1. Carlton Sheets
IF you watch infomercials on the television, you have seen Carlton Sheets, and his program that teaches, how to purchase real estate
with No Money Down. Several years ago, I bought his package deal, for about $200. If you were to ask me, Was it everythiing that I
expected when I ordered it, I would honestly have to say NO! What it did teach me, was how to lose $200. His ideas were antiquated,
and much to difficult for the average person to do. Understanding what you were supposed to do, was indeed complicated in itself.
Once again, I didn't learn anything about earning money, and it was certainly NOT a step by step process for increasing my bank
account.

I would give Carlton Sheets and his program a hands down rating, but, IF you are looking for a complicated way to purchase Real
Estate, and have hours after hours, to work and talk to people, then maybe it would be OK to purchase, myself, I began looking for a
system to earn money that was EASY to learn, DUPLICATABLE, and it was NOT Carlton Sheets real estate course. I would venture to
say that Carlton Sheets has made more money selling his courses than he ever has in actual real estate deals. So do your due
diligence first!

2.  Bogus Mystery Shopping Scams

The Set-Up:
A dream job that many people visualize is strolling through stores and enjoying the displays, while earning a paycheck. Known as
Mystery Shopping, these ads glamorize the idea of shopping for merchandise then filing reports on your experiences to earn $10 or
even $20 per hour.
The Scam:
Most ads for Mystery Shoppers are actually scams that hit you up for $29.95, or $19.95 or $49.95. For this fee, or "application
charge," you will be supplied with a list of places and companies that may hire Mystery Shoppers. Usually, this list is simply a
collection of department store addresses and contact information. Another scams requires that you actually buy merchandise from a
particular web site. The employer promises to refund your purchases. However, the employer will always find a reason not to issue a
refund.
The Cold Hard Truth:
Mystery Shopping is nowhere near as glamorous as it appears. Ordinarily, it is done by the Buyers or the Merchandise Managers, who
have many years of experience, and who are very familiar with suppliers, prices, products, special promotions, and the like. Generally,
this does not involve actually buying the merchandise. Furthermore, stores need to change the people they send out on these spy
missions so the competitors will not catch on. For this reason, Mystery Shopping can never be a full time, permanent job.

3.Direct Cards
Address:
8770 Sunset Drive #528
Miami Florida 33173
U.S.A.
Phone Number:



Like most of you I also received the yellow flyer stuffing envelopes for $2.00/each. Just sent the initial investment of $46.00 that is
refundable after 250 envelopes are returned.I made a check out to them and put return deposit of $40.00 on my check.check #840

But I sent my $46 initial payment and was waiting everyday for my box of supplies.Which has never come. In stead I got a very Mad
Husband! I hope their day is coming and they get caught by the police and are prosecuted to full extent of the law and I would be
willing to help in anyway possible.

4. Timothy Gross And His Cashflow System
Address:
Nationwide, U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


Directly from the BBB website:
We advise against sending money to this company. Although most work-at-home offers are found in the help wanted sections of
newspapers and other publications, the companies placing them do not really hire anyone. Their actual business is deceptive
advertising designed to entice the public to send fees to get started. Addresses given are usually mail drops, advertised phone
numbers reach recordings and calls are not returned, and no local phone numbers are listed. Most work-at-home companies advertise
in states other than where they are located so as to avoid prosecution.

Complaints about other companies engaging in similar types of businesses generally allege that once money is sent, respondents fail
to receive the promised employment. Some complain that the company does nothing more than advise them to place the same kind
of ad in their own local papers. In other cases, customers receive nothing from the company. Most of these offers are made in
conjunction with a money-back guarantee, but our experience is that few customers are able to obtain refunds despite the guarantee.

5. Workonline4pay.com
Address:
workonline4pay.com
Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


Wife signed up to maybe enjoy a couple of bucks only to get ripped-off. After the signup and payment you are given a bogus
username and password.The sign-on page doesn't exist!


6. Send Envelopes
Address:
3325 Lorna RD. 3-357,
Birminham Alabama 35216
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


To Anyone Interested in Stuffing Envelopes for a Living,

BUYER BEWARE, firstly they always state all you have to do is pay a small fee & you are guaranteed to make a good living. They will
send you a package with a secret book that you can only purchase from them. It is a mass-produced photocopied booklet that simply
tells you can make money easily BUT...

a) You either have to stuff envelopes with fliers selling products or education materials with typographical or grammatical errors trying
to extort money out of innocent home dwellers. They apparently guarantee if you send them this then you get $10 per order they
receive. To tell you the truth you will probably getting nothing in return. Not only that YOU are required to pay for the postage.
Especially if you are living outside of USA & the addresses are in the USA it will cost a mint with the exchange rate, & even worse if
they require US postage, then how are you to do that?

b) Option B is to spend money & time running around your town/city posting fliers, paying for advertising & doing all the grunt work &
on top of that you still have to pay for the postage to the US & then apparently receive $2 per envelope sent. For instance they will
send you 40 addresses so you think 40 stamps at 39c each = $15.60 + tax but it doesn't end there you have to also send 40 more
envelopes to the SEND ENVELOPES headquarters (probably situated in someone's garage illegally) & pay for 40 more stamps. SO you
are losing over $30 before you even have started not forgetting the $40+ dollars spent on this mystery success book & all the legwork
& time you spend handwriting not typing on these envelopes as they suggest you do to guarantee you get paid. How is one supposed
to be guaranteed you will get paid?

SOME BUYER BEWARE INFORMATION-
1) When you are spammed on you email server usually the illegal & fraudulent companies will often have INCORRECT spelling of their
products, you will often find a lot of grammatical errors or things that do not make sense.

2) Websites may look professional but again check their disclaimer, READ IT. Again it often does not make sense, or has words that
do not exist in the English dictionary or words that are incorrectly used on purpose so it does not qualify as an official contract hence if
there are any legal matters in the future they can easily dismiss that the client did not sign an actual contract. I.E. ‘Send Envelopes' in
their disclaimer, there is a specific sentence that states "...deadliest time..." instead of "meet the deadline....".

3) Payment forms, they usually will have missing provinces or states, or cities in the roll down windows when selecting your address,
as well as spelling errors all around. They usually will ask for 3-4 digit codes on your credit card that quite often most reputable
organizations when purchasing do not require this. BE AWARE they may be trying to squeeze out more cash from you.

4) If the company does send you the package BE AWARE they will charge you for customs, so you will again end up paying about
$5-$20 depending on your location when signing to accept the package.

5) If you have already processed something online they will always send you a follow up email to pretend it is all-official but when you
try to contact them they are disconnected. Basically YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBED.

BUYER BEWARE, there is nothing in this world that can make you get rich quickly without hard work & perseverance. I know everyone
wants to make money & live comfortably but realistically most people out there that have got the wealth somewhere along the road
they worked hard for it (or in very rare cases won the lottery or inherited wealth which we will discard as that is a rare occurrence). SO
PLEASE EVERYONE You WANT TO MAKE MONEY THEN DO NOT SPEND ON GET RICH QUICK SCAMS OR ONLINE LOTTERY OR MONEY
INHERITENCE SCAMS, THEY ARE NEVER REAL. Be good to yourself & to your family & work like a good citizen should.

7. ******There are many of these....they keep changing the company name......****** Company
Norex Services Usa
Address:
norexservices.com
Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


I had applied to a job posting from careerbuilder.com for a stay at home payment processor. I was asked to open a bank account for
deposit of money to be wired out. On March 7th a transfer went into the new account for $1960.00 and I was suppose to keep 5% of
that and I had to wire it to Semen Panjutin in St. Petersburg, Russia. I was told by the so called manager " john Brundage that it was
for web design service. Well not to long after that the account I opened was frozen, due to the fact that a womans credit card info was
stolen and the money went into my account. I was told I was part of a money laundering scam. I looked up this company with the BBB
and they had no complaints till now. I went to the FBI with my info and reported it to the BBB. I just noticed the website is no longer
available. I hope who ever was effected by these people have enough courage to step out and go to the FBI and BBB. WE need to
stop this! I was also a victim and the bank says I have to pay all the money back...

