TheInternetProfitHouse.com Reviews – Legit or Scam?
It looks like the owners of TheInternetProfitHouse.com haven’t been paying to attention to the new FTC regulations. A quick look at their website reveals many violations of new and old guidelines put forth by the Federal Trade Commission, not mention a whole host of other shady practices.
These one page Google Kit type websites have been plaguing the Internet for close to a year now. They’ve made use of the latest tools in online deception, including billing fraud, and despite prevalent legal threats are showing no signs of slowing down.
I found out about The Internet Profit House by visiting a site called internet-news-daily.com, which featured an article on Mary Steadman and her success working from home with Google. The article described how all Mary does is post links on Google which earn her $25 per link.
The article closes with a link to TheInternetProfitHouse.com claiming that you can get started for just one buck in shipping and handling fees. This feel good story has been responsible for convincing hundreds of thousands of people into signing up for one of these kits; sadly the entire thing is one big fraud.
If you scroll past the comments on the article, which are all completely fabricated, you’ll get to the disclaimers for internet-news-daily.com. Curiously, this section is longer than the entire article itself and reveals some very interesting things about Mary Steadman and internet news daily.
The reasons for the massive legal protection:
- This is not a real newspaper.
- They are completely misrepresenting the opportunity.
- The testimonial is bogus and is not a real representation of earnings.
- They are using companies’ trademarks without their knowledge or consent.
This is just what’s wrong with the site linking to TheInternetProfitHouse.com; when you get to the actual sign-up page you’re greeted with even more red flags. Let’s take a look.
Here’s a list of infractions found on The Internet Profit House:
- Another misrepresentation of popular trademarks which have no association with the product.
- Exaggerated and unsubstantiated income claims; they think that if they can prove that one person made that much money they can get away with having those outrageous figures in their sales pitch by covering it with a “results not typical” disclaimer. According to the FTC that is no longer allowed.
- Bogus timer; no matter how long you take to sign up for this thing they’ll always take your money.
- Unlawfully using the trust marks; if they were a legitimate site those icons would link to a profile for TheInternetProfitHouse.com signifying that the website has been approved. As is they’re just using the images with no sort of merit attached.
Again, this is just what’s wrong based on a quick once over. When you get down to the terms and conditions you’ll find out exactly why you shouldn’t do business with this company. They say that all you need to do is pay the $0.99 for S&H to get started, however the full story is revealed in the fine print:
When you order the Risk Free Trial of My Online Cash Secrets you will be charged only $1.97 (non-refundable) for access to the The My Online Cash Secrets training program. You will have a full 7 day risk free trial period from your original purchase date to decide if the My Online Cash Secrets program is right for you. At the end of your 7 day trial period you will be charged $68.53 for access to the The My Online Cash Secrets program.
Refund Policy: Please note that no refunds are given after the expiration of the 7 day trial period. The mailed business kit is yours to keep and since there are no additional physical products with My Online Cash Secrets, no returns of any sort are accepted. You can cancel your membership at any time by simply contacting customer service via telephone or email.
Their Contact info is as Follows:
Toll Free Customer Service: Phone: 877-340-4694 – Customer Service representatives are available during regular business hours. E-mail: support@myonlinecashsecrets.com
My Online Cash Secrets
Athinodorou 3,
Dasoupoli, Strovolos,
P.C. 2025 Nicosia, Cyprus
So what we have here is a site that doesn’t disclose the full price of its course and is counting on the fact that you don’t read the fine print in time to cancel. The best part is that they’re located offshore, which means that all legal disputes have to take place in Nicosia, Cyprus. Good luck canceling…
By this point it should be pretty obvious that you need to stay far away from TheInternetProfitHouse.com/My Online Cash Secrets or whatever they’re going to be calling themselves next month.
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October 6th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
I, too, fell for this because of the “Google” name. However, after looking over the info online for a couple of days after paying my $1.97 by credit card, I never went back to the site. The billing amount went unnoticed on the credit card because they kept changing the name every month and we had another recurring charge of the same amount, and a lot of activity on the card every month. Finally, after 6 months, I saw the charge and immediately called the number listed which turned out to be a customer service center. The young lady who assisted me was very helpful and “spoke to her supervisor” who allowed 4 months refund. After advising the nice young lady to look for another job because she was working for a crooked and unethical outfit, I immediately called my credit card company bank (citibank). They know all about Internet Profit House and have assured me that they’ll get the rest of my money back. So, take heart! You can get your money back! (Well, I haven’t seen it yet, but I believe Citibank). I’ve learned my lesson the hard way. I hope all of you have learned yours, too!!
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I was the victim of this scam as well. Lost $400 since they started charging my card for 10 months.
May 1st, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Okay…so I read the comments here because my Girlfriend received a charge to her account from INETSME based in San Francisco…seems they changed business name and location….anyway I just wanted to say that the 2 people that posted saying this program works for them is affiliated someway with this company so that people will continue to give their money away to these scammers…My Girlfriend never even heard of theinternetprofithouse or has attempted to join an internet business online and she is trying to find out how they got her card number. Beware of keylogger trojans….use super antispyware online scan and then ATF cleaner and finally DR Web Cure It (download from softpedia or brothersoft. Keyloggers are the number on source for stealing one’s information.
April 15th, 2010 at 11:36 am
If we as Americans would stick together, we could attack companies like internet profit house with attorneys and get every dime back plus attorney fees and maybe even get a little cash from them to give to us! I hate how we have to live in constant paranoia, never knowing who to trust and be hit by scams like this everywhere we go! If we would start taking places like this down and make them pay back every dime plus pay for the hassle we went thru I believe we could put fear into anyone who thinks about starting something like this!
Thanks!
April 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
TheInternetProfitHouse is now operating under a new name as of Feb 2010 Online Home.
I did not realize I was being charged a monthly fee of $68.53 until four months of charges had been made. When I finally received the information of the fake account set up with my email address by the internet profit house I was told by Wells Fargo that I was too late to recover the charges for the first 3 months. I disputed the final charge and was told by Wells Fargo that it was a legitimate charge based on the information provided them by the fraudulent company.
March 11th, 2010 at 10:29 am
OK, so here is my encounter with IPH., I was a moron and didn’t read the fine print prior to signing up. I figured to continue after the first charge. and as all the rest of you I got charged a 4th. time or more. I was only supposed to get 3 charges of $63.54. 1 difference. I have a digital voice recorder. legally I told them when I called I was recording the call. I called thier customer service line during the week, (reg. hrs.) they where very helpfull & nice. explained the issue and they refunded the 1 over charge. It did take a few more calls for them to stop turning off my web access due to there was 1 other person with the same name as mine that wasn’t playing by the rules. My take on this whole IPH gig is…CYA and be honest, and there will be no problems. Read the fine print, and talk to a Sup. Every encounter with them was very good with the exception with an after hrs. sup Named Francisco.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
OMG I am so pissed I just saw at this moment that I got scammed by internetprofithouse. Shame on me for not reading the fine print. I brought this on myself. I am currently unemployed and put the charge on my cc. Big mistake! Thank you for the number posted. The number posted on the cc statement left me on hold for 15 minutes. I have learned my lesson the hard way but it was learned.
February 22nd, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Well friends, I got took for a little over 300.00. I signed up on Nov 10th and called 10 days later to cancel. Thought I was canceled and then noticed I was still getting charges for 79.97 on my bank account. Due to it being Christmas and it only showed online cash on my account I thought I had made a Christmas Purchase. In Jan I see it again and could not figure out what it was. Feb rolled around and again, but this time it showed a solidtrustpay.com. I contacted them and they told me it was for internet profit house. I called and stayed on hold for 45 minutes. Finally got someone and they said I did not cancel. I argued and told them I wanted a refund for Dec, Jan and Feb since I canceled 10 days after I signed up. No go, I ask for a supervisor (Samantha Lopez) and we argued back and forth and finally gave me 20.00 back, wow. I told her she could give it to me but that was not acceptable and I would find away to get my money back. I was on the phone with them over 2 hours!!!!! I ask for their mailing address to write a complaint and she just said they were in Hollywood FL. She would not give me any further info.
February 21st, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Gashed for $205.59 plus another $68.53 overpayment Oct. 2009 to Feb. 2010. May get my overpayment back. Charges may keep coming. Scared enough to cancel my credit card.
Checked the Internet Profit House on-line at the Better Business Bureau. BBB will rate A to F. Found five locations from San Francisco to New York with this business name and one aka (Penbrook). There are complaints at each location. The BBB ratings ranged from D+ to F, with the highest being the D+ in San Francisco. Three of the locations had Fs. None of the five are registered with the BBB.
