MyPoints question **UPDATE***

[kimntrent]

I do all my freebie offers through Sunshine Rewards and I shop through there too. All my other rewards sites I do paid clicks and stuff for. It doesn't add up fast but it does add up.

 

[jenseib]

Question for those whose My Points accounts have been cancelled; do any of you also belong to Sunshine Rewards? Do you think that might have anything to do with it?

I don't do sunshine rewards.

I don't think it is linked to any one program, although I am a member of SR as well as a bunch of other programs. After discussing it with many people on the internet, we believe what is happening is that when you complete the freebie offers on other rewards sites (offers with lots of yes/no type questions that you complete for 25 cents to $1 usually), sometimes they are signing you up for another mypoints account without your knowledge and without confirming another mypoints account. I know that after completing some of the freebie offers, I've received an email from mypoints that states something about 'thank you for your interest in mypoints, click here to confirm your account'. I have NEVER intentionally signed up for another mypoints account and ALSO steer clear of it when it is mentioned as a suboffer in other offers I complete. However, I still receive these emails from them. I figured that as long as I didn't confirm another account that it would be fine since I didn't ask for it and didn't confirm it. There is obviously a glitch in their marketing and they could care less. Essentially, they are stealing our information and signing people up with accounts with them without our knowledge. What really gets my goat is that in the final email that I received from them, it states something about 'you are hereby banned from the MyPoints Program, and any attempt on your part to enroll again may result in further action on our part'. THEY steal MY info from another site AGAINST my knowledge and then threaten that further action may be taken against ME?!??!? Unreal.

I had the same thing happen basically

Well you have all scared me to death now.
I won 50,000 points last month. I only cashed out for $200 worth of them figuring I would wait to cash out the rest. After reading this thread, I went in and cashed out the rest! $100 Target & $50 Landrys.

Wow how did you win 50,000 points?.....Oh I know, the have al lthese extra points now from canceled accounts, so they are giving them away! LOL!

 

[chocovrdmicears]

I don't do sunshine rewards.



I had the same thing happen basically




Wow how did you win 50,000 points?.....Oh I know, the have al lthese extra points now from canceled accounts, so they are giving them away! LOL! :lmao:

I won them in the daily game competition on WorldWinner/MyPoints.

 

[chocovrdmicears]

Update in first post.

 

[jayally]

I cashed in 15000 points for 7500 United frequent flyer miles on 1/9 & 1/12. My points processed it on 1/20 and took the points out. UA has not credited me with the FF miles. I have emailed to check the status but they blame each other and don't offer any help. I am going on 7 weeks. I am hoping to get them soon as I want to book an award flight for our WDW trip.