8. LWT INC- HOME BIZ
Address:
freewebs.com/1wtinc/
Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


Lwt or home based data entry. Advertises a work from home data enry positions Should earn $500.00 to $700.00 a week. Seeking
honest, self motivated people to work from home in the typing and data enry field. It tells you about training and training material
They tell you about the kind of data enry job you will do and how much you can expect to be paid. Then it charges you $10.95 for
training material.

The training material is then sent to you by e-mail which consist of instructions on how to advertise this same ad and get people to
send you money for this same ad. and there are 9 pages of web addresses for you to place your ads.

THIS WEBSITE NO LONGER EXISTS

9 FastMoneyCash, Moneymakingsecrets
Address:

Internet unknown
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


As with the leading story on your home page, my story is very similar.

The exception is that I used a credit card and the company is refusing to answer my emails directly and there is no indication that I'll
ever get my money returned. In Australian dollars, that accounts to $167.49 that I've lost.

The replies I have received have only attempted to get me to try some of their other programs but fail to address the issue of my
request for a full refund.

I believe the company is deceitful and misleading in it's conduct and deserves to be stopped and fined for inflicting financial loss and
stress to it's clients.

10.Untitled Works
Address:
1801 A Wheeler Rd. Rm 22
Seffner Florida 33584
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
813-681-2409
Fax:  


I registered with the Untitled Works Work-at-Home Employment Agency for a payment of $50 and received a work package and
instructions on 3/19/05. Quoting from the company's letter contained in the work package,

"Hello
My Name is Demmi.
I am your Case Manager.
I have found several Employment Opportunities for you.
Please note: If You want anyone of them. You must let me know, so I may call them.

You too should Email them ALSO and contact them soon as possible. Please work with me."

I began e-mailing and calling Untitled Works on 3/21/05 to let them know that I was interested in two job opportunities that had no
contact information listed in the work package I purchased. Then, the e-mail address I had from the work package
(Dallash7002000@yahoo.com) stopped working. The 800 number - no one ever answered it. Because they were not contacting me. I
tried several other e-mail addresses that I obtained from the Untitled Works website, all of which began to block my e-mails. I also
left several phone messages @ 813-681-2409 indicating that I couldn't reach my case worker and could someone assist me.

It states in their letter that "Openings Change every day" so I was aware how time sensitive these opportunities might be. I would
have contacted the job opportunities myself if I'd had the contact information, but I couldn't even get that from the company,
because no-one would ever contact me. I think most reasonable people would consider these events problematic.

The only time they replied was when I threatened to report them to the BBB on 4/6/05 but the problems persisted. For a few days, my
case worker was reachable but again began to fail to respond to my inquiries about the progress of my employment. Then I got an e-
mail telling me to stop behaving childishly. I have kept copies of all correspondence.

11. 100 Dollar Mails
Address:
www.100-dollar-mail.com
Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


I am waiting for payment from this fraudulent company! It is a paid to read email, and promises "huga cash for its members". The
pay-out figure to reach is $10,000. My account now stands at $32,000, with no redemption button to retrieve my cash.

12. Britt Phillips, Worldwide Ad Network
Address:
Richmond, VA
Richmond Virginia
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
804-897-2274
Fax:  


I learned about Britt Phillips CEO of Worldwide Ad Network
from an online chat room
He promotes his website www.computermillions.com
and says people can earn $3,000-$5,000 WEEKLY
within 10 days of working with him.
I invested over $2,000 with Britt Phillips, which
I sent paid via certified check. Mr. Phillips
only accepts guaranteed funds due to the nature
of his unethical business practices. Many people
would ask for a refund once they find out he is
full of hype and false advertising.
I joined Britt in his Coastal Vacations business
and worked directly with him for over a period of 2 months.


If you send this man your hard earned money, you better
understand you will probably lose it!

In that time frame, I made NOTHING. Not one dime
I lost my $2,000 investment and Mr. Phillips only
comment to me was that I was not "persistent and consistent"
well I worked almost everyday for 2 months, and was unable
to close even 1 sale with Britt. I think the
hype and advertising claims on his website are GREATLY
overstated, and are there just to get people excited
and lure them into his deceptive advertising business.

This report was written to warn all others out
there to watch out for Britt Phillips.
If you send him your hard earned money, you better
understand you will probably lose it.


13 International Candle Corporation
Address:
Nationwide, U.S.A.
Phone Number:
617-561-0493
Fax:  




Paul of Anaheim CA,I live in CA and I too was taken by ICC. I belong to a victims support group of over 100 people going after
International Candle and their previous incarnations - Candle Distributors Network, The Candle Brokers, Candles4Money, and several
incarnations of their phony (in my opinion) placement company Norwood Group, Divine Marketing and BCT Marketing.

I think this company must be an octopus! We have tangible proof of prior incarnations of ICC. Do you have proof they were also
Country Kitchen Candles? The more information we get on these people the more power we have to stop them! Contact me by using
rebuttal box below or reply in this forum.


14.NHCD
Address:
workfromhomeparents.com
Overland Park Kansas
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


NHCD is the biggest waste of time…they told me that I needed a home telephone to work from home, they said that without a phone
I coudnt do the job. Well, after I got my mom to get me a phone I took a job from them.

But I couldn't work for them until I sent in a copy of my drivers license, I should have known what a stupid company they were then, I
am in Missouri, what do they need my drivers license for? I am not going to be driving for them , it is not a delivery job is it???

Then I found out that I had to use the phone when I was working. That made me so mad. My manager was a dumb housewife with
no experience. She always had to leave her meetings so that she could pick up her kid at school.

When I made calls I got the leads but I never won a contest, that's really dumb to. My manager was such a big dummie that she
called me every day to see if I needed anything, but she ALWAYS called during General Hospital or Days of Our Lifes.

I got my paycheck after two weeks, and since I live in Missouri, and the bank is in Iowa I have to pay the check cashing place to cash
my paycheck.

I wanted to work from home so I could be my own boss and do what I wanted during work time, if that is what you want to then NHCD
is stupid. Oh, and if you think you can do this while you draw unemployment, your wrong...what a gip!


15 Independent Wireless
Address:
1230 Peachtree Street N.E. Floor 18
Atlanta Georgia 30309
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
504-818-2965
Fax:  


On April 20th, 2004, I went to independentwireless.net, and they stated they had work from home jobs. It was the most legitimate
work at home opportunity I had ever seen. They sent me real paperwork, tax forms, ect. to fill out.

I thought for sure that this was a real opportunity. I sent my check for $85.00 to them and waited for my headset. and waited and
waited, well you get the point. I tried calling, unable to get a hold of anyone. I sent repeated emails asking someone to either give
me back my money or send me my headset. At that point I was still thinking this was for real, that there had just been some kind of
mistake.

I never to this day have heard from anyone, not even to be told the headsets were backordered or anything. I finally decided I was
going to go through my bank, and dispute the charge, only to find out that I have to close out my account, go through alot of other
stuff, and they might not be able to do it.

This is a straight out fraud! some one has got to put a stop to companies that are doing this sort of thing. How are they getting away
with it? I would be willing to forget about my $85.00 if someone could find out who is behind this and prosecute them.

People who run this type of scam take people at their lowest point (looking for an extra income) and exploit them. Take money that,
I know I didn't have, and I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of people who got ripped off that didn't have the money to throw
away.

I hope there is some kind of class action brought on by this, because someone or many individuals have probably become
millioinaires from this scam. It's ridiculous!!

16 Lattimer Marketing & Distribution
Address:
500 N Main
Bellefontaine Ohio 43311
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
937-599+1293
Fax:  


On January 19th I sent out a money order for $49.90. I was supposed to receive promotional dufflebags and a sample bag from
them to sew at home. I sent off my money order in good faith and waited 30 days without receiving anything. I made several calls
and even wrote a letter but never got any sort of response from this company.