Internet Profit House customer service website does not link to any customer service organization. Customer service telephone response from (877)340-4694 is quick to answer and courteous but will not say where they are headquartered, other than Los Angeles. BBB shows a location at Glendale (BBB rating of F). BBB search for Los Angeles or Glendale leads back to San Francisco (D+) location. Information suggests the San Francisco location is deflecting heat by operating out of Los Angeles.
I made a complaint on-line to the BBB. You can too.
Sorry public. We let ourselves get screwed. The BBB could have given us a clue had we thought to check before subscribing to the $1.97 special.
February 21st, 2010 at 11:44 am
Scam! Sucker!
I ordered this for 99 cents in Oct. 2009. Did not notice the seven day cancellation requirement. Within two days I had decided to work harder at my regular job instead of grasping at miracles and my wife was not interested in pursuing this. I thought I would get a mailed statement or email asking if I wanted to continue.
I have been charged $68.53 three times now. My wife was paying attention to the Credit Card statements and called my attention to it in a very unfriendly manner. We called the customer service number and got an immediate reply.
I was told I now have “lifetime” access to this program and that I would receive an emailed cancellation response for the third payment – within 24 hours. We’ll see if that happens! In the meantime I’ll protest the last two payments with the Credit Card Company (hasn’t been much help before) and cancel the credit card. These jerks can then bill the ether! TAKEN! EMBARRASSED! MAD!
I will now see if they have a rap sheet with the BBB.
I’ll either add to it or start one!
February 13th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
ANOTHER WARNING: The trial period has now decreased from 7 days to 5 days and the monthly fee has increased. The following is directly from their website:
“When you order the Trial you will be charged only $1.97 for access to the training program. You will have a full 5 day Trial period from your original purchase date to decide if the program is right for you. At the end of your 5 day trial period you will be charged $79.97 for access to the program.”
Also their name has shown up different on my credit card statement every month. If that this not a scam, I don’t know what is.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I am so angry right now. My husband happened upon this and like idiots we signed up for it. We NEVER received anything in the mail concerning it. I always read the fine print and I did not see anything about the $68 a month. I forgot about the whole thing because I found out I was pregnant days later. I just happened upon our credit card statement in February and lo and behold there is the charge. I am now out $274.12 not including the first fee for something I never even looked out. Thank you to this website for providing a number to call and cancel. This is what Dave Ramsey would call a stupid tax and boy did I pay it!!
February 6th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Thank you guys so much for putting this out. I just printed out all 40 pages, so I can send it to the vice president of my bank who would not work with me on this because IPH has “proof” that I signed up. TOTAL SCAM TOTAL SCAM. Keep stealing our money from offshore you BASTARDS. What a shame that we can’t even defend ourselves.
SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM
(I found out the similar hard way with Herbalife too)
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:06 am
I want to file complaints but don’t know how. Anyone can help. thanks
January 21st, 2010 at 1:35 pm
THIS IS A HUGE SCAM DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR LIES!!!!!!!
To file an internet complaint go to www.IC3.com
I have spend 7 months trying to get my money back from these con artists. I canceled my account within the 30 days they requested and they continued to take money from my account for 7 months. I am still trying to get back three payments they illegally deducted from my credit card. I have spent numerous hours on the phone to them talking to several managers all promising to refund my money with no success. I am getting ready to ask my bank for help because all these pople do is lie making promises that they have no intention of abiding by. These people are a joke and how they get away with stealing from innocent people just trying to make a living. I am also filing a complaint with IC3.com in hopes that they put a stop to these thieves.
January 21st, 2010 at 11:55 am
I too got caught in this and EVERYONE STOP AND CANCEL YOUR BANK CARDS AND CREDIT CARDS THIS IS A SCAM!! THEY WILL KEEP GETTING INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND CHARGE YOU AND YOU CAN’T CONTACT THEM THEY DENY EVERYTHING AND TELL YOU THEY’VE CANCELED YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND STILL TAKE MONEY FROM YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOU NEVER RECEIVE A CONFORMATION EMAIL SO THERE’S NOT A DAM THING YOU CAN DO TO GET THE MONEY FROM THEM .. STOP ALL CARD TRANSACTIONS CANCEL THEM…
January 13th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
I fell for this one because I was desiring the idea of making money from home. I trusted the website because of all of the references to Google and the major television networks and news shows. When I called to cancel – after they took $68.53 from my account – the representative offered me a lifetime membership and told me it was a wonderful way to obtain a Masters Degree. I told him that I was not interested in any more degree since I hold a doctorate degree and did not want another degree. He was unfazed and repeatedly told me all of the benefits of being a lifetime member. Having my money refunded has been difficult but my bank is making inquiries. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Totally got taken!! So frustrated I fell for this stupid scam…I called 877-839-0827 and was able to get someone in Cust. Service right away. She canceled my account and promised 2 refunds of $68.xx…the problem, I was charged 3x….It will be interesting to see if I get the 2 refunds! So mad at myself! :(
December 30th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
This is a Huge scam. My bank card was charged 77.83 after the initial $1.97. I was told that i can not have a refund and i have 5 days trial.
Is there a way we can collectively file a lawsuit?
Let me know. I am so upset. this is a scam
regards
December 26th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
This is a huge scam. Several other things that you might notice – when you call you get customer service, but no mention of who they are, no company name. I noticed the charge in my account and called the number listed on the charge, I had to ask them who they were. I have been traveling for work quite regularly over the past several months and did not realize until I called that they had actually charged me 68.53 for the past three months. I was told that as a thank you for my business they would give me the program free for life. Why would a company give me something so valuable – worth almost 70 – for free for the rest of my life? So I asked what would have happened if I had called to cancel after just one month. I was told that they would have still thanked me by offering the program for free. Wow, so I could have paid 70 or I could have paid for the rest of my life and ultimately I would get the same thing. So, if you truly want to give this scam a try, just let them charge you for one month and then call to cancel, you will get the scam for free. : )
December 17th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I was taken for a ride on the $1.97 as well, Internet Profit House had a guy call me wanting to get me to order more stuff to make more money from home, there I asked him to cancel for me and looking at my bank statements they did not cancel so I just called in and talked to a girl named princess and she claims to have taken me outta the system and no further changes would be made…… believe that when I see it cause I have already canceled before lol scamming thieves is what they are!!!!!
December 17th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
They got me too!! I thought I only had to pay $1.97 for shipping and handling but they charged $68.53 on my credit card which I didn’t notice until the 7 days trial were over. After that I received an InternetprofitHouse CD by mail from them with a note saying:
Notice:
Any chargebacks made against this account will be reported to the internet consumer blacklist BadCustomer.com and will result in member merchants blocking you from making future purchases online!
Ridiculous !!! so not only I was subject to online fraud but I will also find my name on a blacklist if I file a claim! Now I canceled my credit card and will have a new cc issued with a new number but they already got the $1.97 and the $68.53 and I haven’t filed a claim with my bank yet. Any idea how to get my money back without getting my name on any blacklists??
December 16th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I got hooked by this scam and I used to consider myself pretty computer savvy. I trusted the GOOGLE name and the site with the blogs looked so darn real.
Even though I didn’t cancel (because I didn’t find out in time that this was a scam), I received an e-mail from InternetProfitHouse confirming that my account was no longer active. Now, some guy from prospercorp.com is calling and e-mailing me with the following info “This is Jake contacting you from Prosper on behalf of GOOGLE” yes, he claims to be contacting me on Google’s behalf.
I’ve read on another scam site that a person should NOT contact the company directly because after being on the phone with them for a certain amount of time, they can say they’re charging you for a phone consultation which their toll-free phone records can prove. Has anyone heard anything to that effect?
December 11th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
They got me! Ahhhh! I looked through the site and started signing up, but my computer froze so I did not finish. However, I did see the $1.97 deducted from my account, and thought, ok, it did go through, and didn’t think any more about it. Then today I noticed $68.53 deducted by a different company, so I called them and explained that I didn’t finish the sign up process, therefore I am not yet a member. They said that al of the info that they needed was entered, but that they would give me a full refund that should take place within 2 to 3 business cycles of my CC company. He even gave me a conformation number
God willing, they will hold to what this young man said and give me a full refund. Time will tell.
What recourse do we have in cases like this?
December 11th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
I too was taken by this scam. I did not see the fine print and was charged $68.53 per month for two months of nothing. Fortunately my credit card company was able to rescue me from one of these payments but the other one I had to eat. I chalk it up to stupidity. I thought that the name Google was associated with reputable business practices but I was wrong, wrong, wrong. I hope that honest, hardworking people like me don’t get caught up in this b.s. and I will report this company to the BBB.
December 10th, 2009 at 11:47 am
guys, all you have to do i believe is read any terms so that you will not get into a mess…
if you are unsure of a band, call them and ask the questions first before you submit…
no harm done by doing that first, if you do not want the thing you get in… start by seeing if its legit enough to go into…
December 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
It’s a hassle, but the easiest way to get out of their program is to cancel the account you gave them. I called my credit card customer service and told them I’d gotten into an internet scam. They canceled my old card immediately and issued a card with a new number. The only loss was $1.97 and $.99. Not much, but if you just count the number of people they get $3.00 from, they’re making a fortune.
