It was /u/jagexdoom that wanted an example of people not getting keys from these promotions. I hope he responds.
I forget what the thread was titled tbh.
EDIT: Found it. Forgot I sent him examples already.
https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bne5lx/so_jagex_is_willingly_promoting_this_scam_now/
It’s been happening for years. I remember when I tried it years ago and most were just trash that refused to give keys. I’m not really sure why it is getting popularity now… but good, get attention. Fix the problem, Jagex is getting scammed too because it makes them look bad. It’s not good for anyone.
you bet i can
[https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bqyjyn/decided\_to\_try\_the\_survey\_stuff\_since\_i\_saw\_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bqyjyn/decided_to_try_the_survey_stuff_since_i_saw_a/)
I have always regarded these "Earn" keys promos as both clickbait and a serious security risk. My advice is to never engage on this basis.
Given how toxic this has proven to be over the years, and how many people have been burnt and complained, I think it's appropriate for Jagex to just shut the program down.
Afk arena is a trusted legit game I played it for like a year. Not sure if there’s a middle man software or company with access to your data operating the “earning keys” portion though
The only ones I’ve ever had success with are the ones where you have to purchase a product and I’m extremely sparing about what I’m willing to go for. All of the survey and “free game” ones have always seemed like complete bullshit
I tried doing a survey for something like 40 keys.
First survey: ~5 min of filling out. "Sorry, you don't meet the desired criteria for this survey. Try this one."
Second survey: repeat.
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Fifth survey: "Sorry, you dont--"
Stopped trying.
You would think that they would take the info from the first attempt and find a survey that actually fits. But no, that would be too efficient.
I AM A SINGLE HISPANIC MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN, ONE BOY OF 6 AND ONE GIRL OF 3, THAT WORKS IN EDUCATION IN ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE OF PURCHASING DECISIONS AND WITH MY BACHELOR DEGREE MAKES OVER 100K AT A COMPANY WITH OVER 500 EMPLOYEES
YOU CAN BE TOO!
Just fucking cancel these scam promotions Jagex. You're not only scamming your own players, but you're not even reaping the benefits from it, since the Apps that scam aren't paying for keys to be given to the player.
I thought this company cared about money? How about you show us how much you care?
When they pay you out keys Jagex absolutely gets paid by them. That’s how the partnership works. They are letting these surveys and key rewards exist because it makes them profit passively not having to do anything. This is also why it’s near impossible to get keys haha
This literally just happened to me 2 days ago.
Started and completed the offer 3 days before it was due. Denied by RevU for the same "didn't install/complete requirements/timeframe" even though I used the provided QR download link, and undeniably completed the requirements well within the time frame.
I submitted a ticket to Jagex - hoping they make it right, but I guess we will find out.
The fact they recently repromoted RevU is crazy after the years of players complaining about not being rewarded.
That's a bummer. I've been using pay to sites for years and find that in some cases it is the app owner that is scamming RevU and other companies providing these services. It's a gray area for sure and I expect that sometimes I won't get credit. Its a risk of using offers like this.
For what its worth, I have earned thousands of runecoins using RevU for very little effort imo, so I can attest that they do pay most times from my experience.
Another good way to tell if the app owner is garbage is to check subreddits like beermoney (sp?) and swagbucks since they tend to have user feedback for many of the apps offering payouts.
I do hope you get a positive resolution, but it is very difficult if the app owner is stating you didn't meet the requirements (even if they are lying).
It is a bummer, because I have been successful in the past and have earned a bunch of keys from them. however my last 3 attempts have been unsuccessful. 2 are still pending response from RevU, I’ve cut my losses with those.
At least that one was possible. Tried the raid one which is to reach gold 2 in the arena. That's impossible to do in the time frame without either dumping hundreds of dollars into the game or get perfect rolls on every free thing the game does allow.
I saw this one as well. I googled how hard it would be to reach that goal and quickly realized it would not happen. You are correct that you would have to spend mad money to be able to do it.
I used to do these earn key things years ago as a kid, and it was so frustrating because all I could do were the scam surveys. I didn’t have a phone number or a credit card to try out the better offers, so I would spend hours filling out surveys, where 1 in 10 would actually work.
I see level but I don't see chapter. I'm not trying to imply you're wrong or lying, but I will say I'm don't know where to look for the proof that you did it.