I contacted the money order company to verify whether or not the money order had even made it to its destination, and was surprised
to find out that not only had it been received, it had been cashed as well. Still with nothing to show for my $50, I continued to phone
the company to no avail.

With copy of money order in hand, I made a last ditch effort to phone the company and left an urgent collection message on their
answering machine threatening to go to the police with their fradulent claims and report them. Within 8 days I received a check back
for my $49.90. However, I am still not satisfied.

It should be unnecessary for me to have to harrass these people to refund my money. This company is purposely collecting amounts
under $50 from consumers to try to get away with depositing their money and sending nothing in return. For this I want to complain
and hope that someone will put these people out of business for good.


17 Impacttechnology
Address:
impacttechnology.bizopiaweb.com
Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
800-838-5981
Fax:  


For $250 this company offered to train you and get you hooked up with physicians nation-wide to do as much or as little work as you
wanted to. I gave them $75 to start with $20 a month thereafter up to $250.

A week after I sent the money I couldnt get thru to them on their 800 number. A recording stated "mailbox full". I have sent an email
to them which has not been replied to either.

I was told this was a legitimate business processing Medicare claims online. Now I would just like my money back.



18 Freedom Marketing, PC Enterprises
Address:
28 E. Jackson Bldg #10-F441
Chicago Illinois 60604
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


Freedom Marketing is an envelope stuffing scam. They claim that you get 7.00 for every envelope that you stuff. But first you have to
send a deposit of 19.95 which is supose to be refundable.

I placed my order on December 9,2004. It is now April 4, 2005. I have not received anything from the company. The website says
that you should receive your start-up kit in 7-21 business days. If you don't get your start-up kit with in a month contact them for the
status of your order. I tried to contact them several times through email but they never responded back to me.

This is a fraudulent company they are not legit.

19 American Consolidated Exchange
Address:
646-b Fort Smith Blvd
Deltona Florida 32738
U.S.A.

Phone Number:
386-574-5350
Fax:  


this was suppost to be a work from home business. making and sewing teddy bears. to sign up was 40 dollars. and then another 80
dollars for the materials. but they said after completing the bears you would get paid 8 dollars a bear. plus get back your 80. i called
to ask a question but now number no longer in service.


20 GREEN PRODUCTION
Address:
5025 N, Central Ave. #435
Phoenix Arizona 85012-1505
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
602-280-9292
Fax:  

They said I would receive up to $2,900 weekly
I sent Green Production $59.00 for Group 1 and
$20 for shiping and handling fee.I was puzzled
after two weeks, and typed there company name
on my computer. there it was Rip-off Bussiness

1 DIDNT RECEIVE NO LETTERS OR A RESPONSE I AM A MOM AT HOME TRYING TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY TO HELP,MY HUSBAND TO BE
BUY A HOUSE FOR OUR FAMILY.I HATE COMPANYS THAT ARE DISHONEST I WANT MY MONEY BACK

I am not finished with them Consumer Affair will
hear from me also Channel 9, 7,4 to expose a companys
like this. My husband and I are disappointed but the
truth will be known.


21 Disciples Cross
Address:
disciplescross.com
Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


Since this company is a Christian company, and since Pastor John Raymond is well known from his appearance on Survivor Thailand, I
had expected the best customer service, prompt payment, and resolution to any problems that might arise. I am both an affiliate
and a producer. As an affiliate, I have not received all payments due. I have repeatedly asked for help. Dan has promised help...but
never delivered. I am still missing about $70 in affiliate payments. The payments I've received have often been late. As a producer, I
have had problems with my orders. None of my e-mails to customer service were ever answered. The problems with my orders were
never resolved. I have also tried to reach them by the phone number they give out. The times that I've been able to leave a
message, my calls weren't returned...but usually the message box is full and I can't even leave a message. I am completely
disappointed with this company. I have given them ample time to redeem themselves. I give up. I'm sure that not everyone has
such a negative experience here...but my experience here has been very negative.

I have gotten much better customer service and earned more money online with non-Christian companies. It shouldn't be that way. I
still have lots of advertising out for this company. I've spent a small fortune on advertising. I'm sure I'll receive more sign-ups. I
doubt I'll ever be paid for them. I'm way in the red here.



22 & 23
Here are two new scams that people need to be aware of. First, USA Payment Networks:
http://usapn.com/
This professional looking site has 2 wonderful scams going. First, they have a check cashing program, primarily dealing with Eastern
Europe and Russian clients who need to cash their 'work' checks, etc. This is just a new version of the old check cashing and wiring
scheme. If you don't know about it, don't do it, the checks can be fake, stolen, washed, or contain stolen ID info. You can actually get
in a large amount of trouble by being tricked into this one.
The second scam this site has is to be a 'Payment Processing Manager'. You give them your routing number when you sign in, and
they wire you some money. They tell you to keep a % for yourself and wire the remainder to different wire transfer info. Sounds easy
enough, but the person on the other end controls both wire transfer accounts and when you wired money they got your account
number. Now they have your name, address, phone number, checking account number, and routing number.
Note at the bottom of the site they have logos and link to bank of america, citibank, and First USA. These are the same banks that
phishing spam emails target for ID theft.
Stay away!!

The 2nd program I wanted to bring to everyone's attention is truly the NEW WAVE in internet scams, based after the old check cashing
internet scams. I think the people behind this one could have been behind the EZcheckcash and other places from '04 and early '05.
They ripped off a real company (one not in English) and added their own English page under the American flag. The url is:
http://biddingsexpert.com
based on the real site, biddingexpert.com
If you read the English page, they are looking for home workers.
People can easily fall for this one.
Instead of using checks, this group of crooks is using paypal accounts. They specialize in selling high end merchandise on ebay,
taking payment via paypal. My guess is they never deliver any merchandise, but they want people to use their own Verified Paypal
accounts on their ebay auctions. When the money is sent into your paypal account, they want you to transfer the money into the
attached checking account, the wire most of it to Russian wire information. By the time someone complains through ebay, the money
in paypal is gone. If you fall for this, you risk loosing your paypal account, owing a ton of money to paypal/ebay, and risk criminal
charges. Never let an ebay auctioneer use your paypal account, unless you know the person well.
I am guessing they have figured out that it is easier to get money through using paypal and ebay than checks and banks because
they have more time to work with. This is a hole that needs to be closed. Don't ever take payments into your paypal account with an
arrangement to wire some back to the sender.
The biddingsexpert.com domain is registered to some nice American name like they usually do it, probably an ID theft. The people
behind this are no doubt located in Russia and Eastern Europe. This time they've cleverly cloaked a real business that has a non-
english website, as their own. If an American prospect goes to look at their business site they probably wont' be able to read it and
won't think much of it.

BOTH OF THESE SCAMS ARE BEING ADVERTISED THROUGH MASS ICQ'S RIGHT NOW.





This is proff that the government do prosecute these folks. It may take longer than we would like but they do get caught if they
continued.

FTC Charges Marketers of “Internet Kiosk” Business Opportunity with Using Bogus Sales Tactics

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/04/bikinivend.htm

For Release: April 6, 2005

FTC Charges Marketers of “Internet Kiosk” Business Opportunity with Using Bogus Sales Tactics

The Federal Trade Commission has charged two groups of California-based defendants working together with duping hundreds of
consumers into buying “Internet kiosk” business opportunities with promises of lucrative earnings. The FTC alleges that the
defendants misrepresented the earnings potential of the business opportunity and misrepresented the availability and/or the
profitability of locations for the machines. One group of defendants has agreed to settle the charges and is barred from selling any
business venture or franchise in the future. As part of the settlement, these defendants agreed to withdraw all claims they have to
more than $1.5 million that the FBI seized from their bank accounts. The case against the other set of defendants is ongoing; the
FTC is asking the court to issue a temporary restraining order to halt their illegal conduct and to freeze their assets.