December 8th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Thank you so much for this website, I was able to cancel during the trial period and got out for .99 cents. I have learned my lesson. Nothing comes easy.
December 7th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
thank you…..from Milwaukee Wisconsin , this was just in time, as i was going to check on some work that i had done for this company.how could i get caught up in this after 28 years in sales and management.i will call the bbb a.s.a.p.
December 7th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Reading through the above comments was just timely. I was in the process of checking on feedback about the offer/email I received. Thanks.
December 5th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Just spoke with them again…they have offered a refund, but had to ask to speak to a supervisor first. Gave a confirmation number, but won’t see it for 7-10 business days. We’ll see if that really happens.
They will not give out any mailing address, ‘Nenia” only said they are in Los Angeles. Asked if they are EZ REbate Processing company as someone had commented earlier. She declined that, but why would they tell you.
This company needs to be stopped. I am filing a complaint with the BBB, I urge others to do the same. These guys need to be put out of business.
Hope this helps someone.
December 4th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I called 4 times, got the run around about how they couldn’t find me in the system. so,I sent a total of 4 emails to BOTH sites, yes, they subscribe you to another site on the second page where you enter your card info. I took screen shots of EVERYTHING, the TOS, the terms etc, as well as the confirmation email stating my username and password. WHICH DID NOT LET ME LOG INTO THE SITE, I sent all of these with the emails. With those 4 emails I sent, i also did a call again, got an completely English speaking person, who confirmed that, because of my emails. i was unsubscribed, and I also reported my card stolen on the day i signed for that stupid thing. So they aren’t getting JACK out of me from either company!
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
stay away from this is is a scam i authorized to charge $1.97 and got charged $68.53 called credit card company they luckily took care of the charge someone should shut this junk down aren’t there laws against this should be a fraud somehow
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
I didn´t purchase this program, I only saw the web page and I authorized to charge $1.97 to see something more and you charge $68.53 authomatically from my account.
I am not interested in your program, I need you refund my money right away and I don´t authorize to charge any amount to my account.
This is an elegant way to steal money to innocent people.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Thank you so much for posting this site. I posted an item for sale on Craigslist and was sent a two line email inviting me to check out this site to help make good money over the holiday season. I clicked on the link as
follows: blogging.thereporter.net/finance/192920 which redirected me to times-one.org. I read the article and looked up in the search bar because I was curious as to what site was publishing the article. Of course there was no home page or additional site . . . just the article. That tipped me off big time so I did a direct Google search for The Internet Profit House. That brought me to your site and your warnings. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to post the info and your stories. I feel badly for each of you, but know that you are saving people like me from lost money, time and a great deal of frustration.
December 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
I figured how can I lose $1.99 , not a major risk. The ad seemed so real. I did not read the T’s/C’s So glad I found your info. I canceled an hour after I signed up. I will watch my bank statement for any charges thanks again for the info and phone number.
December 1st, 2009 at 5:25 am
I was tricked as well and had the $68.53 taken out of my account. Not only that but when I called to cancel the lady still tried to sell me on the idea that is was a great way to make money. Haha she was like a robot! I told her I had no interest and thanked her for giving me a great idea for a news story. LETS PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS! Scammers…sheesh!
November 30th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I too got suckered into this scam! I can’t believe I did either because I am so darn careful… but they got me. It took me nearly a month to track down a phone number for them and by the time I finally did, they had already pulled a second $68.53 from my account. Luckily my bank is very good at letting me dispute charges. Today I finally talked with Jerry at Internet Profit House. He is supposedly a supervisor (Employee ID# 130458). He also gave me a refund confirmation number for one of the charges. Yes, just one. Why just one? Well, he told me it was too late to give me back all of my money. How nice of him, huh… to give me back half of the money he stole from me? Oh yeah… he also told me that they are on the east coast… not L.A. like someone above mentioned. And all this time here they sit in Cyprus collecting everyone’s hard earned money without a single thought or care! I am so angry right now!! I plan on contacting the Federal Trade Commission, the Better Business Bureau and any other Internet policing/consumer protection company there is out there! I’m outraged!!! The clincher is that I ordered this back in October and just 2 days ago received the CD. I had totally forgotten about it until it arrived in the mail. And the only thing that came with the CD was an advertisement. No, there were no terms and conditions with it nor was there any on the page where I agreed to try the CD for .99. Do I feel like an idiot? Yes. Will it ever happen to me again? NO! It’s probably a good thing that Jerry and his cohorts are in Cyprus because if they were anywhere near me, I’d literally go to their offices and ring someone’s neck.
November 29th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
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November 29th, 2009 at 1:49 am
I too was sucked into this scam. I called them the very day they charged my account $68.53 and canceled. However, they never canceled my account and now has charged me a second time. On the day I canceled, I tried to log in and it wouldn’t let me. Since I’m so busy, I just assumed my account was canceled, but I never received a confirmation from the company. Dumb on my part that I didn’t keep bugging them about getting a confirmation. That’s the biggest thing…get a confirmation. I was never able to use the ding dong thing as my login and password never worked every time I tried using it (which, unfortunately, was after the 7 day trial period).
November 28th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I signed up for the internet profit house “free” course which said it was a fee of $1.97 for information on how to get started. Little did I know, I got my credit card bill 30 days later and I now owe $99.79. I have since been given several phone numbers to call and have not gotten any refund for a program I never even accessed. Furthermore, they told me I had a 3 day trial period which is not on any paperwork that was sent to me. I just want my money back minus the $1.97, I signed up to pay. Let me know if you find someone to help with this.
November 27th, 2009 at 2:53 am
I just wanted to thank all of you for posting this. I can’t believe I am such a dork. I am normally so good at researching, reading the fine print and/or knowing things are too good to be true.
My problem was I had heard about the story and those darn photos made me feel it was real. The thing that set my mind spinning was the part when I needed to pay even more to set up a domain. I suddenly started questioning the intentions…
I then happened upon, using a google search) your informative site. I was able to cancel within the 3 day trial period and I have confirmation numbers and emails. I will be checking my statement to make sure but I feel lucky to have only spent the $45 or so. Blah– Lesson learned, silly me.
Thanks to everyone for the numbers and advice!! The 877-340 number worked well for me, they are open at 7am PST. Good luck and sorry if you too fell for this too good to be true trap. They suckered me good. Back to two jobs and finishing school for me!! One day!
Hope you all have a great holiday
November 26th, 2009 at 4:42 am
I too payed the $1.97 for the internet profit house CD
and in a few days forgot about it. It took 16 days to receive, took it home and throw it on the desk and left it for a couple more days. Then I got my bank statement OH what big supprise. They took the $1.97 on 10/29 and $39.95 for something 0n 10/29 and $68.53 on 11/05 Just seven days I called the 877 # that was on my bank statement which also shows the # is from Calif. They are a Business answering service for them but not asscociated with the profit house. However the girl that answered named Cherry gave me a $19.95 Thanksgiving promotion for free and two months member ship free which expires 1/10/10 and was also trying to promote the CD. Go ahead do the math. These people cant even add. I asked what the $39.95 was for and she didn’t know, asked if they would send it back, she didn’t know they are not affiliated with the company. SCAM SCAM SCAM and more SCAM. We need an internet Cop.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Sharon posted…I am so glad I found this site, I was furious that I was charged $68.97 but I assumed that it was because of my own stupidity for not reading the finer print that stated that my $1.97 was for a 7 day trial only. I was charged the 68 amount twice. Luckily I didn’t log into the website and I was able to lie and say that it was fraudulent activity……………..LMAO…….thats sad,i just went to the site again to make sure but ,There is a check box that u have to check in order to have access to the site directly next to that check box this is what it says
Card Type:
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what’s this?
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(check box here)You are ordering a 7 day risk-free trial to The Internet Profit House. Your only expense for trial access is a $1.97 order processing fee. You will have 7 days to try The Internet Profit House to see if it is right for you. If you enjoy the product (which we know you will), do absolutely nothing and 7 days from your original purchase date and for the 2 months thereafter your credit card on file will be billed $68.53. In total you will be billed 3 times, each for $68.53, for a total of $205.59 unless you cancel. If you have any questions please contact our customer service department at 877-340-4694. We are open Monday – Friday 9 am – 9 pm EST. Yes, I would like to sign up and I am ready to start making money online and agree to the terms
November 24th, 2009 at 11:30 am
So the reality of this situation is YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AS A CONSUMER TO READ TC…yeah right come on…I use the program it works for me…I have made 3500 in a matter of 2 months. The terms state everything and its only 68.53 for 3 months,after that you will have a profitable business if you really do the work they lay out for you. I don’t understand, I mean looking over this site…i can see a few people that didn’t even read this (lol) they think they can cancel there membership on this page…I mean we have to wake up and be responsible for our own actions. Basically you guys are saying “I’ll pay you 1.97 or .99 and you give me the keys to the world…It doesn’t work like that…fine print is in EVERYTHING we do in America..Lets wake up and come back to reality……….
