Comments on: Company Offers Lifetime Anonymous BitTorrent For $50.00

By: Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam | IDTorrent Blog

Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam | IDTorrent Blog — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:13:37 +0000

[...] anonymous PPTP service – all for just a one-off payment of $50.00. It seemed to good to be true and in our report we said as much, warning people away from the [...]

By: Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam | InstantIdiocy

Anonymous BitTorrent Service VPN4Life is a Scam | InstantIdiocy — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:38:59 +0000

[...] anonymous PPTP service – all for just a one-off payment of $50.00. It seemed to good to be true and in our report we said as much, warning people away from the [...]

By: r0ck

r0ck — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:29:37 +0000

Congrats to all the idiots that just sent their address data and such to the media company conducting this scam. Good luck with future scrutiny of your activities. Haha you made my day, people actually bought into this … literally bought … hilarious.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:19:19 +0000

This is basically a scam. http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/02/50-for-a-lif...

By: gman

gman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:39:51 +0000

ha ha!! ha ha!!
LMFAO…

By: Scam warning

Scam warning — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:25:16 +0000

Note warning to everyone: vpn4life is confirmed scam, i did not trust them in first place and did not order anything… don't be fooled to order this kind offers they ARE too good to be true.. and that is common recipe for pyramid scams.. If you did get fooled and ordered you can try to get back moneys via paypay charge back or call your credit card company, if you used some kind other service pay then its too bad(and you can say bye bye for moneys)…

By: Seventoes

Seventoes — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:43:07 +0000

Oh noes, they have my email address. Now they'll track what I sign up for online. Not like anyone else who wanted to track my activities would have trouble.

By: VPN4Life: servicio que permite utilizar anónimamente las redes P2P

VPN4Life: servicio que permite utilizar anónimamente las redes P2P — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:25:54 +0000

[...] TorrentFreak señala algunos detalles en cuanto al precio del servicio, por ejemplo una conexión de 20 megas preparada para Redes de intercambio P2P cuesta 50 dolares en un único pago. Asimismo indican que nada de lo que haga el usuario queda registrado, por tanto no hay limitaciones en el uso del servicio. [...]

By: Seventoes

Seventoes — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:31:05 +0000

Got a refund today from vpn4life! Didn't even have to ask. Did anyone else get the same?

By: $50 for a lifetime of anonymous internet access: too good to be true? « Holly Swanson

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:28:07 +0000

[...] private VPN with unlimited bandwidth will probably run you at least $20 per month. Torrentfreak asked one VPN provider and found that the reason for that is simply that passing all that traffic requires purchasing a [...]

By: Seventoes

Seventoes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:00:07 +0000

I dumped some money down the drain to see what they would do if they got an actual order. I got a seemingly hand-written (guessing from the delay time after the order was placed, almost 20 minutes, they can't be getting that many orders.) email from orders@vpn4life.com that said:

"Your order is being processed. Please allow up to 24 hours for completion.

The software will be sent to your email address. Thanks"

Then the next day around noon, I got another email from the same email, but the To field in the headers, instead of my email, was:

To:

In the email was a .rar file containing a windows .exe and a Mac binary, neither of which I've run obviously. The Mac binary has no file extension, so it's obviously not a cocoa app. Probably compiled from C/C++ source, and there's no way I'm running that. I'll try getting VMWare running and trying the windows binary in a VM and report back here.

By: csmcdem

csmcdem — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:04:43 +0000

Well I finally got my email. It's a mysterious looking rar with two files. Its just hotspot shield, a free app. I ordered it on Friday, and finally got it today (Monday). I got two emails saying to wait 24 hours. Today I finally got the email saying:

To: kunis_marfury@hotmail.com (NOT MY EMAIL…)

Please use Winrar to extract and install software.

In the event you are not fully pleased with your purchase and would like a refund, please reply to orders@vpn4life.com. If you go through us, we will issue the refund immediately. Thank you.