The FTC filed separate complaints against Edward Bevilacqua, Bikini Vending Corp., 360 Wireless Corp., and MyMart, Inc. (collectively
the “Bevilacqua Entities”), who have agreed to settle FTC charges; and Charles Castro, Elizabeth Castro, Gregory High, Phillis Watson,
Network Services Depot, Inc., Network Marketing, LLC, doing business as Network Services Marketing, LLC, Net Depot, Inc., Network
Services Distribution, Inc., and Sunbelt Marketing, Inc. (collectively the “Castro Entities”). The “Bevilacqua Entities” are located in
Escondido, California, and the “Castro Entities” are located in Brea, California.

According to the FTC, the defendants sold “Internet kiosk” business opportunities to consumers nationwide. Consumers learned about
the business opportunity through telephone, mail, or in-person solicitations from local insurance agents and financial planners the
defendants recruited and trained as sales agents. Using promotional materials received from the defendants, the sales agents
promised consumers secured profitable locations, a guaranteed monthly income

generated by the kiosk usage, and annual returns of 12 percent or more. The free-standing kiosks housed a computer and a
mechanism to accept payments. The Internet kiosks were designed to allow the public to access the Internet, for a fee, from locations
such as hotels, bowling alleys, restaurants, casinos, and convenience stores. According to the FTC, more than 450 consumers
purchased thousands of kiosks.

Using an interrelated series of agreements, the Castro Entities sold the Internet kiosks to consumers at prices ranging from $4,000 to
$7,000 per unit, and the Bevilacqua Entities agreed to install the kiosks in a designated location and manage and service the kiosks.
After entering into these agreements, consumers believed that they owned the Internet kiosk business opportunities at the
designated locations and that the businesses would be managed by the Bevilacqua Entities.

The FTC alleged that the venture was like a Ponzi scam since some purchasers received monthly payments not from the revenue
generated by the kiosk usage, but paid to the first purchasers by using the initial payments from new purchasers, leaving the majority
of buyers holding worthless interests in nonexistent kiosks.

The FTC’s complaints charge the defendants with violating the FTC Act by falsely representing that:

consumers would acquire ownership of an Internet kiosk business opportunity;
consumers would receive monthly payments from revenue generated by their Internet kiosks; consumers would earn substantial
income; and the defendants would find profitable locations for consumers’ Internet kiosks.
The complaints also charge that the defendants knowingly provided deceptive promotional materials to independent sales agents,
causing those agents to mislead consumers. In addition, the complaints allege that the defendants violated the Franchise Rule by
failing to provide consumers with the required disclosure document, which contains 20 categories of information required by the Rule;
failing to have a reasonable basis for their earnings claims; and failing to provide consumers with documents substantiating those
claims.

The settlement announced today permanently bars the Bevilacqua entities from promoting or selling any business venture or
franchise, and from profiting from any sales of those ventures by other entities. The settlement also bars the defendants from
making deceptive or misleading claims about any product, and from knowingly providing third parties with deceptive information for
the purposes of marketing a product or service. The order also prohibits the defendants from sharing any customer lists. In addition,
the order contains a total judgment of $18 million, suspended due to Mr. Bevilacqua’s inability to pay, which will become due if it is
found that he misrepresented his financial situation.

The Commission vote authorizing staff to file the complaint and the stipulated final order
against the Bevilacqua entities, and to file a complaint against the Castro entities was 5-0. The complaints and the stipulated final
order were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on April 5, 2005.

NOTE: The Commission files a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to
the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The complaint is not a finding or ruling that the defendants have actually
violated the law. The case will be decided by the court.

NOTE: A stipulated final order is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendants of a law
violation. A stipulated final order requires approval by the court and has the force of law when signed by the judge.

Copies of the complaints and the stipulated final order are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the
FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The FTC works for the
consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help
consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish (bilingual counselors are available to take
complaints), or to get free information on any of 150 consumer topics, call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357), or use the
complaint form at http://www.ftc.gov. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into
Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and
abroad.


24.  Professional Marketing Group - PMG Mentors - Private Mentoring Group - Vermotion - Secure Gate - Fortius ripoff scam artists
target people with credit or cash selling free

There seems to be quite a few complaints about this group. Can anyone share light on their business practices.

I too have been scammed by PMG! My story is similar to everyone's. After responding to an e-mail about a book from Jay Abramson,
I received a phone call from PMG about what they had to offer me. After being laid up for 6 years with a bad back, I was looking to
start a business from my home. An internet store seemed to be a viable solution.

After a long discussion with Kato Fakatoumafi, he tried to sign me up for an expensive program, $13000. I refused. Then he came
back with a cheaper program. He explained that I would still receive some of the $13000 program benefits. He explained that the
website would be mine to do with as I pleased. Therefore, I signed up for the $10000 program on my credit card.

They said they sent me their catalog and starter materials, which I never received. However, my credit card was charged immediately
which meant my payment was due immediately but I was using "Other People's Money" (OPM).

I already had an idea for a website selling figure skating clothing, costumes, accessories, boots, blades, jewelry, harnesses, etc. So I
would not be using their suppliers which meant that they would not get a kick back on any sales.

My package was to include the Vermotion web-builder, accounting software, e-zine marketing campaign, banner ads, pop-up ads,
business coaching, search engine optimization, guaranteed hits, and their warranty of service. My contract reads, "The condition of our
warranty is based on you keeping your commitments. If after six months from today you have not recouped your initial investment of
$10,035.00, we will continue to work with you an additional six months until you have done so."

Then they gave me the link for the web builder. What they neglected to tell me was that I had to do all the designing and building of
the site. I had to get all the contacts for suppliers and negotiate with them. Then I had a phone consultation with Lorin Hardy every
week, which I did relgiously. Within 15 weeks, I had built my site. My coach was teaching me from their online tutorial.

What I was not told initally was that all of the help they were providing for a substantial fee for their coaching was all available FREE
links to websites that provided the tools I needed. They did not provide any of the help themselves. In fact, I have copies of their
online tutorials for anyone interested. If you can read, then you don't need their coaches.

PMG had started taking their hosting fee of $31.95 a month from the inception of the purchase not when the site was actually up and
running. I later found out that I could not move the site to another server since their shopping cart only worked on theirs, therefore
guaranteeing PMG $31.95 per month.

Then I decided to go with my local bank for my merchant. However, I had unbelievable problems with trying to connect it since PMG
was pushing their merchant so they get their kick back. After being persistant with PMG and contact with the proper agency, I got the
merchant of my choice, my local bank.

Then it came time for PMG to use Fortius to optimize my site. After six months of e-mails and phone calls, PMG did not live up to
their marketing agreement. After spending hours on the phone with Kurt Brady, he offered to switch me to Secure Gate. I turned his
offer down and asked for a refund. After Kurt hung up on the phone with me refusing to talk to me anymore, I contacted Devin, an
owner of the company supposedly. He offered to give me a refund toward the marketing on the program. So I was refunded half of
my initial investment. By now almost a year had past, and I still did NOT recoup my initial investment.

I did not even have an operational website

In the meantime, several months earlier, I had contacted my new marketing people, Netlinkz.net. They marketed and optimized my
site to the best of their ability. However, PMG had lied to me telling me that this was a real website with HTML pages, when in fact only
a few home pages were static; and the rest were dynamic or created on the fly. Therefore, it would be harder for search engines to
pick up the pages since none of them were static.

Then in March of 2004, PMG planned to upgrade the Vermotion system. When they did, my site went down for weeks, then months.
After numerous phone calls to them of which they never answered, I then called them non-stop every extension until I reached a live
person. They assured me that everything was up and running. However, their website did not reflect that either,
http://smedia.vermotion.com/media/5...devschedule.htm

All I knew was that no one could place any orders from my site for those 3 months. The shopping cart that I had purchased could not
be supported on their new server. Also, once they said it was completed, they took the accounting and tracking software away from
me. That was in my contract and was the one thing that helped me to decide on purchasing their product.

Customers e-mailed me saying they could not place orders, size and quantity selection boxes were messed up, orders were
processed and lost but charged to their cards, and the list goes on!