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
When you call, be calm and just keep insisting to speak with someone who can reverse the charges on your card. They will try and get you to access and make use of the system. Keep refusing and just repeat yourself that you did not request the additional program or charges. I simply just kept insisting and was told over and over that a refund was impossible. In each conversation I listed ALL the companies that had somehow accessed my information without my permission and stating that I had already contacted the authorities to what I believed was internet fraud. Finally, after many minutes I got my refund!
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 am
CALL THIS TO CANCEL AND GET YOUR REFUND 1-877-340-4694
I am so glad I found this site, I was furious that I was charged $68.97 but I assumed that it was because of my own stupidity for not reading the finer print that stated that my $1.97 was for a 7 day trial only. I was charged the 68 amount twice. Luckily I didn’t log into the website and I was able to lie and say that it was fraudulent activity… thus you all know the drill. I acted like I hadn’t any idea where this was coming from and I made threats like if they wanted to keep that business they need to refund my money. of course they told me that the terms and conditions don’t allow a refund- but if you “pretend” that someone else used your cc then you are not held liable to those terms and conditions.
They told me, “based on the circumstances they are aware that there could be fraudulent activity and would place a refund and cancellation on my account”. REALLY? Hmmmm, I think I just told them that…
I called them every day after that until I saw a refund in my back account. Within a week and a half I was refunded $68.97 amount for November and October.
BUYERS KEEP BUGGING THEM! By day 6 I was certain that I would have to confront my bank and everything I have done so far was to no avail. KEEP AT IT! They know how to work the system, and now YOU know how to work THEIR system!!!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Can those who get refund confirmation numbers confirm whether they eventually get the refund? Thanks a lot!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Can we do something together to bring them down? I am very sad that I fell in this trap and charged 68.53 twice. What a lesson. Can somebody unite us together and fight with these A…Holes.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Thanks for the article, very useful. Just got off the phone with my CC company and I was actually advised that the best thing to do is to report your card stolen and have them send you a new one. So I did. Luckily I was able to dispute the 1.97 transaction on my CC and get it refunded, I also found out that 3 days ago they tried to charge my CC with the monthly fee. We should all curse ourselves for falling for that BS.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:34 am
dude! go to this site: myonlinecashsecrets.com the terms and conditions comes out handy like a SLAP!
NOTE: ALWAYS read the freakin’ terms!
it goes like this: the CSR told me: If you do not cancel within the trial period (7 DAYS) the 68.43 will be automatically debited from your CC.
READ THE TERMS IT’LL SAVE YOUR BUTT!!!!
Legal wise dude… don’t just sign up without reading.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
thanks for this post! just blocked my card from further charge!
November 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I was just charged $69,53 for monthly fee to this web site. I called to cancel the membership the woman told me that I had to log on to the site. When I finally got on I saw all the complaints from other people. When I said something to her about that she said our connection was broken and she hung up. Do not get involved with this company.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Thanks, this is an eye opener.It has cost me $1.97. I was told that the co.has collected the monthly charge also.It took ten to fifteen minutes of argument with the operator to get the monthly charges reversed.I am not so sure of that until I get my visa statement.What a rip off.Hey buck 1.97 here 1.97 there,it adds up lot of money. I don’t understand how GOOGLE allows its name to be used.THANKS AGAIN.
November 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Well i understand everyone in here but that just shows us how we need to read every single spot in this type of pages and be more careful where we put our information. Not only that but at this point we all should know anything that sounds too good to be true most likely is not. Specially people that are in no position to have money taken out of their accts they should not take a risk like this. Remember the internet might be a great friend to have at times but the worst enemy also.
November 12th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
The same thing happened to me with the $68.53 but there was a number on my bank statement, I called and they said the same thing because I didn’t cancel with in 7 days…..I asked to talk to a supervisor and she stuttered and said they were all in a meeting………………I am a single mother trying to survive and this happens…what the hell.
November 11th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I was charged $1.97 which is fine, then I got another charge $68.53 in a few days. I called my bank to cancel the transaction since I have no number to call The Internet Profit House. The bank was able to refund but at the same day, TIPH charged me back the $68.53
I found the CS number here, I called and talked with CS. He told me, he could not refund it since I did not make a cancellation in 7 days. What a rip off, they even don’t provide contact numbers to call on their websites.
If there’s class action to this company, put me in.
Thanks,
C.M. Parker
November 11th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Unfortunately, I did my research on the Google program before I started the process. When I did not find any unfavorable press I continued on and like most people I backed out after I saw there was more money involved. But unfortunately they got me for the 68.53 too. When I called to confront them they agreed to release me of any additional charges. Still feeling very skeptical I continued my research discovering the scam attached to the Internet Profit House name not the Google name. Like most Americans I can not afford the cost of being a victim and find the situation frustrating as well as simply disgusting.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
I called the number on my statement 877-301-6871 (billed by riskfeekit.com, which doesn’t exist). I was on hold for a very long time but somebody eventually answered and told me they would reverse the charge of $74.97…I was forwarded to another “help desk” for the other charge of $19.97 from pennytodollar.com which is Expense Tracker…Apparently since I didn’t “opt out” of their tiny banner ad on the c.c. info page for the other one, I agreed to their 3 day trial, which was over by the time the charge showed up on my online statement. They refused to refund me and told me to dispute it when it posts to my account. I will update if and when anything gets resolved…I feel like a schmuck but their business practices are deceptive and their customer service is completely ridiculous. Anyone know how class action suits work?
November 10th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I just talked to these people for the third time. They charged my account $1.97 for shipping of their ‘kit’. I called them and told them I did not want their product. They said I better check with my credit card company. I did and this morning I see that I have an additional charge for $68.53. I disputed it with my bank this morning. Tomorrow morning I will call my attorney and turn all of this information over to him. I tired to report them to the Better Business Bureau, but they have no record of this company. I wish I had done more of an in depth search for these people.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I did receive a refund for the 68.53. The charged my account on 10/19 and my refund was processed on 10/23. My husband ordered this without my knowledge because he was duped by the bogus claims. I hoped he has learned his lesson. I’m still going to cancel his card number to be on the safe side. Good luck everyone. I hope you can get your money back too. My husband just called them and we got the refund.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Please help me. I just received the CD package 2 days ago and I was charges the $68.53 already. What do I do now?
November 8th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Just FYI i got my refund for the $68.53 today… tomorrow i will call the bank and dispute the other charges and see what happens after that. i also canceled my card #. i hope this is the last time i have to deal with these people! thanks for setting up this site and spreading the truth! i’m so grateful you did! god bless!!
November 7th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I was one of thousands that had been duped by these people, and I was so sad to think that they are getting a lot richer by our ignorance (of us for not fully reading and thinking we can make easy money doing these). If we will be doing the same things they are doing then we will be… They are such a SCAM, feeding on our ignorance…
I have called twice and tried to reiterate that I need a confirmation of this cancellation. They are giving me the B***S***T that they need a week or 10 days to send me the cancellation confirmation. This is a lot of F*****G B******S! BE AWARE… I’ve learned my lesson now… SPREAD THE WORD!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
It cancels after 7 days if it cannot automatically bill you for the 68.00. It will cost you 1.97; 29.95; 39.95 for the VIP access and 49.95 for the flash presentation software if you don’t have it already. Call them and confirm cancellation immediately after the first 7 days!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
PS: Has anyone run that CD that comes in the mail after you order? It looks like an executable program that is probably FULL of viruses!! I am glad I didn’t run it on my laptop. Just wondering if anyone here has looked at the content on the disk.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
My husband ordered this without telling me and as soon as he did I knew we were in for more charges other than the $1.97. We received the packet the other day and I only opened it tonight. As soon as I did I was reading a flashy “notice” that warned that any charge backs made against this account would be reported to the consumer blacklist website BADCUSTOMER.COM. So now,not only are they scamming people and tricking them out of their money, they are trying to scare them into NOT acting on their knowledge that they have been scammed! I had my husband cancel the account number immediately and when he was on the phone with the CC people they saw that $68 charge hanging in the wings! He felt really bad that he fell for this, but I am just glad he told me about it! I don’t think he had any idea this was going to cost over $200!!
