Streamate steals last pay
Streamate did not pay me for my last week worked on their platform. In their own words, as per their e-mail: “All unpaid earnings WILL be paid out on the normal payment schedule.” I was paid last week, from the previous week’s work but I was not paid for last week’s work this week. Nor was I paid from Mtree, which is also owned by FCI Inc. (or is it now ICF Technology, after the lawsuit filed against them? It’s pretty confusing).
I pointed out some facts about their marketing director and his recruiter wife harassing me and days later, this is how I get treated. Money taken from me. That is fucking arrogant and to take someone’s last paycheck from them, after claiming that you would pay them on time, takes scum to a whole new level.
Great job, Streamate. So whose pocket is my money in?
Update: Streamate has made the payment, after this blog, e-mail and tweets to them. It was an honest mistake I’m sure. They had forgotten to cut the pay because it had not yet reached the hundred dollar mark needed to pay out. Nevertheness, my account was taken down by them after I caught and accused their marketing director (Christophe Peyras) and his wife, the recruiter (Catherine Tayler) of being the ones behind my harassment the entire time. I proved it to them. They are behind it, 100%.
The site themselves harassed me and then kicked me off the platform when I spoke out about it. Mtree,(MoneyTree) however, still has not paid me. I will update this blog when/if they do.
Update:Moneytree payment finally arrived on the 21st.
Blake, 
amanda36c 
ElliotNess29 12:27 pm on January 23, 2014 Permalink |
Amanda,
I for one am glad you are finally off Streamate. Any company that would harass its performers or allow them to be harassed is dirty enough to pursue other nefarious deeds. On November 30th, 2012 Plenty Of Fish Media Inc.. sued FCI Inc.., Seattle WA (POF Media Inc.. VS FCI Inc. et Al) for computer fraud as well as other statutory actions. Here’s the link to the lawsuit filed: http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/download.html?id=30536299&z=91562cba
This is why Moneytree (Streamate’s affiliate and revshare company) along with all the White Label websites in December 2012 changed from FCI Inc. to ICF Technology Inc. on the Whois records. The lawsuit states that they were caught using POF Inc.’s dating website to direct traffic and customers to their Webcam websites as well as contacting POF Inc’s clients by instant messaging and impersonating performers. Do you ever remember in your Streamate chatroom being asked to meet in person or told that the member had just spoken to you on Yahoo Messaenger or MSN under another name telling them to use the link provided to come see you?
ICF Technology Inc lost their motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Google Inc. on December 20th 2013 in their lawsuit due to the lack of evidence or proof. Here’s the link to the denial of the TRO motion: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2013cv02068/197189/28/0.pdf?1387644078
Google stated in their motion for dismissal on November 15th, 2013 that ICF Technology informed them that the company would go out of business if Google Inc.’s blocking action was not removed or stopped immediately. It looks like Streamate and ICF Technology Inc. are bleeding traffic and losing their white label clients since the blocking action was put in place. How soon will they close the company? Will they pay the, performers, affiliates and whitelabel owners or just declare bankruptcy? It does not look very good for ICF Technology Inc. if they can’t use be seen properly in the Google Chrome or Android search engines but what goes around, comes around.
My hatred for Webpower Inc/Ifriends after being scammed by them years ago, has me seeing a lot of scary similarities between Streamate and Ifriends in their actions, disceptions, arrogance, games and the many names of their companies. You have definitely had far more experience and time dealing with both of them than most people so what do you see about the two companies?
Hopefully the other performers are seeng the light and wake up to the garbage being done against them by the big websites and others before it is too late. As a group the performers are more powerful than trying to act alone but doing nothing about their treatment by the Webcam websites is foolhardy and a grave mistake. It will only get worse when the performers give the Webcam websites an inch they take a mile for sure without think twice or even looking back.
Good luck in your new venture and keep speaking out!
ElliotNess29
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amanda36c 3:25 pm on January 23, 2014 Permalink |
Hello Mr Ness,
Yes, I’m aware of the lawsuits by and against FCI, ICF and whatever other variations of that name they happen to go by in their attempts to cover their asses from heat brought on by people, like myself, fed up with their bullshit, except with the money to bring on litigation.
The whitelabels (not owned by the site, of course) appear to be diminishing. There are complaints galore in the Stripperweb forums about not only how slow the traffic is but how they absolutely refuse to address any reports of glitches or God forbid; fix them. I’ve seen this before, all through 2006 – 2009 on iFriends. Very similar behavior between Streamate and iFriends. In fact, so similar that when you catch them at something, their response is to cover it up, make it look like it never existed. Same thing I’ve caught iFriends doing (proved it several times in previous blog posts).
