Making Money From Home - All the Internet scams | FrogenYozurt.Com

Work At Home Mom Makes $6,397/Month Part-Time

Online News 6 Investigates Google Work at Home Programs…

Have You Ever Thought About Working Online?

Kelly Richards of Conway, MA never thought she would have a job working at home until one day she filled out a simple form online. Before she knew it, she discovered her secret to beating the recession, and being able to provide for her family while at home with her two children.

I read Kelly’s blog last month and decided to feature her story in our local job report. In our phone interview she told me her amazing story. “I actually make about $5,000-$7,000 a month using Google. It is enough to comfortably replace my old job’s income, especially considering I only work about 10-15 hours a week from home.”

Congratulations! You have just been scammed!

According to my own experience and through feedback of my readers Kelly Richards (who at some time miraculously transformed into Michelle Richardson, Marie Thompson, and others) lives in Conway – MA, Greenfield – MA, Western Kentucky, Doylestown – PA, Cary – NC, Laurel – MD, Atlanta – GA, Clarksville – TN, Glen Allen – VA, Keene – NH, and more.

Terms and Conditions of the OnlineNews6 site (or whatever site the scammers use, e.g. LASentinel.com):

“It is important to note that this site and the stories depicted above is to be used as an illustrative example of what some individuals have achieved with this/these products. This website, and any page on the website, is based loosely off a true story, but has been modified in multiple ways including, but not limited to: the story, the photos, and the comments. Thus, this blog, and any page on this website, are not to be taken literally or as a non-fiction story. This blog, and the results mentioned on this blog, although achievable for some, are not to be construed as the results that you may achieve on the same routine. I UNDERSTAND THIS WEBSITE IS ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHAT MIGHT BE ACHIEVABLE FROM USING THIS/THESE PRODUCTS, AND THAT THE STORY DEPICTED ABOVE IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY. This page receives compensation for clicks on or purchase of products featured on this site.”

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Richard Feynman

We all would prefer to be rich, to live an independent life, and the Internet seems to provide all the means to reach that goal for everybody. The problem is, if everybody does it, and everybody gets rich and independent, then what….? The reality is, it doesn’t work that way. Yes, you can make money through the Internet, but, as with any other business opportunity, success comes only with a keen sense for business, hard work and perseverance.

Fact#1: There is no guaranteed path to riches!

The Internet can be a blessing when it comes to promoting existing businesses, but it is an even greater curse when it comes to looking for business opportunities. Too many Americans are scammed on a daily basis by offers they find through the Internet. These offers are very cleverly designed to look attractive, convincing, and, after all, legitimate. However, most of them are scams (See further below some articles on the so-called Google Profit Library).

Fact #2: Yes, you can make money through the Internet

However, the question is, how much money? Is it going to be $1.22 or $6,397 per month? Is this part-time work, and can I spend most of my time at the swimming pool, or is the workload a 25 hour a day assignment? (You get there by skipping your lunch hour.) The answer is: Look at fact #1 above. You can easily make a few Dollars per month, but in 99.9% of the cases you won’t even make enough to cover your monthly grocery bill, let alone your mortgage.

The easiest and most promoted idea of creating income through the Internet is by posting Google ads on your website or blog, but, as I wrote before, if everybody does it, then what…? The harsh reality is that any success story based on Google ads is a lie. It’s as plain and simple as that. The Google ad hype is over!

So, what should we do…?

Business Idea #1: Let’s create a scam website

This is how it works: First, you start your off-shore business, meaning a location where American laws don’t apply. You create a website that runs on a, yet again, off-shore Internet server. The website design is easy. Have a look at the screen shot to the left (click on the picture to enlarge), but, please, do not sign up at that website! Once a potential client signs up you will have gained an e-mail address which you can use to send out daily “newsletters.” Once the interested client hits the Submit button, you ask for a small sign-up fee of $2.95. After all, everybody can afford $2.95, right? Make sure you provide an almost invisible hyperlink to your terms and conditions, which state that each client also signs up for yet another service for a setup fee of $140. The additional service can be canceled within three days by calling the service’s toll-free phone number. Make sure the toll-free number is connected to an answering machine, and make sure nobody ever answers the phone.

You have made an easy $142.95, and if you get only one new client per day you make roughly $4,288.50 per month. The downside is, you might have to spend an hour or two per day for promotion.

You get the picture?