November 6th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
877-340-4694 Novel use this number! Call now! Then cancel your card to. Or cancel card NOW. Then call them. If your card is canceled they cant take the money. Demand your money back. All of it. Forget the 1.97. Who cares but the large amount demand it. Tell them about the site violations and you have to go from here to there just to use their site. That’s what I told them also. Which it is true. Trying to set up websites through one company they have violations with the company. Basically the program has flaws and you can get your money back. Cant sell faulty program and expect people to pay for it.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I just called and told them that I wanted my money back. They kept telling me that they just wanted to give me a lower rate for the 68.53. I was like no way cause that 68.53 is a monthly charge. So you better just cancel now. When they tried to say the money was non refundable I said that’s not fair cause you have site violations. The program isn’t working correctly. I did get my money returned but I still need to cancel my card I am sure cause they will then just suck 9.99 out every month even though they say they wont. And really whats 9.99 easy amount to slip through without notice. Until its been a few months. So time will tell about 10 business days I should have my money back.
Don’t trust this company. Sounds to good to be true? It is!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
What a scam, it’s fraud.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:33 am
hello..i just read all your testimonials..i just knew earlier that this was a scam so i researched it and got to read all of your testimonials..could you please help me on how to cancel this and what should i do to my account..?thank you
November 5th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I have learned a valuable lesson. There is a reason that you only have 7 days and that is because they know that by the time you realize that the site is bogus your 7 days will have long expired. WHAT A SCAM. I’m trying to get my money back as well. We need to continue this blog to maybe save others and inform ourselves with a possible escape.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
You just need to be persistent because they refunded my money just don’t back down.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Omg! I was recently laid off and was in search of extra income, and i came across the site INTERNET PROFIT HOUSE, well i paid .99 for a CD and a few days later they took out 68.53 from my account and when i called to cancel they told me my trial was up and the 68.53 was non refundable, needless to say i am a victim of this fraudulent activity that i really cant afford.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
OK everyone…same story, no refund, canceled cards, feel like an idiot, BUT I contacted the BBB cause I couldn’t get the ‘customer service’ rep to give me a physical address so I could file a complaint and they managed to look up the parent company and their address.
EZ Rebate Processing
1664 Santa Rosa
Glendale, CA 91208
You want to contact the Better Business Bureau in California, la.bbb.org
or 1-909-825-7280
If you go to the bbb and type in EZ Rebate Processing in the business search you can file a complaint. I also couldn’t find the original site I signed up on (the BBB couldn’t fine theinternetprofithouse.com) but it’s under myonlinecashsecrets.com
Please file a complaint!!!! Write a letter!!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 7:51 am
i was taken in and the day i found out that they had ran my cc was only 4 days after i listed my info they didn’t show in their privacy policy about the 68.53 i discovered it when i called my bank to make my house pmt which was on Tuesday i immediately called them and they said it was a non-refundable charge i battled with them over it and to anyone out there if they ask for cc information before you can continue on the site for information then it is a bogus site
November 4th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I don’t have a website! I just cancelled with this scum at 1-877-340-4694. They will refund my $39.95 VIP but not the $68.53 that they charged me today. They are giving me free membership (ugh!) and will not charge my account again in 3 months. If I get my $39.95 back I’ll be happy. Another lesson to learn about the internet. I’m sorry I got screwed!
November 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Whoa!!!!!!! I have been having some serious issues with my PC and viruses and infections and when I pulled up my online bank statement I found $68.53 posted to our account. I called them and they claim my wife set the account up but after insisting that “she” the agent named “Bambi” verify the account info w/me I told her it was fraud and no way was I going to allow the withdrawal to stay as is on our account. The phone # was wrong,email address was wrong as was part of the mailing address!
After demanding a refund, I was “supposedly” awarded one which would take 7to10 business days. I told her where it was fraud, I should receive it sooner and she told me where it was a bank transaction, she could not speed up the refund process. She guarenteed me the refund was being processed as we spoke. I asked for her name and she said “Bambi” and I said and your last name and she said they were “not allowed to give out last names”, but gave me her agent #. I wanted to ask her if this was being taped for a “Get Smart” sequel but decided not to push my luck!
I will watch closely for my refund. If none appears, I will go to my bank and file fraud papers.
Bottom line is I don’t know how they got me, but they did so my advice to everyone is to BE CAREFUL AND WATCHFULL AS TO WHAT YOU CLICK ON!!!!!!!
November 4th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I didn’t finish the application but I was charged the $1.97 and just recently almost 2 weeks later $63.58. I called and was not able t get through all I got was “hello than you for calling” over and over. I sent a letter to FTC and to the email address of the company. I am working with my bank to get the charge reversed.
I’m done with online.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I want my money back from 10/27/09 posted dates in the amount of $ 39.95, $ 29.95, $ 1.97, & on 11/03/09 $ 68.53, a total sum of $ 140.40. Immediate refund now.
R A Roberts
November 4th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Scam! scam! scam! It sure is a profit house . . . for these scammers. You are billed $68.53 every month, which they claim you agreed to. It’s very, very deceptive. I tried to register with them but it refused my password, so when I called they told me I couldn’t do it until I received the dvd. Well, 2-3 weeks later when I did receive it, it was too late for the 7 day cancellation policy. How convenient. Do not be fooled by this.
November 4th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I paid the 1.97 exactly 7 days ago, had only once briefly had the time to look at the “lessons” online after signing up. I haven’t even received a CD in the mail, didn’t know I was getting one…though it was all done via the web. But bright and early this morning, 68.53 was deducted from my account, leaving me with 4.07 in my bank to feed my 3 kids for the next 2 weeks. I’m infuriated. As soon as the bank opens, I will call and file a fraudulent charge dispute, and cancel my debit card.
I too have had this happen with another online company 5-6 years ago and was able to get my money refunded after the bank verified the information I gave them. I will submit all that I’ve read here today as backup to my bank and I WILL get that money back in my account in 10-14 business days. Each of you should try disuputing the charge with your bank. They in turn will file a complaint against this company. It can’t hurt and you won’t lose anything by trying. Single mom, 3 kids, limited income, blah blah blah, but this 68 just took food out of my children’s mouths. I’m just glad it didn’t bounce a bunch of other things which is what happened years ago when I was stupid enough to fall for a different scam.
I have given up trying to make money the “easy way.” Nothing in life is easy and we should all realize if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Have a better day everyone – and don’t give up at least filing a complaint with your bank. They know how to proceed and take action on your behalf. You may or may not get your money back, but it’s worth a shot and at least your complaint is on record.
November 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Can someone tell me what the Internet profit house cancellation # looks like?? I was just curious if anyone was really able to get one from them. thanks
November 4th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I was forced into this by the customer service agent. After I gave her my debit card # I asked her a series of questions. She would not answer and seemed to not know the answers finally I asked if there were any hidden charges as I will not authorize them. She said after 7 days there will be a $68.xx monthly fee. I said absolutely not remove me from your list and DO NOT charge my account nor send me the CD. She said ok and I hung up. A month or so goes by and last week I get a call about the google kit. I did not know anything about it. Told the person I did not get a CD for this and knew nothing about what he wanted. He gave me customer service number called them got someone from another country on the phone. He claimed he charged my account as I did not cancel in 7 days. I told him I never ordered the CD and never received a CD. He claimed he would reverse the charges and send me the CD. I told him I would not order anything in which I would get a monthly fee he said he could reverse the charges for the monthly part but not the 1.99 shipping & handling. I told him if charged me he would have to produce the CD. Well I received the CD more than 8 days AFTER I was to cancel and they charged my business account. Well this is a scam and theft. Also on top of this they enclose in the envelope with the CD a threatening flyer that says if I do any chargebacks to the account that I will placed on a consumer blacklist at www.BadCustomer.com That I found to be threatening and garbage. I am pissed and I am going to make sure that all the money they made is returned to the people from whom they stole it from. How can people live with themselves doing this to others is beyond me.
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Leslie,
Do you have that email address? I just used one and I am not sure if it’s the correct one.
They are definitely scum of the earth for preying on people with their bogus information. I, thankfully, changed my credit card information and have informed my attorney of this information.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Hey everyone! I have been doing this for almost 2 months and it is most definetely full of some powerful info that anyone can use to start doing their own internet profit. I cancelled my subscription after reading all of the above, but just as I was reading and holding for a rep to answer my call, I realized that not one person who posted their vital opinion about this site had real valuable insight to why they have called this a scam. I’m not saying that it is not, but how many of you have really tried doing some of the things that they are teaching? All I have heard from everyone is the fact that they got charged the fees. I cancelled because I am in Tech Management for a Bachelor degree and dont have much time. So, the rep gave me this continuing info from this site for free for life, along with their VIP services for free, for life. I asked him to make sure I was not going to be charged additional fees and he reaffirmed that I would not. I did cancel my card for reassurance that no further fees would come out, but just to give some thought to those of you who are feeling betrayed, try doing what I did and you can get all of this for free. Then post your opinion after you have had more time to research what they are actually teaching.I think all of you will be surprised that you will learn a thing or two about some of the things that are out there to make money on your own without all the unnecessary fees. I have learned a great deal about alot of these social media web-sites. FYI- I am just as you are, and want to make some good money a little bit easier by working from home. The swaying goes, ” Information is Power!”