I’m not going to deny I’d love to see Streamate go out of business. After 3 years of almost daily harassment, several times reported to the owner himself, Shawn Boday’s reply to me was “it’s a fetish”, knowing damn well it was his own marketing director, Christophe Peyras along with his wife, Catherine Peyras, a studio/recruiter on Streamate, doing the harassing, as well as threatening me, stalking me, using his power of position to monitor and control the access gateway to my room and where I appear (page 3) <- he even created a Twitter account and called it @StreamatePage3 dedicated to his obsession, me. He has since changed that Twitter name to @bigfloppydnkeyD and, as per orders from his boss, Shawn Boday, after my report to him on the StreamatePage3 account, had him remove the account. Again, familiar behavior, same as iFriends. I report it, they remove it. Repeat process as necessary.
I'm not the only one those two have harassed but I am the one they are paid to ensure is harassed right the hell offline. Most girls who are harassed are too afraid to speak out but that doesn't mean it's not happening. The level of urgency to harass me offline has been turned up several notches in the last few months, since I've been calling these 2 out. I have no intention of stopping, by the way. You reap what you sow in this life. I've done some unquestionable damage to someone with my blog posts over the years. I've also paid the price for speaking out. Why harass me offline? Why go to so much trouble? Who stands to lose by me speaking out so much against the bullshit in this industry? Well, if you've read my entire blog (it's several pages long, indeed), the answer lies within. It really isn't too hard to figure out who is behind these actions.
To answer your question about members seeming to have come from a dating site … yes. Over the last 3 years or so, I've had several members in premium videochat, acting like we've had some kind of interaction before. Some asked if I would meet them, others would address me by names other than Amanda, in my chatroom, which I found rather odd, until I asked them about it. Some have told me they found me on a dating site but didn't get into details. I shrugged it off because I knew this was a tactic that the industry uses to drive traffic into their sex sites from borderline mainstream avenues. I just assumed it was sites like Friendfinder, AdultFriendFinder that they used. I could take a peek into my chat logs (I archived them all at the end of each shift and saved to notepad). Perhaps I do have some examples in there.
I can't say with any certainty that ICF Technology would declare bankruptcy if Google didn't stop this action against them but if Google's claims are valid, then I guess bankruptcy would be the only option, especially if they do so heavily rely on that search engine and dating sites' (alleged, as the case is still ongoing") "stolen" traffic.
Unfortunately, people simply do not take the time to investigate, like you, JB and myself have. Maybe ignorance really is bliss. People are starting to see the light, in the Stripperweb forums. It's funny how awakened you become to a situation that finally hits home. You start to see things from a whole new perspective; your own. I can only hope that they see what's going on. I can tell you my blog has a lot of followers and I do get several private messages on Twitter and by e-mail from girls quietly supportive of what I'm doing and saying in here. I respect their decision to remain anonymous. No one wants a target on their back.
Thanks so much for your support. I will keep speaking out. I always have and always will. They scare girls into submission/silence and the more girls are accepting of this, the less control we will ever have over our own industry, and income. One day, they will realize this.
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Britany 7:52 pm on December 21, 2015 Permalink |
Hey Amanda, so i recently worked for streamate and was scammed as well. They owe me over $200 for the work ive done. They claim they payed the studio to pay me but the studio took the money and basically ran. Now the site refuses to pay me the full amount. They told me if I made a new account with them (because my studio deleted mine) that they would match me $100 when I made $100. So basically im just trying to get payed my full amount I earned. Im currently emailing a Person named Liz from the site and she is the one that tried to make that deal with me. I told her I would not settle for that. So im thinking im going to have to get lawyers involved. I would love some of your advice since you have been through this before. I have screen shots of EVERYTHING. Including every email. Streamate has used and exploited me and I will speak out and let other girls know about this scam.
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amanda36c 9:03 am on December 22, 2015 Permalink |
Britany,
I don’t know what happened in your case but I know that if you are signed up through a studio, then it is entirely up to that studio to pay you. Assuming you have a contract with them (which you should), the name of the company is in that contract. Bring it to your lawyer. Also, bring a copy of a previous pay stub from that same studio. Give him as much info as you can. Best of luck. Wish I could be of more help.
Just out of curiosity, what was the name of that studio? If you prefer me not to post it, just let me know. I’m fine with that.
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Blake 1:28 am on February 27, 2017 Permalink |
I’m currently going through a nightmare with streamate, I’m armed with an attorney and wasn’t 100% if I was going to take this fight all the way, that was until I read these , now I know they need to pay for damages , my studio changed their name as soon as my attorney served them and now I see SM plays the same game, please contact me if you’re interested in joining suit or have any info you feel may help. Thanks 🙂
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