After many more phone calls to PMG, they sent me an e-mail to sign, which I REFUSED! However, they sent me another partial refund
check. I am not done with them yet. I am now looking for people to join me in a class action suit against PMG. I am not going to
settle for their amount.

I want my full refund, as well as the doubling of my initial investment, as well as the cost of hiring someone new to reconstruct and
move my website since their shopping cart was NOT compatible with any other server, and the lost sales for the down time, and
something for the aggravation they put me through!!! PMG CANNOT change their minds as they go along. We had a contract, which
PMG did NOT live up to! I will not let this issue go.

In fact, you would be interested to know that PMG probably purchased credit card information from members now arrested for
trafficking over 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers. The hackers were targeting e-commerce sites. When PMG called me, they
already knew how much I had available on my credit and how much was in my bank account. My identity was stolen last year and I
believe yours might have been too.

No one can make you sign your rights away to sue them. In fact, there was nothing in my contract about any cancellation fee. PMG
made up the rules as they went along. Percentages for cancellation vary amongst the people. Costs of the program vary based on
how much credit you have available, how easily deceived you may be (if you aren't, they lower the price until you bite), and I can go
on if you would like.

My next stop is the FTC and Attorney General. I think with all of my documentation, they will have a field day with PMG. Remember,
my identity was stolen because my computer was hacked. PMG, the FBI and Secret Service have caught the hackers and have taken
their computers. Eventually, the road will lead to justice. I suggest you turn yourselves in if you had any illegal dealings in securing
names and financial information of your targeted victims.

Anyone interested in going to the FTC with me, please contact me by replying to this post. It does not matter that you signed a piece
of "illegal" paper with PMG not to pursue them. I NEVER signed one. Even if you did, you cannot sign your rights away. In fact, you
may be entitled to a full refund. Anyone following in my lead is welcome to join in the pursuit of justice.


What Coached2Riches is offering is no different from HerbaLife or Amway or any other MLM firm. Promises and individual efforts with
countlesss examples. The only problem is that the LEADERS or EXECUTIVES at the top are the ones who benefit the most.



25. CAUTION:SurplusAlert.com


CAUTION!!!!!!
This a Work-At-Home program. You buy Surplus Goods and sell on ebay, your web-site, and etc. That part may be fine.
My Experience: You are invited for a FREE TRIAL. Which I opted to do. I also chose to get the "info packet" which I had to give my
banking info. I received the package with "more information" and called the next day and cancelled the trial. I explained this was not
what I was looking for. I was assured by the person I talked with that I was well within the trial time and that all would be stopped. In
February and March they hit my checking account for $ 24.95 a monthly fee you pay if you stay a member. They did credit my account
back for the fees. However, my bank assessed my account for NSF fee $ 33.00 each time, for a total of $ 66.00. (I don't keep large
balances) The bank will not relieve the $ 66.00 and Surplus Alert doesn't want to give me the $ either. I have filed a complaint with
BBB. I did talk with a young lady on 4/5/05 and she sent me an e/m confirming my cancellation of the account and a confirmation
number. She explained this is what should have been done on my first cancellation call.
I'm urging CAUTION when dealing with this company. Be sure and read closely the information on returns, restocking, etc. The fees
are horrible!



26. A Victim Cry For Help aka ( Xian Energy/ezchkcash)


My situation is a little diffrent from check cashing basically this company found me through help wanted. com they saw my resumee
and approached me with a customer rep job and basically i would be dealing w/ ctheir customers and taking payments thru my
verified pay pal bank account and what happend was they were using weells fargo online transfer and transfering money to me . they
wouldemail me and tell me their clients sent me a payment and for me to western union it to them so i went to the bank and did that
it ended up they were doing the transfers and transfering it from wells fargo customers accounts. so four transactions totalling 6000.
is what they got me for. everything was professional the contract to work the emails i asked alot of questions and the answers were
very professional. a woman contacted me from scam .com and she had been scammed by the same co. but from career builders.com
its the same co name her contact email address was partners @onissc-mail and mine was support@onissc-mail diffrent contact names
but her payments were also sent western union to russia. but ultimatly i think it the same people. i made a file with western union
and they have made reports and held the servalaince tapes as to who picked up the money but the police need to supeona them i
have yet to hear from a detective-


27. The sites listed below are the same CRIMINALS as purexian.biz.
Purexian.biz may be off the internet but I am 100% positive they are operating under several other names.

THIS IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO RECRUIT US RESIDENTS AND GET THEM TO
PARTICIPATE IN FRADULENT CHECK CASHING SCAM LEAVING THEM HOLDING THE BAGS

SIMPLY PUT, YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD AND A HUGE DEBT.

I encourage anyone who have any information such as a FRAUDULENT company name, a website, a web address, or any thing that
can help identify THESE CRIMINALS to please post them. PEOPLE need to be AWARE of these sites, web addresses or SO CALLED
FRAUDULENT COMPANIES.


www.purexian.biz
www.directmoney.biz
www.emoneypost.com
www.upwell.biz
www.potemkin.biz
www.epay-company.biz
www.itcompany.us
www.sigmatrade.org
www.open-contractor.com
www.ecosservices.com
www.globalpay.biz
www.firstresellergroup.com
www.money-port.com
www.artalds.com
www.higaservices.com
www.directmax.biz
www.mwdc.biz
www.futurtech.net
www.neppler.com
http://globalpay.idohost.com
http://gpexpress.org
http://www.biz-mail-express.org/vacancies.htm
http://www.wpdelivery.org/jobs.php?...b369ea804aa2fb5
http://www.igcs.us/?page=jobs&PHPSE...6d4cda55184f50e
http://www.farix.org/jobs.html
http://www.wtcompany.us/index.php?l...bace4555e9058c8
http://diamond.he.net/~realvirt/vacancies.htm (Business Mail Express, Ltd.)
http://accounting.careerbuilder.com...-checkcash.com/
http://www.frtech.net/about.html (Future Technology or Futuristic, LLC
www.cosco.biz (Global Shopping Delivery Service)
http://www.wtcompany.us/ (Western Trans Co)
www.troycom.org Troy Communication GMBH
http://www.bargoservices.com/ Bargo Agency (Postal/Financial)
www.ez-checkcash.com EZ-Checkcash
www.ez-checkcash.biz
www.checkbank.biz
www.nextdayfinance.org
www.checkbank.com
www.ppthltd.com
www.NEXTDAYFINANCELLC.biz




These criminals are so brave they have continue to RUN the same AD



28. Assembly of Crafts and Other Items
You are lured into this type of fraud by the promise of high pay, earned while working in the comfort of your home. You may be
required to eventually purchase materials, equipment and training—at high prices ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars—
from the fraud perpetrator, or his referrals, in order to assemble your work products.

Some "earn money at home" offers are intended to sell appliances such as a sewing or sign-making machine from the company.
Others offer "assembly work" but require payment for instructions and assembly kits. These advertisers sell the materials and kits to
make such articles as ties, baby shoes, etc.

You are urged to purchase the materials needed to complete the job, based on a promise that once the product is assembled, they
will buy it back from you and sell it to a well-known retail chain.

Respondents to these offers must sign a contract which obligates you to buy a machine or materials, but which does not obligate the
seller in any manner.

You invest, but they never buy the product back from you, often closing shop and moving on to a new location. You are left with
products for which there is no market and little opportunity to recoup your investment.

The kit seller may or may not offer or guarantee to buy back or pay for the finished product but may initially ask you for a sample of
your work which demonstrates your skill, plus a small registration and evaluation fee. Then they refuse to pay for your work because it
doesn’t meet "quality standards".

Unfortunately, no work is ever "up to standard," leaving you with overpriced equipment and supplies, and no income. To sell your
goods, you must find your own customers.



29. Envelope Stuffing Frauds


"Steady income for minimal labor - earn $2 each time you fold a brochure and seal it in an envelope! Send $20 for more details."

Envelope-stuffing frauds usually begin with such an ad in the Business Opportunities section of a newspaper or magazine. The
headline usually jumps out at you.

