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4/10/2008

 

DO NOT Sign up for Youmint.com

Do so at your own risk. They make indiatimes look like an angel when it comes to spamming you and your contacts (from Orkut, Gmail, etc). Repeat after me, "I Will not sign up for youmint.com" Don't tell me I didn't warn you. Even if you received an invite from me, ignore it. They have been spamming all my contacts.

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20 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

how do i deactivate a youmint account???

Saturday, May 3, 2008 3:58:00 PM GMT+05:30  
Blogger suman kumar said...

You can't. That's the problem. Write to all mail ids in their 'Contact us' section.

Saturday, May 3, 2008 4:08:00 PM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seems like they still haven't updated the FAQs on how to delete that youmint acct !! :(

Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:42:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Youmint.com domain detail:

http://www.who.is/whois-com/ip-address/youmint.com/

I have mailed the owner of the domain from here. Lets see if he does something or not coz I have mailed all mails twice from contact us in their site with NO response yet!
This is ridiculous. I am sure many are mad about this.

Youmint.com is just a spamming site I guess with wholly selfish motive in mind without thinking about members at all.

Friday, September 5, 2008 1:37:00 PM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its actually just a spamming site. Have searched the whole site but therz no option to del the account. Even i want to del my account

Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:22:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous YouMint Support said...

YouMint is an Award Winning, Hugely Popular, Credible site where users get full control. YouMint has won over the trust and admiration of over 1.3 million members! HSBC has awarded YouMint the "Most Innovative SME Solution" award for empowering its members!

To unsubscribe, please send an email to deleteaccount@youmint.com

The Management team monitors all delete account requests. YouMint is committed to ensure "Member Delight". This may be evident from Suman Kumars' (the owner of this blog)comment : I'll have to admit that folks at youmint are quite serious about customer care...(http://www.sumankumar.com/2008/05/youmintcom-delets-my-account-finally.html)

This information is clearly stated on the FAQs section on YouMint on http://www.youmint.com/corp/faqs

YouMint DOES NOT spam. Infact, YouMint has been created to curb spam on mobile as well as email.

Thursday, October 2, 2008 10:07:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks man i din sign up ....
Its s a spam site

Friday, January 16, 2009 10:11:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes youmint is a spamming site.Why dont we think about taking some legal action against them. I will join hands with anyone who is willing to do so.

Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:10:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Everybody Please be carefull singing in to youmint. IT IS A SPAMMING SITE.You won't get any money out of it.You are going to be cheated.

Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:36:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

youmint is a "SPAMMING SITE"
"SPAMMING SITE"
"SPAMMING SITE"
"SPAMMING SITE"
"SPAMMING SITE"

Saturday, February 14, 2009 10:38:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Youmint.com is a vulgar spamming site and it earns via adsense by spamming other people's email contacts. i have reeiveced dozen emails till now to join youmint.com but i didnt. These people should be behind bars for spamming people like this. What the fuck is this site anyways? what does it do? its a piece of shit which doeesnt provide any service whatsoever.

Sunday, March 1, 2009 7:58:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Blogger sade said...

Damn right, the bloody spammers wont stop even after you unsubscribe. I would like to report this to the site administrator or something and would appreciate any pointers in this regard. Next best thing is to add a filter to your e-mail settings so that their spam goes directly to trash.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:43:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Blogger SMSSEVA said...

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:03:00 PM GMT+05:30  
Blogger Shark Menx said...

..is there no rule that says that sites should have a 'delete account' link??..i think this is very serious as the end user NO LONGER have complete control over his decisions after signing up with the sites (such as youmint.com)..rather the site administrators can and will do as he pleases..this is almost a criminal behavior..

..i hate to find myself helpless after signing up with sites such as youmint.com ..these sites should be best avoided because they won't let you do what you wish to..

..like they say in the lyrics of the song Hotel California - 'you can check in anytime you like; but you can never leave'..

..stay out of youmint.com ..thats the best advice you'll ever receive..

Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:14:00 PM GMT+05:30  
Blogger Swapan Dhar said...

I have earned from RupeeMail and also from YouMint. It took me one year to earn from RupeeMail a measly sum of Rs 201 which I am not impressed. RupeeMail is certainly not an amazing earning opportunity as they claim. I earned from YouMint twice and it also took me 3-4 months. Actually I am fed with such free earning opportunities.

Look for example: RupeeMail pays Rs2 per referral. Forget earning through emails that they send � usually 50 paise or worse 25 paise. Now you need 100 referrals to earn Rs 200 which is their minimum payout by check without deductions. Getting 100 referrals in one month is impossible.

