Zeek Rewards and penny auction website Zeekler.com has reportedly closed its headquarters in Lexington for undisclosed reasons.
As of 7:30 a.m. Friday, both Zeekler.com and ZeekRewards.com displayed the same message stating: "Zeek Rewards is currently unavailable. More information will be available shortly on this website."
According to The-Dispatch, Rex Venture Group is closing its headquarters at 803 West Center St. for the rest of the week.
On ZeekRewardsNews.com, the company stated it was canceling its 'Red Carpet Wednesday' event. No further information was provided in the notice other than to continue searching for updates on Zeek's websites.
Both Zeekler.com and Zeek Rewards have recently come under the scrutiny of the North Carolina Attorney General's office, after dozens of users filed complaints and inquiries in the past six months. The company, which is rooted in its penny auction website, has expanded in the past year to let users buy in through an "affiliates program." Some say the company is a good way to make a little more cash while others condemn it as the makings of a pyramid or Ponzi scheme.
Online reports indicate there are more than 700,000 affiliates using Zeek Rewards, however company officials gave the paper a lower estimate of more than 200,000.