More Information on Making Money From Home

I will be writing articles from time to time, not only addressing scams, but also examples of how you can truly make money from home.

How Can I Report Mass-Marketing Fraud?

If you have a complaint about any type of Internet crime, you can file an online complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The IC3 is a joint project of the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). The IC3′s key functions for federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies will be (1) receiving online complaints, (2) analyzing them to identify particular schemes and general crime trends in Internet fraud, and (3) compiling and referring potential Internet fraud schemes to law enforcement. In addition to FBI and NW3C personnel, the IC3 will include agents and analysts detailed from other law enforcement agencies.

If you have a complaint about any type of consumer fraud, including any type of mass-marketing fraud, you can file a complaint through a toll-free Consumer Help Line, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) or online with the Federal Trade Commission

Source: U.S. Department of Justice – http://www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/internet/

For more information on various scams see the articles below.

And, as always, please feel free to respond to my posts (see bottom of each entry), whether you agree with my writings or not.

The “Google Profit Library” Scam

Meet modern days’ wonder woman, Mrs. Kelly Richards, who lives in every town in every state of the United States of America! She makes an unbelievable income of $6,397 a month part-time! You think this is a joke? Well, in a way it is, but that joke has scammed a great number of people in the United States.

Reading the New York Times and The Washington Post, both Online, on a regular basis has become my regular morning habit. Recently I noticed that The Washington Post has found another clever way of increasing their revenues by offering local ads. When I logged on to The Washington Post this morning I found an ad embedded in an article, introducing the Google Profit Library. The promise was that everybody can make a good income by running a blog and being paid by Google.

I did some research, because, these days more than ever, I don’t believe in a sure path to riches. Surely enough, everything about the Google Profit Library is a scam. The Google Profit Library is NOT associated with the search engine giant.

It seems the issue with the Google Profit Library received nationwide attention, and many readers are clever enough to investigate the situation through the use of search engines, and that is also how they find my article series on this issue.

If you are one of those who have been thinking about signing up with the Google Profit Library, please leave a comment either here (at the bottom of the page) or at one of the following articles. There is already a good discussion going on, and I do appreciate any feedback, may they be in favor or not.

Stephanie Albion – Work At Home Mom Makes $3,795/Month Part-Time

Kelly Richards has miraculously transformed into Stephanie Albion. She, too, is a work at home mom making a tremendous income per month and working only part time.

FastNetLearning.Com – Where To Complain And How To Get Your Money Back

The Complaints Board forum contains lots of complaints about this Fast Net Learning scam (Home Income Profit), but you can also find entries where some people have advised on where to report the scam, and others have posted on how they managed to get a refund.

Scam Victims – Contact The Federal Trade Commission

I have received many comments, and some readers raised the question on how to fight these scammers. The answer to these questions came in form of yet another comment, and I am copying the advice here on this post. Not surprisingly, there are many websites reporting about the scams and offering advice.

Facebook Scam – How To Get Rich On The Internet

Thanks to feedback from readers pouring in on a regular basis I am getting more and more background information on the current Internet scam, may it be the Kelly Richards scheme, FastNetLearning.Com, or the Weight Loss (Acai Berry Diet) scam. It seems the scammers are also using facebook to find even more victims.

Advertisement

Queen of Misfortune

A Lady Jane Grey Novel by Peter Carroll

Now Available As Paperback And Kindle Edition!

Queen Of Misfortune is the fictional story of Lady Jane Grey as told by her beloved tutor, John Aylmer. At the time of her execution a stranger is recorded to have assisted her when, blind folded, she lost her way upon the scaffold. Was it the same ‘stranger’ who was also recorded to have visited her when she was imprisoned in the Tower? Little is known of this unfortunate girl who was beheaded for treason in the 16^th Century. She was only 16. She is omitted from the list of monarchs but was actually queen for nine days. Author Peter Carroll, in his novel, follows John Aylmer’s close relationship with Jane as her tutor and later, as she grows up, her lover. [More...]

Available at Amazon.Com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, and any other good bookstore.