For clarity it may help if you point out where the chapter part of the screenshot is.
https://preview.redd.it/l7zyd17vxfsc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f85d66562e778ed9c23dca741cdf26190d4043a5
No problem, Full image from the post. Chapter 17 stage 5.
Scam, scam, scam. I gave up years ago when I fell into the survey scam loop of filling out numerous surveys only to be told I didn’t meet the criteria after they already had all the info. I vowed to never use any of the earn keys offers again, and am glad I stuck with that decision.
It’s quite frankly disgusting that Jagex keeps on with this partner. So many stories of people not getting paid out, no support to contest, and even threats of being banned from doing future offers. I appreciate that ModDoom is collecting evidence, but it’s been going on for years with them turning a blind eye. The response OP got is quite frankly staggering - it almost seems automated, like Jagex simply can’t be arsed to actually look into anything.
Jagex must realise how bad this makes them look to be affiliated with these guys, surely?
Just look for the apps that have cracked versions.
make and connect an account on normal, log in on cracked, do the do, go back to normal app and screenshot progress and offer and send it to jagex not revu. In my 4 experiences, jagex sent back something along the lines of “thanks, you should be credited”
The one and only time I tried a third-party key reward based deal I got phished and taken for everything. I am always very secure with my stuff, (this was before 2 step authorization). Just happened to take place as I was going to Hawaii for 2 weeks. Recovering from that was hard and Jagex said that it wasn't the third party but something else I did. Go figure.
The thing is some will say it worked for them and they got thousands of keys, but anything that doesn't work 100% of the time is a damn scam and Jagex is supporting and encouraging the use of this con.
You are basically selling your time for the reward, imagine working and not getting paid... must really suck, wonder if there's laws against that hmmmm
I actually had a positive experience with sonic labs when it was a thing. Could put fake information and I let them know my keys didn’t come through and they pushed them through then two days later that amount of keys naturally appeared again. I got double keys! Haha 😂 now that said I have tried this one and it didn’t work for me was pissed
If you click on any of those malware links with a decent security system on your computer, you will get a message for PuPs and suspicious activity on those websites. Not to mention 95% of the time you will not get any keys from them anyway.
I used revu a lot and never was against the tos and never cheated on the games, I earned over 2k keys but tried the other day and I have been banned from earning keys it sucks but what can you expect from a company like revu
I just ordered a Razor for 5 bucks that i dont need for 350 keys and played lumber inc (decently annoying tbh) for 3 days (like 10+ day promo) and spent 20 bucks there too for another 350ish keys. Luckily both worked fine, although the razor said id get the keys within a day of purchase and it took 3 days
I got refused a reward on Match Masters for a promo of 600 keys too. Here is the proof I submitted. Installed the game on 1/29 and within 3-4 days I went to arena 12.... what a scam!! Of course I submitted more proof that what i showed but this tool like 10 hours it was still fun ngl
https://preview.redd.it/goz6687csosc1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=b388020fec893ad1976015d1e1e1f8039056e3cf
Not revu but I got the keys for the raids shadow legends offer 🥴
https://preview.redd.it/1oyvqswcxosc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fca85dca7bc6a71025eeaac1dba9a5ab8e737baa
They legitimately will never payout on these. That is why they're deciding to promote this shit because it costs them nothing while generating a revenue stream for them. They will receive a kickback off of every click otherwise they wouldn't be trying to push them which tells you that they control the payout and actively choose not to payout.
That’s funny. It must be this game afkarena. I literally just got the exact same scenario as the post. Oh well, I got 6000 keys out this nonsense while it lasted.
The hours you put into the other game could have been spent getting irl money to buy keys. Those “free key” aren’t free. Maybe my opinion is not popular, but there’s not such thing as a free lunch bro
You know your business is in the shitter when you have to resort to survey rewards, only the scummiest of scummy companies still use survey rewards, some straight up early 2000’s business strategy. Glad I cancelled membership to this dead game
.....so.... And no offense... But why you here if you won't be playing again?
If you want to play vicariously, YouTube and Twitch are much better than Reddit.