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:19 am
i don’t remember how i came across the socialmarketingpayday.com but after i left the site i couldn’t find it any more. mine was a $1.97 trial period with a $39.95 VIP access. when i logged onto my bank accounts this morning i saw the $68.53 debit and was very worried. the charge was under the name of internet profit house and that’s how i came across this site. i’m grateful for the info posted here. i had NO IDEA i was going to be charged the $68!! i called the customer service # and canceled my membership (even though i had no idea i had signed up for one). they charged my account 6 days so i told them they charged my account early and demanded my $ back. they gave me a refund code and they told me it would show up in 7-10 business days. like everyone else they wouldn’t give me an address… i called my bank and canceled my card #. she took all my info and said to watch my account for the refund and the to call back my bank after the time allotted, then they would dispute the any further charges. then i called the internet profit house CS# again just to make sure. when she asked for my address i told her that if i had an account with them she should have my address in front of her… she hesitated and said the she would cancel my account (i hadn’t even mentioned that as my reason for calling). i told her that they were no longer authorized to charge my account and she said the $ would be refunded in 2-5 business days… i will let you know if it is. i know i will do my homework from now on!! thanks to whomever is spreading the truth around, we need to be more like them!
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 am
I am so disappointed in myself for not looking into this more closely. My husband is unemployed after 30 year with the same company and I just can’t afford to lose $68.53….this is grocery money for my family. I’m just so angry!
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:49 am
This is my third letter. I am tired of dealing with these people. A person called me couple of days after i became a member assuming it is legitimate thinking sponsered by ABC, CNN, NBC so on, a guy called me and asked for my credit card # and he told me that he wants to verify the number. I told him he did not have to do any thing. since it already went through, that is $.99 and $1.97, there is nothing much they need to know and I am not willing to spend anymore money not knowing what he was trying to pull. And also i told him not to tamper with my account, I am not going to spend any more money. He hung up on me without even giving me any explanation for him asking for the account number. i got suspecious and called the bank right away and asked them if anyone tampering with my account. They verified and told me not to give account number to any one and no one was tampering. I did not know that they can get into my account even if i did not authorized to do so. They took $68.57 from my account even after i told him not to tamper with my account.
When i called the toll free number it took me forever to get someone on the line and they are very aggressively refusing to refund my money. Will anyone please tell me how to get refund from them. I am getting pissed off. I e.mailed to couple of e.mail addresses, they are comming back to me saying mailer demon and cannot deliver the mail.
I am waiting for someone to help me get my money back
Thank you
prabha budanur
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Internetptofithouse scammed me out of 1.97 and $68. What can we do to reverse the fraudulent funds? And what can we do too shut these people down and sent to jail? They are criminals in my book deserving punishment because the average person does not agree to having funds extracted from his or her account
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 pm
I was a victim of fraud just looking into to working at home make some money since I’m jobless. Don’t trust these sites it’s no good!!! Be ware dont throw your hard earned money away!!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I was also taken by this scam. I never received a “Kit’ and they still charged me $68.
So for not rreceiving anything I was charged $68. They are the scam of the of all times.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I wished I would have read all these comments before I even looked at their website. I didn’t even complete entering my information when I decided to cancel it out and they still managed to get the $1.97 and then $68.53 out of my account. The 800 number you will be put on hold forever. I never even accesed their website and they still refused to give me back my money
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
WOW!!!!…Talk about being HAD!..Fortunately, my credit card company will help me. I am stuck for the initial charges but after that they will not allow the monthly charge. In fact , the credit card company helped me get to the correct email address to cancel.
The credit card company said they are VERY familiar with this SCAM!
If it sounds to good to be true IT IS!
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 am
I got caught too! I feel really stupid. I was really trying to get more information and before I knew it, I had signed up. That was 3 days ago. I will be begin the process of cancelling (already sent two emails but don’t expect much from that) and will phone tomorrow as well. Thanks for the posting.
November 1st, 2009 at 12:26 am
i don’t want you to charge me any more for my account. It is not even seven days since i subscribed to the profit house membership. Please refund my money right away.
i am not. authorising any one to access my acccount to charge $68.53 which i just read in the agreement paragraph. I was not aware of it before.
thank you
prabha budanur
November 1st, 2009 at 12:19 am
I am not interested in your on line cash secrets. I would appreciate if you refund my free trial membership amount. I don’t think it is going to work for me
Thank you
Prabha budanur
October 30th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
This is definitively a BIG FAT SCAM! The phones provided, one of them is always busy and the 1-877-340-4694 put you on hold forever. With that type of Customer service, who you can trust? I wouldn’t recommend anybody, to even try this site.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:31 am
yes this is a scam and needless to say i fell for it….i have filed a compliant with the BBB and the FTC….yes these people are lying and saying you don’t have an account with them, then the next thing u know you have been charged….after calling the profit house for 7 days twice a day and being told i didn’t have a account, well out of the blue they find it then charged me…now they tell me they well refund my money but tried to make me an offer for $20 dollars a month, are they kidding,…..EVERY ONE WHOM HAS COME ACROSS THIS WEB SITE….DON’T DO IT!!!!! ITS A SCAM….AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT FELL FOR IT….PLEASE FILE A COMPLIANT SO WE CAN PUT A STOP TO THIS COMPANY…
October 30th, 2009 at 7:21 am
i bought into this scam and that is just what it is how do i get out of this money trap there is no profit in this just loss
October 29th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Well another one bites the bait. I as well fell for this scam thinking that I was only paying 1.97 for some information. I wish I had looked it up first. Anyway, whats done is done. As soon as I saw the 68.53 charge on my bank statement I was very angry. I immediately got online and searched for this information. Thank goodness the number was posted here.I was able to get a full refund (we’ll see about that one) and I canceled the “membership”. They tried for about 10 minutes to convince me otherwise but I stuck to my guns and was very straight forward with the girl. After agreeing to a lesser charge of 9.99 and my refund, I hung up and called right back to cancel the 9.99 fee. I have both of the peoples names and ext#’s with a refund confirmation # and a cancellation code. If I see anymore charges on my account I will take this info to my bank. I made sure that they were aware of that also. I also told them that I would call the better business bureau if I saw them on my statement again. :)
October 29th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Well, I got screwed, aslo. I called my bank, canceled my card, and luckily found this site (THANK YOU) and found the # to call WITHIN THE 7 DAYS is 877-340-4694…. call and don’t even give them a chance to “deal” you with extending your “trial”. This should be illegal, and I pray the responsible ones are justified. Tell them to cancel and TERMINATE your file and information at once. Times are tough and we good people need to stick together, not hurt each other. Good luck, and God bless. xo
October 29th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Sorry that happened to you Paul Day, but unfortunately Wachovia was right…internet profit house may be crooked, but, and this is how the credit world turns, YOU were the one who authorized it (that was internet profit houses’ goal, and all they needed)…it wasn’t that they were condoning the criminal activity. I know that you are upset about the whole situation (as we all are), but its not the banks fault that WE didn’t do our homework BEFORE hitting the submit button…and although they were nice enough not to actually tell you that, that is the reality of it all…its just one of those life’s lessons that we (all) need to be more cautious/conscious of in the future…trust me, as time goes on, these situations will only get worse over the Internet. The way technology (along with scam artists’ new ideas) are changing courses, I’m looking at this situation as a small price to pay so that I will ALWAYS read my terms and conditions, as well as do a thorough background check before shopping (new sites) online ever again. Take a bad situation and make the best of it, its a done deal, and if there is something that can be done about it, by all means do it, otherwise, don’t develop gray hair behind it…it has only made me the wiser!