The Curse Of Revealing A Scam

The web traffic to my blog FrogenYozurt.Com is currently increasing with a growth rate of roughly 50% per month. The success is based mainly on my reporting about the current Internet scam, may it be the Kelly Richards scheme, FastNetLearning.Com, or the Weight Loss (Acai Berry Diet) scam. The main purpose of running my personal blog was to promote my writing which, again, turned out to be very successful. However, reporting continually about the current Internet scams suddenly comes with a major downside: Due to the increased attention of my blog more and more people find my website and try to cancel the scam services I report about. Yes, they contact me to cancel their service! Read more…

The Infamous Scam That Still Plagues The Internet

Last night I received a comment through my contact form on this website. The comment was intriguing enough to make it worthwhile and publish it here. It was written by Tom, who is a victim of the current Kelly Richards scam (See also my posts at Making Money From Home). His comment is proof that this is, in fact, a scam – just in case there are still some doubts. Read more…

Multiple Streams of Income by Robert G. Allen

Isn’t there a dream we all share? Working a few hours per week, just enough to maintain a sizable income in the neighborhood of, let’s say, $10,000 a month, maybe even more. We spend most of our time sitting at the swimming pool at the summer house in the Caribbean, sipping our vodka-martini – shaken, not stirred. Read more…

Facebook Discussion – The Kelly Richards Scam

Have you fallen for the “Work At Home Mom Makes $6,397/Month Part-Time” scam? According to readers of my blog Kelly Richards (who at some time miraculously transformed into Michelle Richardson, Marie Thompson, and others) lives virtually in every town of the United States, for instance, Conway – MA, Greenfield – MA, Western Kentucky, Doylestown – PA, Cary – NC, Laurel – MD, Atlanta – GA, Clarksville – TN, Glen Allen – VA, Keene – NH, and many more. Some readers suggested to put the topic on Facebook, which I am doing right now by posting this discussion topic. Read more…

FastNetLearning.com – Make At Least An Average Of $369 Per Day

Fast Net Learning is offered by the same company who operates the Web Profit Club, another scammer service. To put it in a nut-shell, Fast Net Learning “teaches” you how to start a web site and run Google Ads on them. There is nothing sophisticated about this; this is common knowledge in the Internet world, and you don’t need to pay to run Google Ads. Read more…

Another Scam: Work At Home Group

Just a while ago I “signed up” for a program to create income from home by writing articles and getting paid for it. I did this for the mere purpose of proving a scam. Sure enough, after entering an e-mail address they switch you to a screen where you are asked to pay an initial low fee of only a few Dollars. In the end they will charge you a lot more, and these scammers know all the tricks to delay or prevent cancelations. Needless to say but I did not sign up; I merely made some screen shots of the website. Read more…

CNNews Supports “Online Work at Home Program” Scam

Jennifer Theuriau and James Field, top news anchors of CNNews, report on the CNNews website, “Work At Home Mom Makes $8,795/Month Part-Time.” The truth is, what we have here is a blatant, if not illegal, attempt to create creditability by copying the CNN logo (not an exact copy, but close enough to violate trademark rights) and impersonating a reliable news source such as CNN. I haven’t investigated whether or not the featured reporters Jennifer Theuriau or James Field actually work for CNN, but I seriously doubt it. Read more…

Making Money From Home – Selling Candles

Making money from home is not easy, and you can’t be cautious enough about the offers you find through the Internet. I started my article series Making Money From Home after almost falling for the Google Profit Libraryscam, and I received many comments from people who almost fell for it, too. One of these comments was more pro-active than the rest, because the commenter recommended what I believe to be a legitimate solution: Selling candles. Read more…

Does The Google Adsense Get-Rich-System Work?

The principe is easy: You create a website or blog, then you add Google ads. As I explained before, the Google Adsense service is free of charge and is available for everybody who runs a website. As soon as somebody comes to your website and clicks on one of the Google ads, you will have created an income between a few cents and a Dollar depending on the ad. Adding these ads to your website is fairly easy; the Google website will provide you the code that you just copy and paste. Also through the Google website you can keep track of your income, and Google pays you on a monthly basis. Sounds easy enough, but there are a few obstacles. Read more…

A New Scammer In Town: Google Profit Library

When I logged on to The Washington Post this morning I found an ad embedded in an article, saying: “Kelly Richards of Greenfield, MA never thought she would have a job working at home until one day she filled out a simple form online. Before she knew it, she discovered her secret to beating the recession, and being able to provide for her family while at home with her two children.” The ad was run by the Google Profit Library, and who wouldn’t trust a company like Google when they offer you a job? See also the “Massachusetts Job Report.” Just be aware – It’s a scam! Well, I live in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and the ad, naturally, got my attention (Good for the Washington Post!). The ad was also of great interest for me, since I am in the business of maintaining a blog and trying to create some income through it. So, I did some research, because, these days more than ever, I don’t believe in a sure path to riches. Read more…