I am not sure the exact referral commission at YouMint but this much I know that it less than a rupee. YouMint�s Shine Offer can earn you Rs 6 per direct referral and Rs 3 per indirect referral. Now, let�s say, you have 100 referrals at YouMint and they all complete their Shine Offer. You will earn Rs 600 which is also impossible in one month.

Now let�s combine both. Let�s say that you have 100 referrals who joined both RupeeMail and YouMint together. So your total earnings will be Rs 200 + Rs 600 = Rs 800. But you won�t earn that in one month would you?

So, it is really a waste of time promoting your affiliate or referral links. I have given up promoting these sites because I have found another site which pays $1 per referral and in order to earn $1, your referrals must signup with this Free Search Engine first and complete the first step. You must also complete at least the first step too. There are three steps but that I will tell you about the last two steps later.

Now, their minimum payout is $200; meaning you must have 200 referrals in order to earn $200. That is a big task but take a look between this search Engine Referral Program and RupeeMail-YouMint combined. You will find that it is still worth it.

There are some or many people who are promoting earnparttimejobs.com and earning Rs 5 per referral and I used to be one of them. Their minimum payout is Rs 2000 and in order to earn that amount, you must refer 400 people and some foolish people (including me, but not anymore) are doing it. After eight months, I have around Rs 705 in my account and it is really not worth referring others. I am spending more on my internet and electric bills.

So, getting 200 referrals is still worth it since you would be paid $200. But let me also tell you that there is another way of getting those $200 fast. You see, when you complete the three steps, you get $125 guaranteed commission in your search engine account. Then you will need only 75 referrals who complete their first step so that you can earn $200. Payment is made via PayPal twice a month.

Any investment while completing the three steps? Yes, you must buy a domain name from GDI in the second step. It will cost you $10/mo and I am going to refund your 1st domain fee if you signup under me after 30 days. I will also give you 20 Indian leads free of cost.

Not only this, when your referrals complete Step1, you will earn $5 if they maintain it for 30 days. When they complete Step 3, you will earn $10 and when your referrals complete Step3, you will earn $15. So you can earn a total of $30 per referral from this Search Engine Referral Program.

But if you are happy with the first step, fine, you don�t have to complete the remaining two steps.

Now, when your referrals complete Step 1 only and don�t complete Step2 and Step3, you won�t earn $5 as mentioned in Step1. Instead you will earn $1 and the remaining $4 will be in pending.

The search engine I am talking about is Acme People Search Engine started by Tissa Godavitarne, an internet Guru. You can signup under me at my website www.myfatcash.com if you want your first domain refund and 20 Indian Leads.

Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:43:00 PM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Nikita Sethi said...

Hey, I was shocked to read so much shit about YouMint. I dont think it is true and its not about earning money. Anyways, I had about INR 7000 in my YouMint wallet until last week which I made in about 3 months ( even tho 7000 is my 1 day spend may be ) BUT I was so happy to donate that amount via the YouMint channel, which is why I joined YouMint because I could donate and do charity :-)

Anyways, I am not that attached to your blog or YouMint but I think YouMint is a GREAT service and I spend about 20 mins on it everyday in the eve.

Friday, September 4, 2009 9:29:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Blogger Reeti said...

Thanks for writing about this guys :)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:08:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Shashank Kosta said...

My friends have been receiving mails almost daily to their email addresses asking them to join my network and I had invited them only once! Another proof of this that I had my email address too in my address book and I have been receiving those mails on a daily basis!
The major point which all of us should focus on is their Privacy Policy - http://www.youmint.com/PrivacyPolicy.html
"When you invite new members into your network or send messages through YouMint, we collect and maintain information associated with those messages, including email addresses and content."

It was a horrible mistake, I should have never signed up.

It is so frustrating to think that my friends are receiving SPAM from me! And I cannot do anything about it, except for deleting my account, which I'm going to do as soon as I get a reply from their support team.

To all those who are thinking of joining YouMint.com, PLEASE DON'T JOIN OR SIGN UP. And if at all you do signup, DON'T SEND INVITES TO YOUR FRIENDS!

Friday, October 30, 2009 4:44:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous Swapan Dhar said...

I agree that YouMint will spam your friends if you send invites but one has to admit that they do pay their members. You can invite your friends to join (if they want to signup)under your referral link.

I have no problems with YouMint.

Friday, October 30, 2009 10:34:00 AM GMT+05:30  
Anonymous dee said...

Youmint seems eager to send cheques which are not requested
http://problems.in/2010/02/12/youmint-payment-processing/

Anyone faced a similar problem?

Friday, February 12, 2010 5:52:00 PM GMT+05:30  

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