I hope that I don’t sound too harsh, but I’m a realist…and sometimes too brutally honest, but I have to tell it like it is…I think I can because you weren’t in this by yourself, we all fell into this trap…and I know that there are many (including myself) that felt stupid or burned behind this ordeal because I never just fall for anything I see on the Internet without checking Snopes or something. Now we all know to BEWARE of even the so called “stamps of approval” from credible sites…it could have been worse! FOR PEACE OF MIND, CANCEL THOSE CC/DEBIT NUMBERS (not the card itself unless you have too)…the money you save WILL BE your own…GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
October 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
GUESS WHAT? NEW INFO ON THE SCAMMERS!! I’m SO PISSED RIGHT NOW! I called the( 1-877-340-4694) The guy told me he couldn’t help unless the charge had been taken from my account, so as I’m talking to him i pull up my acct. See there is a .99 cent charge from (blogteacher.com) then suddenly he can’t help because he needs a merchant #. I call my bank, i cancel my card but the teller tells me that if any other amount has been authorized they will pay them, so he checks and sure enough my acct, had been authorized not for $(68.53) but for ($74.97)and this is all in 4 days not 7-days. The phone number that showed on my acct. was (1-866-209-6155)had to argue with the guy, he threatened to hang up on me if i didn’t calm down A**HOLES! like i care, but anyway he tells me he credited the charges an canceled my subscription, then when i asked him for a confirmation number he gives me the same reference # i had on my e-mail they sent me for confirmation for the .99 that i was to be charged for. PLEASE SHARE IF ANYONE HAS RECEIVED A REFUND. I’m a single parent, times are rough for alot of people. These people make me sick. I live in California and i will do all i can to bring these people down, so lets ban together where ever you live do all you can. Lets all stay in touch here. In hopes for a success story for someone here. God bless.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I also just fell for this scam. Unfortunately by the time I realized they took out $68.53, it was over the 7 days. I called to cancel and they said they would give me a refund but I have a hard time believing their crap. So I was just curious, HAS ANYONE RECEIVED A REFUND????
October 28th, 2009 at 9:13 am
These guys are tough, but you can stop them, I did, but you have to do it in 7 days. I called them at 1-866-406-9817 This is theinternetprofithouse.com number. They could not find my information so that was a long distance. Then she gave me the number for “fastcash” they take the credit card. Well I did get my charges stopped, but who can trust these people. The NUMBER TO CALL IS (1-877-340-4694) I hope this helps someone else caught in this TRAP…tommy from the bronx As god is my witness, I will make these jerks my new passion to put a stop to them and continue to raise awareness! Thank you for this!
October 28th, 2009 at 8:16 am
I was also fooled by this scam. I thought $1.97 no big deal. They tried to sell me the subscription or other services and I opted out. So I thought. Then I called Wachovia to dispute they charge and they are aiding the fraudulent activity and are telling me I need a cancellation # from the scam artists. Who’s side are these banks on??? Certainly not MINE. I WAS THE VICTIM OF FRAUD. That is like telling a victim of a purse snatching if they can call the perpetrator and ask them for something stupid like your driver id # off your drivers license. Anyway, I filed a complaint with the FBI-Internet crime prevention. Not sure if they can do anything but at least I tried.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
You try to do something to improve your financial situation and you end up dealing with foul individuals as this. I called my credit card company and they refunded me the $1.97 and gave me the number (1-877-340-4694) to call and cancel this scheme. I’m coming up on my 7 day trial membership so if I can’t cancel, I’ll cancel the card or have my account info changed. These clowns will get what’s coming to them for this heist.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Can anyone help? I’ve been calling numerous numbers for these a-holes and just getting the run around, your not in the system call back! First of all one girl asked me my name and then its like they make sure you hear typing, like there looking for you and then i came back with all you asked me was my name, there’s probably thousands with my name. then she says she found me, i said ok whats my address? lol she says she can’t disclose that info, this is a joke and not a funny one taking peoples money. Just beware just because they give you a confirmation # doesn’t mean they won’t take your money, i feel that. So please if anyone has any other advice please feel free, otherwise i will have to cancel my card out….Thanks
October 27th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
i feel stupid cause i was caught up in this to i had signed up with them 1.97 s&h was all it said to pay i accidentally closed my internet page and when i looked up the web site this page popped up and i couldn’t believe what i had just did unfortunately i couldn’t get through to cancel right away but an hour later i got some guy an said it was canceled i argued with him about making sure it was…after i hung up waited a few and called back and i got some lady named (alex) this time and she read back my info and everything nothing was said about the account being canceled so i straight out said i just called and canceled she hesitated and said it has been..hmm i told her i wanted it canceled right away and asked how much has much has been taken out of my account only 1.97 she said and gave me a cancellation # and i will be calling back a 3rd time just to see what happens…i give up trying to make extra money online u loose more than anything
October 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT BUTTER!!
I have a business account as I have been struggling as a self employed person since the beginning of this year, after loosing my main stream job last year. Unfortunately this has been a bad time for me health wise. I had a stroke recently and could not even continue to grow my business so I attempted to do something from home. Not to mention the $83,000+ I have accumulated in medical bills due to no health care! But that’s another story.
My point being I get these e-mail alerts from my Bank updating the status of my account and I started seeing the bottom line drop significantly when it shouldn’t so I logged on to the bank website to see what the charges were and low and behold, THERE IT WAS!
Internetprofithouse.com had charged me the $1.97 I agreed to, The $29.95 I felt I was forced into and the $68.53 I knew nothing about! By this time I was well over the seven days, hell it was a week almost before I even looked at the stupid CD after I got it. I consider myself a fairly intelligent person that is usually pretty careful.
I was one that also noticed the (Google and CNN, NBC, etc) trademarks and thought WOW! This must be legit. Boy was I wrong. Upon contacting theses A**holes! and complaining about the trickery, I was told by a so called Rep. named Rob that he didn’t want to upset me and would send me the refund for the $68.93 within 10 to 15 business days. He also said he would stop any further deductions and gave me a confirmation#. Which I believe is all a bunch of CRAP!
I have read every testimonial on this page and not one person as stated that they actually received any money back, just the hogwash that I was told about conf#’s and so on. It seems we all were told different things. You do the math. I read approx. 27 testimonials. If they got all of us at least once before canceling that’s $2,712.15 just on this page. These crooks are making a killing on hard working people who are just trying to support themselves in a rough economy.
As god is my witness, I will make these jerks my new passion to put a stop to them and continue to raise awareness! Thank you for this!
October 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am
I’m glad i found this article…i never got a chance to purchase my kit it said my card number was invalid so i tried a couple more times because i know my account has cash..after a while i was like f*** it..then decided to do some research on this so-called profit system..and what do i find..my self leaving responses pertaining to the fraudulent internet scams.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I too was burned by this rip off company. After reading this info I called the number I got from here (877 340-4694) I talked to a girl named Alex, who said that she would cancel, but I don’t trust anyone now so I changed the card number. One more nice little bit of news I got from the bank, they took an extra $40 out of my account that I didn’t know about!! The banker said that they would keep taking out small amounts, so as not to trigger a red flag with large withdraws and the bank can’t stop them. So even if you think you have canceled, change your card number too!
October 26th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I too was taken with the local person bit. I have called both #’s given and hope it has been canceled. I used my cc and hope there will not be anymore charges. Thanks so much for your information on this I should have known better. I feel so stupid. This company should be stopped.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I have ordered this tonight, and I’ve got my day cut out for tomorrow. Not only will I be calling the 877# (what a pain) I will be canceling my card AGAIN (did this two weeks ago with another scam, what will the bank think!!!). This will be the last of these internet scams taking up my time and money. It all seemed so credible, but thank my lucky stars for finding your warning. Many thanks.
October 25th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I too feel like an idiot. I never fall for this stuff but when I saw the “Google” trademark I was taken.
My bank card was charged immediately. I phoned both numbers 1-877-340-4694 and 1-866-406-9817. The same foreign speaking lady answered and said my name is not in the system and to call back. I phoned my bank and canceled my bank card. If the charges do not reverse out the bank will dispute them.
The foreign lady confirms that the company is the internet profit house located in LA but refuses to provide a mailing address. She said “we cannot read letters … only emails”.
Gosh, do I feel like a fool!
October 24th, 2009 at 10:33 am
I too was taken. I signed up for 1.97 and I was charged to $68.93. I live on a budget and I didn’t agree to this. When I try to call of course no one will answer my call. I emailed and demanded a refund, I doubt if I will ever get it if they are this shady.
To top it off two days ago someone called trying to sell me a sponsor program, I laughed at them and told them I can’t afford it and I did the 1.97 to get information and now I am being charged and called all the time. You can bet my card will be canceled.
October 24th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Thank you for this information. Something didn’t feel right so I researched the company of any possible scams. Wish I would of done that before giving them my card number. What sucks is I signed up for this crap on a Friday so I cant close my bank account until Monday. I hope they don’t work weekends. Well thanx again man.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
@ Martin… there is an “877-340-4694… number listed on their page, PLEASE use it A.S.A.P. to cancel. Someone also listed another number, which is”1-866-406-9817″ but this one didn’t give us any results.The 877 number will get you through to a person, and they WILL “process” your cancellation…however if you used a bankcard, YOU NEED TO CANCEL YOUR CARD NUMBER..AS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CHARGE YOU. Thank God I looked at this right away…these people are CROOKS!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I also fell for it too !! well i called my bank and they said to go to a branch and cancel my debit card and order a temporary one, i did just that. thanks to this article. thank you, and i should have known better?
