here to view the page on WOT.

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by an anonymous user from: Kyle, Texas, United States

I had a feeling it was something like this, does not make me feel much better that I am not alone. :(

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by an anonymous user from: Islamabad, Pakistan

Hi, This is K* Nasir.Yes this website is a fake. I have worked for it for long time but they haven't paid a single penny . Thanks.

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by an anonymous user from: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Don't feel bad...I kept working thinking and hoping they would pay.

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by an anonymous user from: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Great please be careful.

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by an anonymous user from: Chicago, Illinois, United States

How are they making any money?

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They make money from the tasks their users perform, but instead of paying the users, they keep the money for themselves.

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by an anonymous user from: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Please don't waste your time, being waiting since December still no money or a response

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by an anonymous user from: Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Yes they are a scam. I've been waiting since december for my payment and have written them numerous times with no response. Also if you go to their website it says they have moved to allnewsround.com, however it is still the same c**p website they had just with a different name. Beware and don't waste your time like I did.

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by an anonymous user from: Lyndon, Michigan, United States

FYI: A woman by the name of Yolanda Smith, contact phone: 1-248-923-1025, (is passing herself off as a supposed representative with "all news round" on indeedjobs.com. I believe she is in all this scam.

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by an anonymous user from: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

It has been over a month and still no payment. I sent them two emails requesting payment.

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by an anonymous user from: Tucker, Georgia, United States

i think this and a lot of other so called work at home websites should be held accountable who ever owns them.there into me for 715.00 from back in december and they won't even respond.this really should be against the law. as hard as times are right now how could these people do others this way. i guess they got plenty of money and just want to have a laugh on us that don't.

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by an anonymous user from: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Fake website. I haven't received my 372 dollars yet and its been a whole month. I knew it was too good to be true.

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by an anonymous user from: Lakeland, Florida, United States

I hit 300$ and cashed out in November. It's January 19th and still nothing. Don't bother, it's fake.

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by an anonymous user from: Monor, Pest, Hungary

This site is nothing but a waste of time.
So far, nobody has received their money.
Don't go to this site, they are not legit!
Date payments System Sum Status
2014-01-05 06:02:51 $361 in process
2013-12-06 11:28:53 $350 in process

They do not have a Paypal account. However, if you sign up with them and use the same password with them as you use with Paypal, then chances are they are watching your account very closely, and if you have money hit your account then they will make sure it disappears and there is nothing you can do about it, because they have your info. Therefore, I do suggest that you change your password with Paypal and never use the same password when signing up with anyone, because they may gain access to all your information.

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by an anonymous user from: Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Do you think they can get my money on my ATM without knowing the password on my ATM? They know my account number so I'm curious if they can get my money on my ATM... Please reply.

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No, they will not be able to gain access to your ATM.

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by an anonymous user from: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Thank you so much.

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by an anonymous user from: Islamabad, Pakistan

I reached my limit on December 10, 2013 and cashed out. The site still says it is in process. Most likely the site is a SCAM. Any place to report them.

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by an anonymous user from: Omar, West Virginia, United States

i cashed out with 359 and my 14 days are up and i still have not been paid and i dont think i am going to keep doing it.

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by an anonymous user from: South Bend, Indiana, United States

The BBB told me they are based in South Carolina and in order to file a complaint I would need to contact The Labor Board there. I did and I have to print out a copy of the form and mail it in. I will update you when I hear something.

Chrystal Thurston
Indiana USA

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by an anonymous user from: Denver, Colorado, United States

Hi..I contacted the Dept of Labor too, and they need me to provide the physical business address for circumnews.com and I can't find it...I will do ALL i can to attempt to receive my funds...if you need to reach me you can comment here.

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by an anonymous user from: Charleston, West Virginia, United States

That's because they give you no info about them on the site. No contact number or even email address. When you do try to contact them it doesn't give you any ifo about them and they have switched their url to allnewsround.com

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by an anonymous user from: Newark, New Jersey, United States

So have u gotten paid yet?

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by an anonymous user from: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Circumnews is a fake site as I had already have two payments due which is about $700 and 14 days had passed since I had made the request for pay out. It is still showing in process which itself proves that it is a fake site and bluffs people by saying that it will reward just by reading news. I will suggest that no one should sign up on circumnews.
D. Goswami

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by an anonymous user from: New York, United States

I thought the website was real. I wasted alot of time.

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by an anonymous user from: Santo Domingo, Nacional, Dominican Republic

CNN is responsible for this, all links belong to them, so they are involved, they are paying for this and must give an answer.

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by an anonymous user from: Needham, Massachusetts, United States

I think this is fake ......but all videos news is from CNN I think, maybe have some relation....
I claim my money, but nothing i receive....

I think CNN need some explanation for the people about this
Regards,
Joseph

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by an anonymous user from: Los Angeles, California, United States

I was up to $358.20....It's been almost two weeks and I haven't seen any money! It says being processed.....Oh well, I didn't lose anything and if they got my email address then so be it! It just amazes me at the number of corrupt people there are in this world! I wish there really was a h**l where they have to pay for there transgressions, but I think that is a scam too! :)

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by an anonymous user from: Alexandria, Louisiana, United States

It's fake! I signed up with them when they first started up, cashed out at $108 within 3 days, but have not received anything from them! Don't know what they're trying to accomplish, but that website is nothing but a waste of time.

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by an anonymous user from: Schenectady, New York, United States

Yeah, it is most likely a scam. But, the joke is on them. I signed up with a phony email address and built up my account with referrals from other phony email addresses.

Let them try and contact them.too bad all around.

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by an anonymous user from: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

I signed up for circumnews. I haven't reached the payout amount yet, I figured it was too good to be true. I am not mad about it though. I didn't lose anything except 20 minutes out of my day reading the news. I have no viruses on my computer and no junk e-mails.
It's ashamed it isn't legit. The money would have been nice. Oh well. It is what it is.

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Currently, there is nothing that can be done after submitting your information. Going forward, watch out for scammers who may call or email you telling you they are legitimate by providing you with the information that you have submitted to them.

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by an anonymous user from: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Is there a way to get out of this to protect what we have already submitted?

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