6 Internet Home Based Rip Off Reports
Layoff Recovery provides you credible ideas on ways to make money, but this week, we’re telling you about some of the internet scams to watch out for. If you’re reading this article you probably are one of the thousands trying to earn money online while working from home. It’s definitely possible to make money online but remember, if it sounds too good to be true then it usually is.
Below are 6 internet money making businesses that have complaints against them on Rip-Off Report.com, a website for consumers to post their complaints and experiences and get advice on how to get their money back.
Jeff Paul Systems Internet Millions running lots of infomercials all day
Jeff Paul Systems advertises on television as a home based business opportunity that is turnkey, using a proven product and stating in his material that it can be started up with zero dollars, no computer, and no computer experience.
You start with a small purchase price of the initial material, $54.95 with shipping included. What you receive in the mail is useless and they give you a number to call so they can upsell a larger package based on what ‘you’ want to make per month. Of course, what you ‘invest’ is related to how much you can sink into it. They try to upsell anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000.
Government Grant Help Center
Available for sale over the internet and pitches to help you with government grants. This particular company is a scam for credit card fraud by putting charges on your credit card without your knowledge.
Stone Evans, creator of the Plug-In Profit System, promises a clone website of his own home business set up for you, but not before you complete three (actually seven) steps that all require you to sign up under his name.
In order to get people to your website, Stone Evans and the PIPS community advocate the use of e-mail spamming. It’s a sketchy ‘business’ that costs hundreds if not thousands of dollars to purchase e-mail (’leads’) lists, and bottom-line: it’s illegal and just not worth it. Aside from that, nearly every link you can click on your web-site somehow will put more money in ‘Stone Evans” pocket, making him richer, and the unknowing people he scams poorer. In terms of monetary investment, ‘Stone Evans’ promises you to be making money for under $30 (do the math on the front page alone–it’s a lie), but once you sign-up, his ‘30 Days to Success’ requires you to sign-up (under his name OF COURSE!) for half a dozen other things that range from $19.95 a month to $75+ a month. GET A REAL JOB, ‘STONE EVANS’.
I paid the $200 initially (I should have known his promo letter was SPAM) But it was so convincing, I fell for it. Then came the personal phone call, he talked me into another $400 to be a ‘5 star general’. He was so GOOD.
I think of all the times he made me feel like sh*t for questioning him, when my gut told me something was wrong. And I fell for it. I’m SO angry, and want revenge.
Internet Riches – David Kennedy
Internet Riches – David Kennedy they promised to send me the package that would show me how to make money online for 49.95 i gave them my credit card info and I got a weird alien message saying warning and listing all my info! I have never heard from them again and I have received no package!!
Their claim:
Sit Back, Relax, and Get Paid for What You Think!!
Get paid to take online surveys – $5 to $75 per survey!
Get paid to participate in online focus groups $50 to $150 per hour! Get paid to try new products – keep the products and get paid too! Get paid to preview movie trailers $4 to $25 per hour!HOWEVER, there is a $32.95 membership fee to get access to their ‘list’ of companies who will pay you to do surveys…I’ve signed up with at least 50 or 60 of the companies listed on their websites and have NEVER been contacted to complete a survey and it’s been almost a month.
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