Attachment: VPN 4 Life.rar

I emailed them requesting a refund, and am waiting for it…

By: Floodge

Floodge — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:23:55 +0000

This recipient is currently unable to receive money.

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:10:45 +0000

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By: CHAOS

CHAOS — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:34:12 +0000

Looks pretty scam-ish to me, thanks for testing it Seventoes

By: Frank Merlott

Frank Merlott — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:59:33 +0000

I would not trust a company that has no business model, if they close down shop in a month there will be nothing you can do. Plus this is a new company not some well established one.

By: mantra2

mantra2 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:51:50 +0000

I just did a WHOIS on one of the IP's they gave me

AnchorFree Inc. XOXO-64-55-144-0 (NET-64-55-144-0-1)
64.55.144.0 – 64.55.147.255

So now we know.

By: mantra2

mantra2 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:49:31 +0000

I also got my refund…maybe they just want to nab credit card numbers? good thing for paypal :)

By: tom

tom — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:44:31 +0000

Yes. Got AnchorFree software. It is a scam. Even the ads from them show up in the browser from time to time (which is how anchorfree is financing itself). But I just got a refund, which is strange for a scam.

By: lizunlong

lizunlong — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:07:52 +0000

Well, my PayPal payment has been refunded.

By: pit

pit — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:47:52 +0000

lifetime VPN access to the US internet would be worth something. a virtual green card.

By: Sikar

Sikar — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:33:19 +0000

Xerobank is based in the US, they must follow US laws. I wouldn't use it.

By: VPN 4 Life: More Anonymity Snake Oil? - VPN company promises lifetime service for $29 | remove the labels | Gadgets and Life

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:23:57 +0000

[...] hot once again for anonymity products, particualy ones capable of dodging looming ISP filters. Torrent Freak directs our attention to a new outfit named VPN4Life, which is promising a lifetime of unlimited, [...]

By: Steve Dougherty

Steve Dougherty — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:21:40 +0000

@Skeptic: How about Steam? You buy the game, you play whenever you want. Steam’s doing well.

By: vpl.me - blog » Blog Archive » One-time-fee VPN?

vpl.me - blog » Blog Archive » One-time-fee VPN? — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:46:39 +0000

[...] vpn4life is a new vpn provider who claim to provide a lifetime vpn connection for $50.00. This is a very interesting offer but can they keep that promise? Most of the vpn provider ask $20.00 per month for a good vpn connection. Want the full article? See it on TorrentFreak. [...]

By: VPN 4 Life: More Anonymity Snake Oil? - VPN company promises lifetime service for $29 | Telecom News

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:17:34 +0000

By: $50 for a lifetime of anonymous internet access: too good to be true? | FocuSoft Tech Blog

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:07:48 +0000

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:40:37 +0000

It's sort of a scam all they send you is a rar with a mac version of Hotspot Shield by Anchorfree which you can get for free anyways.

By: VPN 4 Life: More Anonymity Snake Oil? - VPN company promises lifetime service for $29 | Voip Blog

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:35:20 +0000

By: mantra2

mantra2 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:48:08 +0000

I am waiting for my refund and I got the same messages, I am going to report it to paypal as fraud if I don't get my money back within 24 hours.

By: csmcdem

csmcdem — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:02:44 +0000

i wish i had seen this hours ago :(. well im still waiting for my account, until then i will have to take your word for it

By: lizunlong

lizunlong — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:55:05 +0000

They're cheater! I give them my $29 via paypal, after 24 hours they send a email with a .rar attachment. I'm so happy to download it, but when I unrar it and found it's just a VPN software which you can download from http://www.hotspotshield.com/for free. It's so sad. I email them back to ask to refund my $29. They respond quickly though, "I'm sorry you are disappointed. Please allow 24 hours to process your refund. Thank you." I don't know whether will I get back my own money, but I must have learned that you get what you pay for.

By: blizz

blizz — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:20:01 +0000

Thanks for the respose…but looking at the AnchorFree website it seems like its a freeware available there and packaged by these guys as a paid s/ware…GOSHHHH !!!!!!!!! did u try the s/ware at the AF website.If its same then u should ask for a refund !!!

