UpLevel Rewards is not a proven scam, but many users say it denies rewards, and its paid trials and ID checks can cost you money and personal data.
UpLevel Rewards, a website that offers cash and gift cards for finishing deals, has not been proven a scam. It has not been shown to be safe either. Many users say they completed the deals and were refused payment, and the complaints also mention paid trials and ID checks.
No regulator, court or the company itself has ruled on the site. What exists is a pile of complaints. Trustpilot, a public review site, shows 1.9 out of 5 from 48 reviews, with 86 percent giving one star. Reviewers describe denied rewards, banned accounts, ID checks before a denial and trials that renewed.
Review sites disagree. The Budget Diet says it is not a downright scam but is incredibly difficult to earn from and misleading in its advertising. Paid From Surveys calls it legit because it does pay out. Both can be true for different users.
Two risks stand out. A paid trial can quietly charge your card and renew days after it starts. An ID photo, which cashing out can require, cannot be taken back once you send it. The Budget Diet also notes that one missed step can void a reward, so you could spend time and money and get nothing.
UpLevel Rewards is a website, not a program on your phone. If you never used it, or never gave a card, phone number or ID photo, there is little to do. If a deal is half finished, stopping costs you nothing and avoids a trial that could renew later.
Nobody outside the company can say how often users get paid, because no figure was found. No security site has written it up. There is also no report that it sends people to harmful files, though other offer sites do. The link and app have not been tested on a phone.
If you started a trial or shared details, the alert box above lists the steps for iPhone and Android. After that, expect more texts and calls. Do not reply or tap links. Forward junk texts to 7726, the spam reporting number of the major US carriers.
Do not give UpLevel Rewards a card, ID photo or phone number, and check your subscriptions and statements if you already did.
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