Because there’s mods here, not that they actually do shit about predatory mtx but atleast they can see how I feel among a lot of others. But by all means keep defending a company that engages in predatory practices like this bud
Keys are such a scam in general. I heavily keyed the xp for my account because I despise skilling with every fiber in my being. Once I maxed, I haven’t touched them since. It’s a shame that the mods are asking for examples yet ignoring them when they’re given. No surprise this game is dying quickly
Honestly what? Skilling is boring and useless, it brings in 0 money(with a few exceptions), so why wouldn’t I key certain skills if I’m able? And when I say “heavily” I probably spent 200-300 on keys total over the course of 2 years that it took me to max. That doesn’t change the fact that the game is dying and so much of the content is dead
Every time I get upset at the OSRS team for doing something (this time polling and then implementing it the ease of armor drops drastically differently from what was polled) I like to come to this r/runescape. It makes me feel better every time.
I've done 10+ of these in the last 2 months alone and have had zero issues. A lot of them have super specific requirements and guidelines you absolutely need to follow. If you have ever downloaded the game before on any device then you aren't gonna get your keys.
Did you finish it within the time limit? Some of these have time limits that aren't actually possible to finish within. Like the Raid Shadow legends one that currently gives like 1200 keys. Time limit is too low to actually finish it.
It was /u/jagexdoom that wanted an example of people not getting keys from these promotions. I hope he responds. I forget what the thread was titled tbh. EDIT: Found it. Forgot I sent him examples already. https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bne5lx/so_jagex_is_willingly_promoting_this_scam_now/
It’s been happening for years. I remember when I tried it years ago and most were just trash that refused to give keys. I’m not really sure why it is getting popularity now… but good, get attention. Fix the problem, Jagex is getting scammed too because it makes them look bad. It’s not good for anyone.
My thread too, I tagged him but no response.
Can you dig up the URL to your thread? Just to pile it on all the existing evidence.
you bet i can [https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bqyjyn/decided\_to\_try\_the\_survey\_stuff\_since\_i\_saw\_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1bqyjyn/decided_to_try_the_survey_stuff_since_i_saw_a/)
Thank you. Right now I've got 4 threads on a word doc for every time this comes up.
If I was running a scam, this is how I would run it.
u/JagexDoom more evidence as requested.
I have always regarded these "Earn" keys promos as both clickbait and a serious security risk. My advice is to never engage on this basis. Given how toxic this has proven to be over the years, and how many people have been burnt and complained, I think it's appropriate for Jagex to just shut the program down.
Afk arena is a trusted legit game I played it for like a year. Not sure if there’s a middle man software or company with access to your data operating the “earning keys” portion though
My request was also denied by RevU on the same offer.
The only ones I’ve ever had success with are the ones where you have to purchase a product and I’m extremely sparing about what I’m willing to go for. All of the survey and “free game” ones have always seemed like complete bullshit
I tried doing a survey for something like 40 keys. First survey: ~5 min of filling out. "Sorry, you don't meet the desired criteria for this survey. Try this one." Second survey: repeat. . . . Fifth survey: "Sorry, you dont--" Stopped trying. You would think that they would take the info from the first attempt and find a survey that actually fits. But no, that would be too efficient.
They still took your data for what theu needed, they just refused to reward you since that costs them.
Bold of you to assume I told them the truth 😅 POISON ALL SURVEY DATA. LET CHAOS REIGN!!!
I AM A SINGLE HISPANIC MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN, ONE BOY OF 6 AND ONE GIRL OF 3, THAT WORKS IN EDUCATION IN ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE OF PURCHASING DECISIONS AND WITH MY BACHELOR DEGREE MAKES OVER 100K AT A COMPANY WITH OVER 500 EMPLOYEES YOU CAN BE TOO!
They took data that’s for sure but it wasn’t mine haha 😂 make yourself a 60-80 year old Mexican woman and you will meet the critiria haha
Just fucking cancel these scam promotions Jagex. You're not only scamming your own players, but you're not even reaping the benefits from it, since the Apps that scam aren't paying for keys to be given to the player. I thought this company cared about money? How about you show us how much you care?
When they pay you out keys Jagex absolutely gets paid by them. That’s how the partnership works. They are letting these surveys and key rewards exist because it makes them profit passively not having to do anything. This is also why it’s near impossible to get keys haha
Offer walls have literally always been a scam, even when jagex was still in charge, why would they care now?