By: Watchdog

Watchdog — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:41:38 +0000

YES! It does work as a VPN service. I am in Canada and am able to access Hulu.com and my IP is listed in the US now. I am however experiencing slow transfer speeds through Bittorrent.

For now it seems genuine, possibly sponsored by AnchorFree. But functioning for the time being.

By: blizz

blizz — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:33:56 +0000

Anyone using this vpn4life service?..is it genuine???

By: Blizz

Blizz — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:31:58 +0000

any update…does it work?..or its another scam !!!

By: $50 for a lifetime of anonymous internet access: too good to be true?

$50 for a lifetime of anonymous internet access: too good to be true? — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:03:01 +0000

By: Company Offers Lifetime Anonymous BitTorrent For $50.00 « Internet Making Money

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:50:57 +0000

[...] Link source:http://torrentfreak.com/company-offers-lifetime-anonymous-bittorrent-for-5000-090101/ [...]

By: James

James — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:46:22 +0000

It sounds like a record label trap to me, beware.

By: eMule » VPNs, una solución al monitoreo en Internet

eMule » VPNs, una solución al monitoreo en Internet — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:40:36 +0000

[...] problema será cómo mantener un servicio así. Según torrentfreak , sitio dedicado al mundo del BitTorrent, el costo final del servicio sería entre 45 y 50 dólares [...]

By: von Mises

von Mises — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:01:09 +0000

Are the *entrepreneurs* at VPN4LIFE not capitalists? Are they not “influencing the Internet”? Would anyone feel more comfortable with a government providing such a solution?

Imagine what power the likes of the RIAA would have if it weren’t for their ability to club people over the head with their government-granted powers via the courts. If you end up the victim of an RIAA law suit and decide after the fact that you’ve been wronged, try and resist whatever penalty you’ve been given. It won’t be the RIAA that knocks down your door and drags you off to jail. It will be GOVERNMENT.

Capitalism is not the problem. Mercantilism would probably be a more accurate term. VPN4LIFE is a capitalistic solution to the problem of overreaching government.

By: makin257 - Company Offers Lifetime Anonymous BitTorrent For $50.00

makin257 - Company Offers Lifetime Anonymous BitTorrent For $50.00 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:58:22 +0000

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By: jack shit

jack shit — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:53:54 +0000

That site JUST got launched is there is no other place on the Internet but TorrentFreak that link to it or mention it. So, how much did you get paid for this so called article? Or is this a secret TorrentFreak project?

By: bleh

bleh — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:43:22 +0000

It is BS. Leaseweb offer 2TB servers at 30 euros, which works out to under 5 euros per mbps. They also offer 100mb/s unmetered at 200 euros, which means under 2 euros per mbps.
Anyone using purely cogentco bandwidth could probably undercut LW pretty easily if they didn't care too much about reliability.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:27:01 +0000

I would suggest www.vpntunnel.co.ukfor the uk.

By: chronoss

chronoss — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:43:20 +0000

go get cheap seedbox guys and USE SSH same hting and it comes wiht your 100Megabit box and whatever and you can control all the logs

By: asd

asd — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:20:39 +0000

Christ – so it's probably an affiliate software system, just repackaging something that already exists (itself being ad supported, according to AnchorFree's website) under the guise of the privacy/VPN angle. They may be selling something you can get for free through the AF website

If someone who is using this can confirm that their clients are talking to AnchorFree VPN's and not some new VPN setup, then I'd say it's pretty much wack.

By: broh

broh — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:17:30 +0000

You guys should all stick to your day jobs and stop commenting on economics.

One person claims Google makes money by selling stock and another is comparing Google to the subprime mortgage meltdown?!?!

By: Watchdog

Watchdog — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:01:32 +0000

I am currently using it, the VPN information is embeded into the Anchor Free software. It does work (at the moment) but I am having trouble torrenting with it…ports are not opened?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:37:35 +0000

Can anyone else confirm this?