"We'll pay you 25 cents for each envelope you stuff and return to us" "Earn $250 for stuffing 1,000 envelopes while watching TV."

Such advertisements are deceptive and misleading and should simply be ignored or reported to authorities. When you respond to
their earn-money stuffing-envelope pitch you envision that the company making the offer will send you brochures which you will fold,
stuff into envelopes, seal and return to the company for which you will receive payment of 25 cents each.

But that's not the way the scheme works. In order to receive any information you will have to send them some sort of initial non-
returnable payment, usually between $10 and $25. By return mail you receive some information and an agreement form which you
are asked to read and sign.

The information packet starts with their suggestion that you place an ad in your local newspaper which reads: "Address and Mail
commission circulars at home and be flooded with offers. For offer and details rush stamped, self-addressed envelope and 25 cents
service fee" to a particular address. Here you are asked to insert your name. You are also expected to pay for the classified ad.

When work-hungry consumers in your area read your ad and respond, you "stuff" the self-addressed envelope your victims sent to
you into a larger envelope and return it to the company. As promised, they let you keep the enclosed 25 cents for each one you
send, as payment, but you must pay the postage for anything you send to them.

So in order to make any money yourself you must pay for classified ads and bilk more consumers out of a quarter, a stamp and the
time they spent responding to your advertisement. Envelope stuffing schemes are essentially pyramid schemes or chain letters
combined with a "how-to" element.

These ads are targeting housebound people of limited means, such as mothers with young children and the disabled who find the
convenience of working out of the house very attractive.

One con who charged from $10 to $45 for info on how to earn good money working at home, stuffing envelopes and stapling
booklets, managed to defraud about $200,000 from thousands of people from around the country.

Being charged in a criminal information with two counts of mail fraud means he has waived indictment by a federal grand jury. A
criminal information is considered the prelude to a guilty plea.  People who requested refunds got either no response or checks that
bounced.

30. Product Testing Frauds


Product testing frauds usually begin when you receive a handsome brochure showing dozens of products and a sales pitch asking you
to enroll as a product evaluator. The cost for postage and handling is purported to cost from $5 to $9 and you get to keep the
hundreds of gift products you receive for testing. There is usually some sort of enrollment fee ranging from $10 to $25 dollars.

Many consumers never receive a response after sending their enrollment check. They are the lucky ones. Those who are enrolled and
request products for testing may end up paying hundreds of dollars in postage and handling for items worth far less than the fees.

31. Reading Books for Money Frauds


You respond to an ad which claims you can make a potential $30,000 per year reading books at home. The ads indicate that all you
have to do is ask for a list from which you pick a book, submit a report and then get paid right away.

You send along your one time fee of $57 and what they send you back is a listing book of publishers, without even contact
addresses. After tracking down several publishers, you discover from them that publishers don’t hire people for this purpose sight
unseen and certainly not without prior experience and proper educational or vocational background.

32. Home-Based Computer Work Fraud


You respond to an ad which proclaims:

"PC Users - do overflow work and earn $14/hr with Data Entry and Word Processing from the comfort of your home!"

They indicate there is a money back guarantee after 90 days so you send off your $65.

In return you receive a disk containing generic information on running a business and a list of 500 business names around the
country. You attempt to contact the ones that are still in business and determine that while some require actual visits to the distant
office, most pay an amount per entry which works out to only about $2 per hour.

You remember after 90 days to call for a refund but the line has been disconnected. Behind the scenes, the business has once again
changed names and phone numbers and continued on with its nationwide advertising, knowing that their victims seldom make a fuss
over the small amount they have lost to this deception.



33. No Pot of Gold at the End

I want to let people know, who hopefully find this site before getting scammed, that Rainbow Expressions is a total scam. They offer
all kinds of work-at-home programs all over the internet and have many sites linked to them - here are a few: workathomeconnection.
com; workathomesite.com; findworkathomeemployment.com; rainbowexpressions.com

Rainbow Expressions
P.O. Box 130275
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33313

I found them by typing in work-at-home jobs. I figured they were legit because no matter which site I went to, there they were.  I paid
them $47.00 dollars for their start up fee for supplies to stuff envelopes.

I really regret not finding this site before sending them my money. I wrote them a mean letter and  requested they refund my money
if they have any decency - knowing that they will probably just laugh and cherish my letter as "A job well done" on their part.

It is so sad to know that there are people in the world that do this to others.  I am not able to go out and work in an everyday work
environment as most people can, because of disabilities and thought this envelope stuffing job was an answer to our prayers. Extra
money of any amount is very hard to come by in my household.





34. Not Barefoot Yet

There is a site I got involved with called Iron Stone Publishing at ironstonepub.com.  They charged me $24.95 to get downloads of
jobs at home.

I applied for dozens and never got one reply. When I applied for a home job they had listed for Pinkerton I received my envelope
back marked address unknown.

When I informed them of this I was called stupid and uneducated and incapable of following orders or applying for a job. Nothing
could be further from the truth, believe me.

When I mentioned that I was going to tell people what had happened to me, they informed me that if I discussed anything about
their site, with anyone, they would sue my socks off.

After I advised them that I was alerting Pinkerton about them, I never heard back. Just thought I'd warn others.





35. Med Quest Inc at www.Med-Quest-Inc.com say they guarantee you a job but after you pay them a fee all they do is send you a
list of companies that are supposedly hiring.  When applicants called the companies listed, the perspective employers were very upset
and wanted to know who's list they were on so they could be removed.

None of them knew what you were talking about and were not working with that company although a few of them seemed to have had
this problem before with Med Quest.  Applicants have not got money back even though they said it was money back guarantee.




36. Don't Follow This Star

Get paid to chat.  $.56 a minute. No fees. Not phone sex or psychic.

When hundreds of people signed on for one "work at home - get paid to chat" opportunity they were told they would have friendly
innocent conversations with European men or recruit other phone actors who called.

But instead of answering phone calls from a lonely hearts line they had to make the phone calls and many times it was long-distance.
The deception involved hundreds of people who were charged thousands of dollars for phone minutes.

The home-workers were told to connect through an inaccessible toll-free number but when that did not work they were given a long-
distance line to call and told they would be paid $1.48 per minute.   

They said they would be reimbursed the call-in charge of up to $1 a minute but never got that or payment for their time.  Instead
they incurred phone bills in the thousands of dollars.

"I answered an ad advertising for recruiters, people to actually recruit the phone actors and actresses who would talk to people on the
North Star line. You would just try to keep people on the phone and chat with them."  

As for the lonely European men, a few workers remember hearing some men on the line. But the only one located thought he was
being paid to talk to lonely women. After navigating through some fairly explicit material, the home workers connected to people who
sounded mysteriously like other home workers.

"So I was talking with the women who had kids, talking about recipes and cooking dinner. But after a few days we began putting two-
and-two together and figured, hey, we're just chatting with each other."

The company behind this, North Star Communications Group Ltd. was traced to 21 year old Mike Bain alias Mike Bailey of Winnipeg,
Canada.



37. Try Collecting From Them

Operating since at least 1998, A.V.I. Data Processing Center of Highland CA have had a pattern of unanswered complaints regarding
alleged false advertising and misrepresentation of an employment offer with them for data entry which they promote through www.
aviathome.com

While they appear to advertise data entry work at home employment, processing legal judgment notices, clients are not offered
employment of any kind.

Instead, for an advance fee of $175.00, they receive a package containing software, a book with information on starting your own
business, instructions on how to search court records for unpaid judgments and are told to mail a series of letters to the prevailing
party at their own expense, offering to collect their judgment for a fee of $20.00.

Refunds and cancellations can only be obtained if the complainant sends proof of receiving 50 checks from clients within 60 days.

The company responds to a few complaints by denying refund requests but most complaints are unanswered. Both A V I Data
Processing Center and Nationwide Collection Services operate out of a mail drop. Neither company has a published telephone number,
and calls to the phone numbers on their printed materials reach recorded messages.



