I made a post back in June about Microsoft’s Live Search Club.
What ended up happening was that they “zeroed” my account, along with a whole bunch of people who played legitimately because we fit their criteria of “fraudulent activity” so they took away all of my points and I guess cancelled two of the prizes I requested. I only ended up getting one of the two copies of Vista Ultimate that I ordered (this was before they had the one per household limit on their prizes) and never got the 360 controller I ordered either.
I played all of those damn games by hand while watching my favorite TV shows. It really didn’t take that long to acrue so many points with the help of websites like anagrammer.com and oneacross.com. Still, I get penalized and lumped in with all of the cheaters for being a fast typist. It really doesn’t take that long to type in a bunch of words when you have them all in front of you.
And it sucks to see other people who did cheat (used bots or whatnot) still receiving their prizes like Zunes and whatever else they ordered. It really seems random whether you get your prize or not, even if you did play the games legitimately (by legitimately, I mean by hand and not using any sort of automated methods).
Anyway, don’t waste your time with Live Search Club, they seem like they’ll try to find any reason not to pay out your hard earned prizes.