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Thanks so much for your warning!! I just canceled a few mins ago…. about 20 mins after ordering. I’m sooo glad I decided to do research on this company. I SHOULD OF done it BEFORE I ordered….. but it seemed legit. Thanks again, there’s NO WAY I can afford $68.53 a month.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I had just ordered this on the 21st of Oct, i also have been wanting to make some money from home. But after reading this it makes you wonder who you can trust it. I am fixing to cancel hoping i too have no problems. The sad thing about all this is that people are falling on really hard times and just trying to find a decent why to make a little bit of cash to help pay bills and this happens. What is this world coming to. Thank you all for the information!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
how do i cancel this asap???
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
thank you guys for posting your experiences…I never fall for such foolishness, but when i read a link about a local individual experiencing success with this Google business…i just jumped on it b/c it seemed so accessible and believable. When I saw that counter time going down, I put my info in as fast as I could and ordered, but I did not stop at the $1.97. I chose to buy the profit house offer too. When I looked at my debit account a few minutes later, I was shocked at all the charges my account had incurred..Thank you so much for the numbers…I did get a refund confirmation# and was also told 3-5 days for cancel. As far as the 49.95 charge posted today, they really did not want to reverse it. So I had to be firm and insist not only recurring charges be canceled but also that the 49.95 they have already charged me be canceled. They insisted that the $1.97 cannot be reversed.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I received a call just a little while ago from a rep., supposedly from Google, confirming that I had signed up for this offer which I had, and would I be interested in maximizing my profits by having an interview with a director of the company who could advise me on marketing strategy and utilizing other investors link funds. I was taken aback by the speed of this call as I hadn’t taken any action on getting started yet. I too had 2nd thoughts after having paid over the $29.95 when I believed I only had to pay the $0.99.
I’d paid with my debit card and checked my account yesterday and the funds had been withdrawn. I resigned myself that I would go on and pursue the next advised steps which would have cost me more, buying the domain site and then insuring it’s listing. I hesitated and waited one day until I got that phone call just now. I told the lady I wasn’t clear on how to proceed and that I’d need to speak with a friend and she said she’d call me back in 20 mins.
Confused, I checked the site and saw your warnings, and realized I’d been had. Called the number given above, spoke to a Filipino sounding lady who said I couldn’t cancel the charge as I had agreed to the terms but gave me a cancellation # and said my name was removed and I wouldn’t be charged any further.
Well I suppose I was foolish enough to loose $30. I am new to all this, but where did that call come from? How did they have my details? The operator said that they are not authorized to phone anyone so she said it wasn’t them. Hmm sounds well dodgy to me.
Well thank you for alerting me before I got any further involved in this mess. Like it was mentioned before ‘Buyer beware’!
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
I JUST CANCELED TODAY (ITS ONLY BEEN 2 DAYS) I’M SO HAPPY I SAW THIS.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Just another scam that should have never been allowed to be there in the first place. I hold the persons, us government, and Google responsible.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:47 am
Oh Wow…. Here sits yet another victim of this horrible company! I wish I would have found you guys/this site BEFORE I said yes. I joined, paid .99 for startup right away, they tell you about the 7 days, etc. I’ve been ill and while laying in bed realized I was coming up on those 7 days. I attempted to call the 877#, it was after hours. I sent an email as the ‘contact us’ site so clearly states, canceling my account before the trial period ended – guess what, they had already processed the $68.53 to my bank before the 7 days! – I called raising ‘cane’-first it was a ‘Bambi’ I spoke with, then I had to call back and spoke with a ‘Stafe’-both gave me the run around, I finally got a Refund code – but asked that it be processed NOW-which you have that ability as a bank customer to give them a 1-800# to call to cancel the ‘pending’ posted item to your bank account. They REFUSED. I then spoke with a Supervisor.. ha!Said it took 3-5 bus. days to process, I said NO, the bank said you can do it now, while on the phone with me-via a 3 way call. Still REFUSED, argued that I didn’t cancel until the 8th day because I didn’t call to Customer Service in regular office hours. I reminded him of the site where it says you can call OR email support to cancel…
Bottom line – DON’T FALL INTO THIS SAME TRAP!! A VERY VERY SHADY COMPANY conducting SHADY BUSINESS PRACTICES. FCC or BBB or someone needs to put them out of business!! What a joke!
An old saying holds true once more… BUYER BEWARE!!!
October 21st, 2009 at 7:41 am
To S Banks: I would love to know how your situation pans out. I (and everyone in here) would like to know if they ACTUALLY stopped the payment after they went to all lengths to give you a refund code. Your CC company wants you to gather this type of information (as well as name, ID#, address)in the event that they (internet profit) are bold enough to charge you, so that they may dispute it on your behalf…that was my reason for canceling the number altogether…I just don’t have that kind of time (nor patience) to deal with the after effects that may truly become a nightmare. You had the same reaction that I had AFTER giving them my CC info and exiting…what? no confirmation #, message to my email or anything?, was my question…raised a big red flag! The sad thing is that although they are breaking FTC regulations for that bogus site, YOU (Me and everyone else in here) authorized the payment to them…so the drafting is totally legal. I would have totally freaked out if I had used my debit card. But don’t feel bad about getting sucked into this because we all trusted that they were honest citizens looking out for other people during these hard times by offering such a great opportunity…you are not to blame for it, it’s all on them…they were the one’s who crossed the line…its bad because if you are already a skeptic about using the Internet to make purchases, its people like them who make it bad for decent people to make a living using this type resource.
Hope to hear from you soon Banks!
October 20th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I am so grateful that I happened on to this web page while logging into the site. These people should be stopped before they scam some more innocent people out of their hard earned money. I actually thought that this company was affiliated with Google. The information that they give you is so misleading and deceptive. Kudos to you for the warning and may God bless you!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Well, I too am grateful. I don’t know what I was thinking. I knew as soon as I clicked on to exit that I had make a big mistake. I called my credit card company the same day I signed on and they gave me the above phone number. I received a cancellation and a refund CODE # from a representative at The Internet profit house, who gave me her name and her supposed employee ID number. When I asked her what the physical address was she kept saying, we are in LA. I said what is the address and zip code. She informed me that it was confidential information. I said, “of course it is”, and hung up! I will call my cc company again and give them all the info. Hopefully, this will be handled. WOW! WHAT WAS I THINKING? I WASN’T THINKING!
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION!!
October 20th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Yeah, I too fell for this…it was definitely the security and reputable sources stamp of approval that got me…Congratulations internet profit house, you almost succeeded, but no cigar! I had a time trying to cancel this (started the next day after I ordered it) with customer service telling me that they couldn’t find me in the system, that I probably needed to wait 24 hours before calling them back, basically stringing me along until that 7 day period, hoping that I would forget. What they also were hoping was that, like most people, I didn’t read the terms and conditions, where they actually told you that it was a trial and you would be charged after a certain amount of days…the site itself never said that, plus they had the timer on you so that you wouldn’t even bother reading it for lack of time. After day 2 of the same nonsense I canceled my credit card number…good luck getting that money now…I can’t believe they are trying to rip people off with that bogus site. Another thing I found strange after contacting their customer service..although they claimed that they couldn’t find me in their system, I actually had someone (they would only give me their 1st name and nothing else) promise me that my CC would no longer be charged and I wondered how they could promise something to someone who they (supposedly) had no information on..HMM! And SOMEONE had to have some kind of information because my card was charged the $1.97…now you have all the ammo you need right here, so GET STARTED and don’t take NO for an answer…it’s just a smoke screen to get you locked in!
October 19th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
These guys are tough, but you can stop them, I did, but you have to do it in 7 days. I called them at 1-866-406-9817 This is theinternetprofithouse.com number. They could not find my information so that was a long distance. Then she gave me the number for “fastcash” they take the credit card. Well I did get my charges stopped, but who can trust these people. The NUMBER TO CALL IS (1-877-340-4694) I hope this helps someone else caught in this TRAP…
October 18th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Being taken by a scam is never a good thing, but now i know better. Thank you for providing a name and number to help sort out the matter. Someone, somewhere, somehow, really should shut these people down, at once !
October 16th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
You are right and I was a victim of this scam. I don’t understand why normal sites allow them to intrude and use symbols of trust and false testimonials. The internet should shut them out completely as spam or something. They took 68.53 from my account and luckily I called my bank immediately and changed by account numbers. I was interested in doing something more from home but wanted to check it out and 1.97 was not a big risk so I thought.
October 16th, 2009 at 10:02 am
This is such a rip off.All you get is a dvd and then you are charged money every month unless you cancel. What a load of crap.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I am very grateful to come across this information, and I have just called the IPH customer service (thanks for providing the phone number here) and canceled my membership with them, unfortunately I have been charged $1.97 plus $29.95 already. I should have known better. But thanks for your advise.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am
thank you for the recommendation to be aware of unscrupulous internet corporations. I am done trying to find my little goldmine on the internet for now.
Eliceo Meza
Los Angeles California USA