38. Stock Routing Scam

While I have yet to figure the workings or ultimate goal of this operation I thought I would put it up for display and eventual
investigation.  They explain the process thus:

We process packages from our partners around the country and feel the need of honest person, who can route our mail to
destinations around Europe.  All our letters and packages are legal, and will be received by you from big well-known corporations such
as Toshiba, Gateway, HP, Fujitsu, Dell.

We do know about the Anthrax threat in USA these days, so we promise you - there are will be no packages/letters from unknown
individuals, just well-known corporations.

PAYMENT: We arrange payment at end of first probation month of work (30 days) $2000.00 in U.S. Dollars and second month and
after that - $4000.00 in U.S. Dollars.  

In future, salary may be up to $120.000 per year, but work can become full-time. In addition to payment above, you'll receive all
money you'll spend for shipping for our company.  

LETTERS & PACKAGES TRAFFIC: You receive about two packages per week - 1 8 lbs per package maximum.

REQUIREMENTS: 1)5-10 hours per week 2)Address for letters and packages (not a P.O. box) 3)Fax us any kind of your I.D. -  such as
drivers license, national I.D. etc. to 720-528-7930 (U.S FAX)  (You can understand, without simple verification, we can't begin to work,
because our packages have very high value and  we don't want to risk) 4)When you receive our packages & letters, you must  send
them out via USPS Global Express Mail (EMS) to our destinations and provide tracking number to us.    

ABOUT US: We are Sprint Ordering, Ltd. engaged in distributing of exclusive electronics. We help people in purchasing brand-name
electronics such as DVD-players, A/V receivers, digital photo and video camcorders, some kind of rare accessories for them.  

Also we are interested in distributing different computer parts, complete computer systems (notebooks only). You can check our
website at www.sprintordering.com for more information.  

The reason of our activity is the absence of possibility to buy that kind of electronics in those regions (high tax-rates, high prices,
absence in the shops or expensivness).    

We need to sign contract before the work. Let us know your decision. Look at the contract:              

E M P L O Y M E N T    C O N T R A C T                 

THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this the ____ day of _____________, 2002, by and between Sprint Ordering, Ltd., (410 W. Colfax
Avenue, Denver, CO, 80204, USA), in the furtherance "Employer", and ______________________, in the furtherance "Employee".  

WHEREAS Employee identifies himself as ______________________ residing at the following address:
________________________________________________WHEREAS Employee states that he's citizen or permanent resident of the US and
his residence is in City of _____________, State of __________________, USA.  

He submits as verifications of these facts a true & accurate copies of his I.D. card (Driver's License, SSN Card etc.) that are
incorporated herein.

WHEREAS Employer is liable both criminally and contractually to keep information (such as SS and Driver's License numbers)
confidentially.         

N O W  T H E R E F O R E, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual promises and benefits to be derived by the parties, they do
hereby agree to the following:  

1.   The employee is being hired as a _Stock_Router_________ to perform the following general duties: _route our mail and packages
to location we specify_.
2.  Hours of employment: 20 hours (Number of hours per week: 5 hours).
3.  Working month is counted from the moment of getting first package (letter) by Employee. Employer guarantees this to happen
within ten working days from the date of signing this agreement. Employee must inform Employer by any way the same day as this
will happen.
4.   Ending date of employment: Until termination with or without cause. Employee will be paid back all expenses according to the
date of termination.
5.  The Employee's compensation shall be paid and received monthly in the following order:         

(A) First Month $2000.00 plus reimbursement for all and any S&H charges the Employee has paid,      
(B) and Second Month and following months $4000.00 plus Employer agrees to pay a reasonable advance fee but not less than
$1000.00 to Employee (as "expense account fund") to cover all and any S&H charges the Employee will pay.  

6.   This agreement may be terminated without notice by either party.
7.  The Employee acknowledges that in the course of employment he may become aware of certain information about the Employer's  
operations or clients that is considered proprietary.
8.   The Employee agrees not to disclose such information or use the information in any manner that might be harmful to the
Employer's business for which Employee is liable both criminally & contractually to keep confidentially.    
9.  No modification or amendments shall be made to this contract unless it (they) are in writing and executed by both  parties.
10. TIME IS OF ESSENCE for both parties.
11. This contract is governed by the laws of the State of Colorado or those of the State of the Employee is residing in.
12. Should any disagreement arise between the parties as it relates to employment, each party shall be responsible for their own
attorneys'  fees and court costs unless the Court orders otherwise.  

THIS IS THE WHOLE AND ONLY AGREEMENT (CONTRACT) BETWEEN THE CONTRACTING PARTIES.

FOR THE Sprint Ordering Ltd.:  

William A Chambers
Robert T Gray

Note: Most likely a Nigerian scam, money laundering, check fraud, bogus orders operation.



39. Med-A-Fax is supposed to be a "work at home" based business that deals with sending faxes to medical institutions to help
doctors and such find work.  They charge you a fee of $298 for the package, if you want to know more about the company, what it has
to offer, etc.   

They tell you very little, if anything, about the opportunity BEFORE you send them a payment.  

Got the package-it doesn't work.  Just false advertising of how much money you can make, and how the business works.  Plus if you
have a complaint they will not answer your calls/letters/email, etc.  When we requested a refund, they gave us a run-around and
refused to refund our money (even after sending all of the material back to them).  Beware of this rip-off.





40. Don't Staple, Fold or Mutilate the Payment Though

I received a work at home offer in the mail and as I have been burnt before so I was not stupid enough to fall again.  

The scam is "Stapling Booklets at Home". The promise is "Up to $2500.00 Weekly" with a registration fee of $39.00 - $3.00 extra for
shipping within 7 days". The address to return the filled out form and money is:

N.K.D Enterprises
4119 N. State Rd. 7
P.M.B. 135
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319

The envelope was post marked NO VA P&DC and had no return address.

I wish that there was a site that could list the suspects. Why does someone have to get ripped off and then fill out a bunch of forms
before the word can start trickling out about a particular scam?



41. John Beck Complaints

Chris writes: I use to work for John Beck and to all you honest people out there, THIS IS A SCAM!! im sorry to disappoint everyone but
I recently quit because I found out what was really going on. Im very sorry to everyone who lost any money and im sorry to the
heartless people who work there and know what Beck is all about and can still sleep at nite.


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John writes: I was scammed by the John Beck Amazing Profits infomercial to the tune of $12,500 by Mentoring of America.  I was sold
a deluxe package with coaching for this amount and was promised to get my investment back in 90 days or however long it took.  I
was also promised to be part of a new infomercial if I joined their "team" since I had answered all the questions by the "Expert" who
called me looking for a "guru" who could be taught to use John Beck's methods to become successful like he is.  This scam artist's
name is Dean Walker from Mentoring of America and I fell for this hook line and sinker.  This was back in December.  The coaching
has been a joke and I haven't heard back about any future "infomercials" that I am to be a part of.  Common real estate pay sites
have been given by my coach to purchase real estate through  "Bid for Assets" and these sales are usually in states hundreds of
miles from where I live.   (In California and I live in Illinois)  I was told to contact a real estate agent in that area (whose name I was
never given) to validate these properties that I was to purchase blindly (without seeing them or knowing their true worth)  I was also
promised a seminar in Las Vegas by John Beck and at this point I have no intention of attending this especially since I would have to
provide my own transportation there and pay for my hotel.  I have no intention of attending any seminar conducted by this scam
artist (since I would have a hard time not telling him what I think of his mentoring scam and not trusting anything that he would have
to say after my bad experience.   What can be done to get back some of my bad investment?  There are many others out there who
have been scammed by this program and I think something should be done.   I would like my wife to be able to retire since she is
diabetic and in poor health and this scam has set me back financially and delayed when I will be able to afford her to retire.  I make
decent money working for the state and wanted to try this program as a way to make some extra money to enable her to retire--not
get scammed out of thousands of dollars





42. Members of www.usa-canada-email.com
get paid to read email website is non-paying
site.

In January, I reach $25 mininum cash payout
and made a claim via email. February my total reached $40 still made a claim for cash payout, but to no avail. March went by and
now mid April, still no respond. Must be a scam.

