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HomeIncomeSite.net Legit or Scam?

February 20th, 2011  |  Published in Scams, Website Reviews

Home Income SiteThe HomeIncomeSite.net is a relatively new website that tells the story of Paul Moon, an ex-Best Buy employee who created a website and now allegedly earns more than the CEO of Best Buy does.  Home Income Site promises anyone who purchases their program will receive a guaranteed way to make money.

Ultimately, the Home Income Site is selling a pre-made web store with the promise that you will make anywhere between 30%-75% commission on all sales that you make.  In addition, Home Income Site clams that Paul Moon has “unique way” to get unlimited traffic to the site at “virtually no cost.”

For a one time fee of $49.95, Home Income Site will give you a website, pre-made and designed by Paul Moon, special training in how to make the most of your site, and regular updates on internet marketing information to keep you current and successful.

So What’s the Deal with Home Income Site?

Oh, where to begin.  First of all, as I’ve said many times before, buying a pre-made website to sell products from is a terrible idea.  Every single person who purchases a website from Home Income Site is receiving the exact same website with access to the exact same products.  The only way to be competitive in internet sales is to have the ability to set yourself apart from your competition.  Buying a website from Home Income Site essentially guarantees you have no way of doing that.

Second, the claim that Paul Moon has found a “unique” way to get unlimited traffic at “virtually no cost” tells me that once you buy this program, you’re going to be hit with a second sales page telling you to buy a program that sends you traffic.  The majority of these programs are a complete waste of money, as simply getting traffic does not guarantee sales, and there are often claims of these programs simply sending bots to your site that register as traffic, instead of actual customers.

Finally, Home Income Site doesn’t provide any refund policy or detailed payment information.  In fact, their Terms & Conditions link is broken and brings you nowhere.  The truth is that while a one time fee of $49.95 sounds nice, what’s the deal with hosting and maintenance?  Is that free?  Will that be a monthly fee?  Will you have to find your own hosting and maintenance?

The one benefit is that it is a PayPal product, so if you have purchased this program already and decide you want a refund, you can contact PayPal with your concerns and they’ll help you.

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TheInstantMoneyMaker.com Reviews – Legit or Scam?

November 15th, 2010  |  Published in Scams, Website Reviews

Instant Money MakerThe Instant Money Maker (TheInstantMoneyMaker.com) is the newest incarnation of a shady home business opportunity.  The terrible truth is that this program creates so many bad customer reports that the owners are constantly creating new names and looks for their site.

One of the first bad signs regarding this program is that it’s sold using deceptive tactics, the most notorious of which being the fake news article.  These article use sob stories about young single moms who use The Instant Money Maker kit to make a great living online.

These fake news articles use an IP reading script in order to tailor the “publication” to your  town.  This personalization is meant to build trust, but generally breaks trust when people realize the whole thing is phoney.

In the past programs like The Instant Money Maker used a hidden continuation billing cycle in which a minimal processing payment automatically enrolled you in a high cost monthly subscription plan.  In this particular case they’re selling the program for a one time payment of $19.97.

So What is the Problem with The Instant Money Maker?

Why would someone who had a system for earning up to $375 a day, as they claim, sell it for only 20 bucks?  The answer is simple:  they sell their program cheaply in order to get you in the door, after which they try to convince you that in order to succeed you need additional hosting, software, coaching, and so on until you’ve spent hundreds of dollars.  As for the $375 earnings figure, that’s generally a made up figure.

The simple reason that they keep changing names and websites is good enough to tell you to stay away from The Instant Money Maker.  If people were genuinely having success with this course, then they would selling programs based on their merit and not bad practices.

The good news is that Automated Home Profits is being sold through ClickBank, a 3rd party payment processor which has a no questions asked 60 day money back guarantee.  So if you have purchased the kit you can easily get your money back.  However, it is important to keep in mind that only your initial charge of $19.97 is available for refund.  Any money spent after that time is paid through PayPal, which guarantees no refunds and you likely won’t be able to get any of that money back.

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Automated Cash Income System Reviews – Legit or Scam?

November 15th, 2010  |  Published in Scams, Website Reviews

Automated Cash Income SystemAutomated Cash Income System (www.MyIncomeConnection.com) is a new face for an old scam.  This website is selling a kit called the Automated Cash Income System, which is described as a convenient, work from home system, that you can do successfully with no experience.

These vague “no experience necessary” kits are notorious in the work at home business community for being a scam.  A simple internet search will show you that hundreds, if not thousands of people have been burned by these kit companies.