Google: The “Work From Home News”

Just this morning my wife received an e-mail from one of my colleagues – who is not aware of having sent it – telling her about a webinar on how to make money from your home. My wife thought it was a little odd that my colleague would send such an e-mail, and she told me about it. The whole thing came with a foul stench, especially since I had just written an entry in my blog regarding the Google Profit Library, a current nationwide scam trying to lure web site owners (or owners-to-be) into the impression they can make big money through their web site. The usual slang is “Kelly Richards from Greenfield, MA earns $5000/month from the comfort of her home,” or something similar. Read more…

The Scam: Work At Home Mom Makes $6,397/Month Part-Time

Well apparently Kelly Richards has moved from Greenfield, MA to Conway, MA. Since I am logging in from a different IP location, the web page changes the town name…;-) Wherever you are, the town will change when you log on to the Google Profit Library web site. Well, here is an excerpt/copy of the “Massachusetts Job Report” by “Online 6 News” (Note: The Massachusetts Job Report as well as Online 6 News are a fake.) Read more…

WashingtonPost.Com – Unwillingly Supporting A Scam?

As I had written in a previous post, reading the New York Times and The Washington Post, both Online, on a regular basis has become my regular morning habit. Recently I noticed that The Washington Post has found another clever way of increasing their revenues by offering local ads. These ads are designed to read the viewer’s IP address and determine the physical location. All this could be interpreted as a clever marketing trick, but my admiration for the Washington Post’s new ways to create Online revenues faded quickly as soon as I found out that the location information was not used to provide real local ads, but to modify the ad’s message in a very misleading way. To make things worse, these ads are, in my very personal opinion, designed to defraud unsuspecting viewers. Read more…

washingtonpost.com – Structure Of The Misleading Ads

The ads as posted by pulse360 onto the Online version of the Washington Post lead to misleading web sites that have a very similar structure and some identical features. Note: I live in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and all screen shots have been made from my office in Greenfield. Read more…

pulse360 – A Leader In Fake Content Links?

pulse360 – in their own words “The Leader in Content Targeted Sponsored Links on the Web’s Best Sites – is a leading provider of links that lead to web sites with blatantly fabricated content. See a few references I found on the Internet. Read more…

Work At Home: Make $7,300 to $9,500 a Month

The scam continues, and Kelly Richards has undergone a miraculous transformation into a new personality: Michelle Richardson! The scheme is the same: Michelle’s story is posted on fake websites, this time on usdreamjobs.com instead of Online6News.com or similar domains. Instead of Google Profit Library they are now promoting the “WEB PROFIT CLUB.” (Maybe Google took some legal actions to protect their name.) The design and the photo’s of Michelle, formerly known as Kelly, are exactly the same. The article’s wording has been changed a bit, but the basic message is the same: “Everyday people like you to earn cash from home based jobs. Just last week, over $10,000,000 was paid out to people like you.” Read more…

Washington Post Supports Online Scam

It is a well-known fact that today’s traditional newspapers are struggling financially due to decreasing subscriptions caused by freely available information on the Internet. One of these newspapers is The Washington Post with their online version at washingtonpost.com. So, what is a reputable publication like The Washington Post to do to attract more advertisers? The answer is easy: You lower your standards of what you allow as advertisement, even if it means supporting the greatest online scam these days, the Google Profit Library, which has now transformed into the Web Profit Club. Read more…

Kelly Richards a.k.a. Melissa Johnson Sighted in Great Britain

Well, wonder woman Kelly Richards, while being spotted all over the United States at the same time, has undergone another miraculous transformation! Today I received another comment from a reader of my blog pointing to the website shown here to the left. It turns out, Kelly Richards a.k.a. Michelle Richardson, is now Melissa Johnson. Read more…

Advertisement

Vampire Ascending

by Lorelei Bell Sabrina Strong is a Touch Clairvoyant who knows a secret. She knows her mother was turned into a vampire when Sabrina was ten. Now that she is grown up, a powerful magnate in the Chicago business world hires her to reveal the identity of who relentlessly murders vampires in his ultra-modern stronghold of a hotel. [Read More...] – Including an excerpt of the first chapter.

Vampire Ascending is now available at Amazon.Com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, and any other good bookstore.