What a waste of time. How many of this are there?

The Best I can do is to warn you people and tell your friends as well, if ever they are associated with this scammer.



43. UPS & Federal Express Recovery Scam
This is a scam that I have personally been victim to and spent $69 of our money only to discover that I was stuck with software that I
could not use. Stupidly, when I think of a name such as UPS or Federal Express I automatically think that this has to be
legitimate…right? WRONG!!

The claim with this software is that companies that send out large amounts of shipments through Federal Express or UPS do not have
the time to track these packages. If the packages are even one minute late with delivery, you are entitled to a full refund. With these
“amazing” software packages, you will now be able to track all these parcels for the companies. You simply call on behalf of your
clientele and they will get fifty percent of the refund while you pocked the other fifty percent. These people will agree to this because
this is money that they wouldn’t have had otherwise. You can make $50-75 an hour and download the list of the packages while you
are sitting in your robe and sipping your coffee. Doesn’t that sound wonderful?

First of all, neither Federal Express nor UPS is affiliated with any of these software programs. They also have every right to refuse the
refund to you, a third-party who did not pay for the shipping in the first place. UPS online tracking system can only be used by the
sender of the package or by the recipient. Besides, information obtained through the tracking system can only be used to monitor
one's shipment and not for someone's commercial gain unless UPS openly authorizes it. To top it off, UPS prohibits any uses of
automated software to access its online shipping-related systems. Therefore, the software you would be using would be deemed
illegal.

I guess I had been under the assumption that they would be providing a list of people to contact that would be interested in these
services. What they did provide was a list of general types of companies to target like the health industry, industrial services, or retail
companies. Through this list you are supposed to come up with a list of people you think would be interested in your services, try to
obtain the name and email address of the correct person who should be targeted, and send them this letter that the company has so
kindly supplied for you. Then you just sit back and watch people chomping at the bit to get this amazing service. Who in the world
would ever give out any of this private tracking information on their packages to a complete stranger? The answer to that, of course,
would be no one in their right mind.




44. Homeworkers Network
Address:
2010 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 100
San Ramon California 94583
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


We all got scammed from them. Legitimate? Ha! yeah right.
No Way Not a chance! All we got were a bunch of advertisments but without the envelopes that were prestamped and addressed as
promised:( And they were even asking for more money:(





45.  Individual
Steve Waters
Address:

Internet
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:  


This Man promised I would make money with his report his Power letter and all I need to do was go to free classifieds and type in
letter or copy and paste send it out to the world Get a new Domain name and get your site set up so you can be seen on the Internet
Worldwide.

Follow His Instructions that he send my email call him general Steve, and he will not use the phone or never divulge his phone
address. I thought there was something rotten in Denmark, but I followed thru, because of my desperate situation. Now I am very
angry and he owes about $120 plus a good 200 hrs of my time whatever that is worth.

I am disgusted with all the lies on the Internet primising you will make money. To many people have been taken advantage of. I
hope something can be done. I am out Thousands of dollars because of these so called Internet GURUs who probably never even
work their business just make money by putting over the internet that you are looking for Home Based Income Opportunities.  

http://million-mails.com
scammed = I didn't got payment.
scam_report = I have done what ever they told, I busted my head for 2 months for payment and they didn't pay me !!!

By e-mail, requesting my bank data.
scam_report = I rent out a room in my flat in Barcelona, so I advertise on the Net. In two occasions, I have recieved e-mails from
people who claimed to want to rent this room, but they were going to send me more money than  I was asking for the room. The first
time, it was a supposed Canandian militar, who rented the room for his son, and wanted to send me a whole year worth of rent, plus
money I should forward to his son in Nigeria. The sencond time, it as a supposed model from West Africa who was comiing to Europe
for three months, and whose agency was going to send me a check covering the price of the room plus her own expenses. needless
to say that as soon as I refused to receive more money than I need to hve the room booked, the e-mails stopped. The second time,
I even accused this "girl" of trying to scam me. She never wrote back, of course.

46. www.sixquestions.net
scammed = Was not credited
scam_report = I have not received lakhs of points for the offers that I signed from this site. I emailed them many times regarding
the same and they never responded. Now they claim that they have made a new improved site, but inspite of new looks, they are still
the same. Even now they do not credit points

47. http://www.surfjunky.com/
scammed = No Payout
scam_report = I signed up for Surf Junky and when I reached about $10 (Payout is $25) the site blocked my account and I could not
login. I sent them an email asking why but they haven't replied for 2 months.

48. www.10dollarsmail.com
scammed = non payment
scam_report = I reached payment amount 3x, it says you will recive your payout w/in 30 days, I have yet to recieve any payment and
its been well over 2 1/2 months since my first withdrawl request. I have 3 withdrwal requests pending payment

49. ejobsathome: This program gives false contact details, do not pay for work done and do not reply to emails




50. Typesystems.com :
Typesystems Aka Type Pro
Address:
3857 Birch Street,Suite 205
Newport Beach California 92660
U.S.A.
Phone Number:

Fax:

I'm a stay at home mom who has been trying to obtain legitimate, honest work at home. While just surfing I started coming across
website to work from home and I decided to give this method of work a try. I came upon a website Typesystems.com. The company
says you will be an independent contractor, you would be typing names and address for clients of Typesystems. They provide the
labels and full assignments.

Your minimum assignment size will be $100. Their exact words: You will be typing labels for their advertising campaign. and after you
have completed your first assignment would be reimbursed your registration fee of 29.99.

This sounded simple and easy and you would get a mimimum of $100 per assignment size. I did have a address label typing job
years ago.I would pick up a list of names to be typed on labels and return them by a deadline date. So I assumed this was the same
type of work. I applied via paypal 29.99 for Typesystems Home Typist Kit and Paid Job Order.

Well boy was I very disappointed when it arrived. I received 3 pages of labels pages and about 2 other papers explaining that what
the assignment is to post ads on free classified sites and have people respond to them and the names I get from the respond of the
ads I type on the lables and then send to them and to me this is 'name compiling'. I have never taken or done this type of work and
I know personnally I would not be interested in a Name Compiling Job and there are jobs for doing just this. So I immediately the
same day mailed it back and advised that I was not interested in posting any ads to compile names for them and then type on the
labels. I thought this was a TYPING Job as stated nothing about compiling names which I feel is misleading nad dishonest. Well I
emailed them that I had mailed back the kit. NOW they have the kit back and MY money . I requested a refund since Feb,2004 and
still nothing.
I was emailed back that since I did not complete the first assignment that I forfeit my 29.99 registration fee.

That's really unfair. I have written several fraud, bbb, Attorney generals offices to try to help me and one place send go to small
claims court. How can I do that ,I am in New Jersey and this company is in California. This is the first company I applied to try to find
legit work online and only after this I have been checking scam sites. I will admit that I did not do any checking or searching about
companies online and I am still learning and I been scammed by another company in another way but I don't want to just give up .I
know something will come through for me legit.

51. http://www.am-sports.net/
scammed = sent money and didn't receive item.
scam_report = it's been almost 2 mon. now. they sent me fast e-mails only
when i was a new customer, but after i ordered and saw that the item was
past overdue. they said that the item was out of stock and that the item
was now shipped. i waited another 2 wks. and it still has not reached. I
e-mailed them NUMEROUS times again and no response.

52. etypingjobs: I worked for this company for 3 months placing their ads. They promise to pay per ad typed.
I have not seen one red cent from them and requesting payment only resulted in my emails being blocked from them.

53. Report_Business = www.DataEntryPro.com
scammed = refund and home employment set up
scam_report = This work from home site promised easy setup and availablity worldwide plus
also a 60 day fully refundable guarantee on cancellation of membership.
l signed on, paid up and found that setting up the business was difficult as pages l required
were either blocked or only available to USA and Canadian residents only.  The promise of a
free lap-top for signing on was also only available for USA/Canadian residents.  Requested
refund when l decided to cancel, and so far nothing.  They have not followed through on the
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