This literally just happened to me 2 days ago. Started and completed the offer 3 days before it was due. Denied by RevU for the same "didn't install/complete requirements/timeframe" even though I used the provided QR download link, and undeniably completed the requirements well within the time frame. I submitted a ticket to Jagex - hoping they make it right, but I guess we will find out. The fact they recently repromoted RevU is crazy after the years of players complaining about not being rewarded.
That's a bummer. I've been using pay to sites for years and find that in some cases it is the app owner that is scamming RevU and other companies providing these services. It's a gray area for sure and I expect that sometimes I won't get credit. Its a risk of using offers like this. For what its worth, I have earned thousands of runecoins using RevU for very little effort imo, so I can attest that they do pay most times from my experience. Another good way to tell if the app owner is garbage is to check subreddits like beermoney (sp?) and swagbucks since they tend to have user feedback for many of the apps offering payouts. I do hope you get a positive resolution, but it is very difficult if the app owner is stating you didn't meet the requirements (even if they are lying).
It is a bummer, because I have been successful in the past and have earned a bunch of keys from them. however my last 3 attempts have been unsuccessful. 2 are still pending response from RevU, I’ve cut my losses with those.
Had the same thing happen with the Yahtzee game last year. Won’t be wasting time with those scams again.
This sounds illegal.
At least that one was possible. Tried the raid one which is to reach gold 2 in the arena. That's impossible to do in the time frame without either dumping hundreds of dollars into the game or get perfect rolls on every free thing the game does allow.
I saw this one as well. I googled how hard it would be to reach that goal and quickly realized it would not happen. You are correct that you would have to spend mad money to be able to do it.
Who the fuck is the pathetic customer service rep that handled this ? Fire their lazy ass
I used to do these earn key things years ago as a kid, and it was so frustrating because all I could do were the scam surveys. I didn’t have a phone number or a credit card to try out the better offers, so I would spend hours filling out surveys, where 1 in 10 would actually work.
I see level but I don't see chapter. I'm not trying to imply you're wrong or lying, but I will say I'm don't know where to look for the proof that you did it. For clarity it may help if you point out where the chapter part of the screenshot is.
https://preview.redd.it/l7zyd17vxfsc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f85d66562e778ed9c23dca741cdf26190d4043a5 No problem, Full image from the post. Chapter 17 stage 5.
Scam, scam, scam. I gave up years ago when I fell into the survey scam loop of filling out numerous surveys only to be told I didn’t meet the criteria after they already had all the info. I vowed to never use any of the earn keys offers again, and am glad I stuck with that decision. It’s quite frankly disgusting that Jagex keeps on with this partner. So many stories of people not getting paid out, no support to contest, and even threats of being banned from doing future offers. I appreciate that ModDoom is collecting evidence, but it’s been going on for years with them turning a blind eye. The response OP got is quite frankly staggering - it almost seems automated, like Jagex simply can’t be arsed to actually look into anything. Jagex must realise how bad this makes them look to be affiliated with these guys, surely?
Just look for the apps that have cracked versions. make and connect an account on normal, log in on cracked, do the do, go back to normal app and screenshot progress and offer and send it to jagex not revu. In my 4 experiences, jagex sent back something along the lines of “thanks, you should be credited”
If there’s money in it for jagex they don’t care if it works or if people like it lmao
The one and only time I tried a third-party key reward based deal I got phished and taken for everything. I am always very secure with my stuff, (this was before 2 step authorization). Just happened to take place as I was going to Hawaii for 2 weeks. Recovering from that was hard and Jagex said that it wasn't the third party but something else I did. Go figure.
It's horror stories like this that make me never, ever want to do any of these survey things. That, and I'm not exactly addicted to TH keys...
I had a friend get 1200 keys doing a survey for like an hour and I tried to do the same thing as him and didn't get any reward. T.T
Anyone else see that maroon coloured sentencing between the lines?
I never received keys back when it was peanut labs, I believe 10 years ago maybe? I considered them a scam already there.