There are so many complaints against these types of kits because the companies running them use very shady billing practices.  They offer the program as a Free Trial, with minimal charges for processing, but as soon as they get your credit card details they quickly hit you with a much larger charge.

The Automated Cash Income System actually charges a less outrageous fee than many other kit companies at $29.95 a month, but that doesn’t change the fact that these charges are non-refundable so you’re taking a chance signing up for the 5 day trial.

So can you make money with The Automated Cash Income System?

This is hard to say because Automated Cash Income System gives you exactly zero idea of what it is you will be doing to make money.  Internet marketing, network marketing, ad placing, auction listing… You could be expected to sell people treasure maps to the leprechaun’s gold for all the information available from the Automated Cash Income System!

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to give your credit card to a company who is giving you no information on what you will be receiving in return.  In addition to no information about the actual work opportunity, there is also no email address or phone number to call if you have problems or to confirm a cancellation.

If these guys really did have a product that could teach you how to make money online then they wouldn’t have to use deceptive billing and false advertising to get customers.

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Kelly Richards Reviews – Legit or Scam?

November 11th, 2010  |  Published in Fake News Sites, Scams

Kelly RichardsFirst of all, my sympathies go out to anyone actually named Kelly Richards.  It is not your fault that your name has become entwined with a series of scams that have been sweeping the internet recently.

Kelly Richards is a fake persona being used in a variety of scams.  Possibly the most well known and often seen use of Kelly Richards is in the fake news articles.

I’ve tried to do my best at Reviewopedia to expose the use of fake news articles.  Fake news sites follow a basic template in which the site poses itself as a local online paper running a feature story on a successful work at home Mom or Dad.

The website owners use an IP tracking tool to make sure that the papers all have your local town in the heading.  So for instance if you live in Fresno, CA when you visit the site the heading would read “Fresno Times” and accordingly for anyone else who visits those sites.

While the fake news site will use a variety of names, Kelly Richards is one of the personas most often used.  Usually she’s a single mother, who has tried to make ends meet for a long time, and was at her wits’ end before she found whatever work at home kit that’s being advertised.

This work at home opportunity allowed her to quit her job, stay at home with her children, and earn a very hefty salary while working hardly ever.  This same work at home opportunity will not provide you with the same benefits, unfortunately.

In addition to fake news sites, it seems these days that Kelly Richards has actually begun her own blog to discuss all the different kits and internet work at home Biz Ops she’s used to earn money.

The Kelly Richards blog is a new tool being used by internet scammers.  The truth is that this name has been used so often in fake news sites, that it now receives a large volume of searches on a daily basis.  So scammers have set up a Kelly Richards blog that you will visit to read about how great Kelly is doing working with this new scam.

Hopefully Kelly Richards’ reign as the Queen of Scam will soon be over.  Now that her name is being used so often, undoubtedly more articles just like this one will be popping up to warn you of her.

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Your Internet Profits Reviews
Is EazyRich.com Legit or a Scam?

November 11th, 2010  |  Published in Scams, Website Reviews

Your Internet ProfitsEazyRich.com is a new website that promises to have all the answers to your work at home problems.  The website claims their Your Internet Profits kit requires no experience, that you can work when where it’s convenient for you, and that you will make enough money to stop living paycheck to paycheck.

For $3.00, you receive trial access to all of their online accessible material, which will train you on how to earn money from home.  Once you purchase this trail, you will also receive free access to Social Sales Institute for 7 days.

So is Your Internet Profits a Scam?

Here’s the issue with EazyRich.com and the Your Internet Profits kit.  Once you sign up and pay your $3.00 dollars, you are automatically enrolled in a subscription billing system to charge you $89.95 a month for Your Internet Profits, and $8.95 a month for the Social Sales Institute.

But the much, much larger problem with EazyRich.com and the Your Internet Profits kit is that they never tell you what you are paying for.  Not once are you given even the briefest description of what you will be expected to do, what you will be training for, and whether or not this kit is backed by any sort of legitimate source.

In their Terms & Conditions, they make it clear that you are welcome to cancel at any time, but they give no reassurance whatsoever to whether or not you will be given a refund.  In fact, it seems pretty clear that your money will not be refunded.

Since their trial is $3.00, people may assume it’s worthwhile to pay that small fee to take a look around.  But a company that asks you for your credit card number without ever telling you what you will be getting in return, who basically puts in writing that they will not refund your money, and also adds that if your credit card expires they will take the liberty of simply changing your expiration date for you in order to continue billing you, is NOT a company you should be giving your card number to.  Ever.

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