Visit any blog that talks about Rapidshare and you find hundreds of links claiming to provide free Rapidshare Premium passwords. Most of these links lead you to a file that you have to download from Rapidshare. In the file, you find a list of ‘Rapidshare Premium’ usernames and passwords. When you try to log in with these accounts, none of them actually work.

Here’s the secret. When anyone without a premium account at Rapidshare uploads a file at the Rapidshare website, you are asked if you would like to create a free account. Once you create your free account, your file is given its own download link. When people use this link to download your file, your account gets credited with points (1 point for every download). Once you reach 1000 points, your account gets upgraded to a premium account for one month! So, you have your own free premium account for one month if you fool 1000 people into downloading fake passwords or whatever! This is just a marketing strategy from Rapidshare and I’ve never seen a soul getting 1000 download points.

If you’re so obsessed with a Rapidshare Premium account and don’t want to use your card, the better option is to earn a few quick bucks on the internet and use this money to buy a genuine account, like I did!