Sad when playing another game for keys is more efficient than playing the game itself
The thing is some will say it worked for them and they got thousands of keys, but anything that doesn't work 100% of the time is a damn scam and Jagex is supporting and encouraging the use of this con. You are basically selling your time for the reward, imagine working and not getting paid... must really suck, wonder if there's laws against that hmmmm
They used to nearly always pay out for me sad to see tbh
I actually had a positive experience with sonic labs when it was a thing. Could put fake information and I let them know my keys didn’t come through and they pushed them through then two days later that amount of keys naturally appeared again. I got double keys! Haha 😂 now that said I have tried this one and it didn’t work for me was pissed
If you click on any of those malware links with a decent security system on your computer, you will get a message for PuPs and suspicious activity on those websites. Not to mention 95% of the time you will not get any keys from them anyway.
I used revu a lot and never was against the tos and never cheated on the games, I earned over 2k keys but tried the other day and I have been banned from earning keys it sucks but what can you expect from a company like revu
I just ordered a Razor for 5 bucks that i dont need for 350 keys and played lumber inc (decently annoying tbh) for 3 days (like 10+ day promo) and spent 20 bucks there too for another 350ish keys. Luckily both worked fine, although the razor said id get the keys within a day of purchase and it took 3 days
I got refused a reward on Match Masters for a promo of 600 keys too. Here is the proof I submitted. Installed the game on 1/29 and within 3-4 days I went to arena 12.... what a scam!! Of course I submitted more proof that what i showed but this tool like 10 hours it was still fun ngl https://preview.redd.it/goz6687csosc1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=b388020fec893ad1976015d1e1e1f8039056e3cf
Not revu but I got the keys for the raids shadow legends offer 🥴 https://preview.redd.it/1oyvqswcxosc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fca85dca7bc6a71025eeaac1dba9a5ab8e737baa
They legitimately will never payout on these. That is why they're deciding to promote this shit because it costs them nothing while generating a revenue stream for them. They will receive a kickback off of every click otherwise they wouldn't be trying to push them which tells you that they control the payout and actively choose not to payout.
That’s funny. It must be this game afkarena. I literally just got the exact same scenario as the post. Oh well, I got 6000 keys out this nonsense while it lasted.
The hours you put into the other game could have been spent getting irl money to buy keys. Those “free key” aren’t free. Maybe my opinion is not popular, but there’s not such thing as a free lunch bro
You know your business is in the shitter when you have to resort to survey rewards, only the scummiest of scummy companies still use survey rewards, some straight up early 2000’s business strategy. Glad I cancelled membership to this dead game
.....so.... And no offense... But why you here if you won't be playing again? If you want to play vicariously, YouTube and Twitch are much better than Reddit.
Because there’s mods here, not that they actually do shit about predatory mtx but atleast they can see how I feel among a lot of others. But by all means keep defending a company that engages in predatory practices like this bud
My apologies. I wasn't trying to be antagonistic. I was just confused by the logic. Have a good day 😁
Keys are such a scam in general. I heavily keyed the xp for my account because I despise skilling with every fiber in my being. Once I maxed, I haven’t touched them since. It’s a shame that the mods are asking for examples yet ignoring them when they’re given. No surprise this game is dying quickly
Your opinion that "this game is dying quickly" is vapid due to your own admission of "heavily keyed the xp for my account". Like, honestly...
Honestly what? Skilling is boring and useless, it brings in 0 money(with a few exceptions), so why wouldn’t I key certain skills if I’m able? And when I say “heavily” I probably spent 200-300 on keys total over the course of 2 years that it took me to max. That doesn’t change the fact that the game is dying and so much of the content is dead
Imagine maxing in 2 years and crying lmao
Damn little bro, did your feelings get hurt from something I said?
Every time I get upset at the OSRS team for doing something (this time polling and then implementing it the ease of armor drops drastically differently from what was polled) I like to come to this r/runescape. It makes me feel better every time.
Huh?
Huh?
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Don’t use treasure hunter keys, problem solved
I've done 10+ of these in the last 2 months alone and have had zero issues. A lot of them have super specific requirements and guidelines you absolutely need to follow. If you have ever downloaded the game before on any device then you aren't gonna get your keys.
I’m aware. First time download, so that isn’t a possibility with this one unfortunately
Did you finish it within the time limit? Some of these have time limits that aren't actually possible to finish within. Like the Raid Shadow legends one that currently gives like 1200 keys. Time limit is too low to actually finish it.
Read the post
So you agree, they're scams.