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If you haven’t heard of Blingo, you are truly missing out. Blingo is a company that gives you the chance to win prizes for doing what you already do online - searching!

This past week Blingo has been doing “frenzies” during which they giveout many prizes in short timeframes. Their fourth frenzy was done today - giving away 48 movie tickets in one hour! They have warned us that more frenzies are coming soon.
So, if you haven’t signed up at Blingo, click here to do so now. You have a good chance to win one of several valuable prizes including movie tickets, iPods, Visa Gift Cards, or Sony PSPs. I’ve won four times already

Once you’ve signed up, read Blingo’s “Tips for Winning” page.

Basic membership:
up to 200 - 1%

Premium:

201 - 1000 = 0.6%
1001 - 1500 = 0.5%
1501 - 4500 = 0.4%
4501 - 80000 = 0.3%

All new upgrades will earn 1% for 4 months before reverting to the earning % designated to account level.

Each new upgrade earns 1% so you will still earn back your upgrade in under 4 months, as has always been the case. Its only AFTER you earn back your upgrade (4 months is approx 120 days so you still have 20 days leeway for not surfing) that the upgrade will revert to earn the new %, depending on your account level.

Compound upgrades, upgrades from earnings, will also be set at 1% for 4 months. In this case you may decide not to compound your earnings until you have earned back your full upgrade, the decision will be yours

The system can recognise and calculate the difference between the upgrades, this is done via programming. In effect, there will be a different rate applied to upgrades, so if you have multiple upgrades under 4 months old you will earn 1% until the 4 month period of each individual upgrade ends. This does mean that overall each member will net a different earning %, depending on the mix of new and old/compounded upgrades. We will track all of this from admin and programming side.

Earnings withdrawn to SP and used to upgrade the account be subject to the 1% rate. In the event that a member funds their StudioPay account to upgrade then this upgrade will earn also the 1% for four months.

Members who are involved in contribution program will continue to get 1% everyday. Applicants in this program can apply to hrdept@studiotraffic.com. Only proven applications will be approved.

All current members will be divided into either Basic or Premium membership, depending on current account level. Those existing members with account level under $200 classed as Basic Accounts will have the option to upgrade to Premium Account.

All new members registering will automatically register as a Basic Account member, and will have the option to upgrade at any time.

JenC

See the official thread here. And Studiotraffic finally feels Stormpay’s wrath.

Studiopay, the payment processor of the popular Studiotraffic, has been hacked. Hundreds of thousands of credit card statements, utility bills, photo identification, and voided checks were taken by a hacker.

Read the official word below:

Dear Members

Security issues have been our priority recently following claims
from an individual that he/she hacked the StudioPay information on some
members accounts.

At this point in time we are investigating this issue and
working closely with authorities worldwide to trace this person, including the FBI.

In the following link you will find some advice about identity theft,
how to discover it, who to contact and also some preventative measures.

http://www.fightidentitytheft.com/identity_theft_learn.html

This information is specific to USA, but any member can enter “identity
theft” into a search engine and get information specific to their
own country.

Until our investigations are complete we feel that we should treat these
allegations seriously. To this end we recommend that you take any
steps you feel necessary to protect yourself.
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