Rane

Hi Guys,
I hope this is an appropriate place to post this. My mom got scammed and I am posting it here to maybe get some advice and warn people, even though anyone on WF would never fall for this.
My poor mom is not very internet savvy and like a lot of people who were recently laid off she was trying to find a way to support herself. When I was writing up an incident report for her to file with the various agencies I found out that a lot of people fell for this. Here is what happened (written as though she wrote it):

I signed up for a $1 trial for some type of training with a site claiming to be affiliated with Google.

I was supposed to receive a training packet but no training ever came. While waiting for it strange charges began appearing on my debit card, unauthorized fraudulent charges.

The following are the charges: ebiztrainingsite com $73.83 searchforonlinemoney com $73.83 newebizfordummies com $1.87 cybersecurepayment com $39.95 fedgrantusa.com $7.95 gglprofit com $39.95

Again, these charges were UNAUTHORIZED.

When I called to ask for a refund I ended up at the call center in India and was told they don't do refunds, they do not have the "capability"

Further investigation revealed a parent company by the name of Google Revolution, Honshu System LLC, at 2850 Horizon Ridge Pkwy Suite 625 Handerson NV 89052 I called their listed # (702-430-4684) and was immediately forwarded to a voicemail. (it sounded like someone's cell phone)

I did receive an email from Auction Domination (whatever the heck that is- another fraudulent division of their web of lies) stating that my membership was canceled.

After canceling the credit card and trying to figure out what else to do I received a phone call- these people have some nerve. A man named Shawn claimed that he "works with google" insinuating that they are a legitimate partner of Google!!! And asked for more money!! His exact words were "we work with google to build success teams." This time they were operating under the name Google Money Masters/PMI. Thankfully I recognized the Google Money Masters name from the abundance of complaints littering the internet.

I asked him to issue a refund to which he informed me "he just works here" and cannot. He then gave me the number to an office that seems to always be closed. The number he gave me was 800-860-8068 The number he called from (and answered when I called back) is 801 341 3712 The "Google Company" # he gave was 8004974988

I really hope that something is done about this. Posing as a Google partner really swindled me and this type of dishonesty gives all internet marketing a bad name. And I know now that the initial means of contact with this company was spam.

My daughter Kate has handled most of this since we realized I was victimized. She has spoken to them and wrote the incident report. She lives with me and can be reached at xxxxx, or xxx at gmail

Here are a list of similar incidents (see the comments below initial post for a long long list): (i cant post links cause i dont have enough posts but there was a list of sites with other victims)

The list goes on but I am assuming you dont need to read the same thing hundreds of times.
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I filed complaints on her behalf with godaddy who is hosting the sites, ic3.gov, the BBB, and the bank

If anyone has further suggestions please let me know. This kind of predatory dishonesty used against people who are losing everything is the worst kind of lame.

What really got me was that they called our house and said they were a Google partner. I redialed the number and tore Shawn a new one for misrepresenting himself that way, to which he said "I just work here and you need to drop the attitude if you want me to give you the number (for refunds, which does not pick up the phone)

LAME

Zach Booker

"we work with google to build success teams."

Although unethical he is not directly implying that they are partnered, in the way that you mean, with Google.

I have 20+ Adwords campaigns. (Adwords is the PPC division of Google.)

Technically I work with Google than too since I give them hundreds a day in return for having some space on their site.

It's all about the wording...

And your Mother is 100% right that these types of RFT's give all internet marketers a bad name.

I'm really shocked to see the amount she was charged; most similar RFT's simply charge 90 bucks to give them a 100% return on their money.

Anyway the WF is a great place to be if she still is at all interested in making money online for real.

Zach