Press Release
February 14, 2007

We all, at one time or another, have gotten e-mails from the so-called Paypal website, from the so-called eBay site, Hotmail, Yahoo!, and more. What kind of e-mails am I talking about? The ones that tell you something is wrong with your account and that you need to submit some info about yourself to prevent it from being closed down. We all know, though, that the real sites would never send such a request via e-mail. Well, there is a new one out, this time claiming to come from e-Gold. Below is the message I got over the weekend, which I am asking all to look out for:

To: [my e-mail address]
Subject: Your E-gold account will be suspended
From: “Costumer Service E-Gold” [support@e-gold.com]
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:01:05 -0500

[e-gold logo]

Dear E-gold customer

We regret to inform you that your E-gold account could be suspended if you don’t re-update your account information. To resolve this problems please click here and re-enter your account information. If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period of 24 hours, after this period your account will be terminated.

For the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using E-gold in any way. This includes the registering of a new account. Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to E-gold.

Regards,Safeharbor Department E-gold, Inc
The E-gold team.
This is an automatic message. Please do not reply.

What is interesting, as usual is that the part that says ‘click here’ never points to the real website. In this particular e-mail, it pointed to a website at http://www.scholarswithoutborders.in/images/egold/index.html (you donnot have to click on the link to see that it goes there. Just hover you mouse pointer over ‘click here’ and you will see it). Beware of this e-mail. It is NOT from E-gold.

PRESS RELEASE:
January 1, 2007

As part of my ongoing drive to find persons and so-called opportunities that are out there to trick you, I recently joined two paid-to-read websites based on the notion that I would receive $10 into an e-gold account. The email I got read as follows (grammar and spelling is exactly how I received it):

(HELLO, THIS IS NOT SPAM. YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS MESSAGEBECAUSE YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF SMART-LIST. IF YOU WISH TO BEREMOVED FROM THIS LIST, PLEASE TYPE REMOVE IN
THE SUBJECTBOX OF YOUR REPLY.)

Hi,

Thanks For Taking Time. I Know You R Looking For Making Money.

I m giving $10 egold for being my free referral in 2 ptr’s.
i.e. Just Sign-up Thru The Links given below.

http://tinyurl.com/y8m8ch

http://tinyurl.com/y4fqly

After signing up send an email at itsmokin#hotmail.com with
your username you used to sign-up and e-gold account no.
I will send $10 to your egold account in 24 hrs. and e-mail you payment batch number.

If you don’t have an e-gold you can get it here.
Its free to join
http://www.e-gold.com/

Best Wishes,

Rocky

It was from email address riyaj.sac@gmail.com and it has been well over five days since I responded and till this day I have not received any money. Both accounts have the name ‘riyaj’ as the upline. So, look out for this email or even others similar to it. You will not get any money if you sign up. By the way, I cancelled both accounts.

Press Release:
December 13, 2006

In line with our continued vigilance against websites that claim to be what they do not, we have found yet another site that does not live up to its promises. It is known as All Solutions Network (ASN) located at www.allsolutionsnetwork.com. I have been a member of this website for well over a year trying to see if all the promised bonuses I would get would bear fruit. To this day I have not received even one cent! This is despite my recruiting affiliates under me who, as the ASN program promised, would allow me to get monthly commissions from their sales. As I said, I have seen no money thus far.

To show you how really messed up and fraudulent the whole thing is, I could not not even access the page that supposedly had my Commission Report. Each time I clicked on the link, and I mean it has been this way from day one, I get an error saying that the page does not exist. I wrote to my upline asking him about this problem. He said he too has the same problem. We both tried to contact someone known as Bruce Castro (must be a fake name or something or he does not exist) who is the reputed head of ASN for answers on numerous occasions and we have received no reply, not even an acknowledgement of our communication to him.

Another odd thing about All Soulutions Network is that at the end of every month, all members get an email stating that “ASN Bonuses” have either been paid out or will be paid out by the Tuesday or Thursday of the week in which the email was written. Hear this: I have emailed my downline and upline asking if they have received any of these “ASN Bonus” cheques. Bet you know what they said. They have never received any such cheque! In fact, some of them have been members for many years more I have and they have not even received one cent (just like myself)! This leaves us to wonder if any ‘bonuses’ were really being paid, and if so who was getting them?! My guess is, if there really is a ‘bonus’ to be had, that lying and shady character Bruce Castro is the only one getting them.

It is a shame when people who are looking for online opportunities to make money are treated with such callous disregard and receive no direct communication from those in charge. The All Solutions Network must be avoided at all costs! Mind you, it does not cost you anything to join it, but all your hopes will be surely dashed to the ground if you expect any ‘bonus cheque’ from ASN. The majority of those I communicated with have stopped promoting ASN, including myself, as we are getting nowhere fast.

Beware of the ‘ginalistic’ lure of All Solutions Network. Do not sign up. You will be disappointed. Do not be fooled by this line on the website (by the way, it is located almost at the bottom of the page): Just how easy is it to make money? Just by completing and submitting the simple sign up form, you’re almost ready to start earning A Six Figure Income! Yeah, right! And in a little over a year I haven’t even made a dollar! Give me a break. I guess the fact that the site was last updated almost two years ago speaks volumes. Avoid All Solutions Network for your own peace of mind!

Press Release:
November 30, 2006

The following is an email I received on the 29th of November. I saw right away that it was a scam. The sender did not even know my name and my email address was not in the “TO” line. Notice the poor grammar and spelling as you go along (please note that I cut and pasted the email as-is, i.e. exactly as I received it):

DATE: 11/29/06 7:42 PM [ SIZE: 3.672KB ]
FROM: African Development Bank
TO:
SUBJECT: Re Your Fund Release

African Development Bank,
(WWW.AFDB.ORG)
Ecowas Building Matama
Federal Territory
Abuja Nigeria
Official Email:mrdonaldkaberuka@presidency.com

Subject: You’re Fund Release

I am Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development bank, I am writing this message to inform you that my office has Taking over all the money Transaction originated from any part Of Africa and Europe counties as Contract payment, Fund Inheritance or Lottery Winning due to excessive demand of up Front payment by corrupt officials of Apex banks and some Security companies as reported by the International Community,

Subsequently, the World Bank Group has Mandated the African Development bank via my office to release funds to approved Fund beneficiaries through a certified International Cashier’s Bank Draft, Hence Your Name/Email address appears as one of the approved fund beneficiaries whom their fund was Successfully cleared recently from Terrorist and Money laundry, therefore your money will be Released to you through An International Cashier’s Bank Draft on Your contact to our Account Officer, Rev Kampson Lars through his Telephone Number: 234 8055760492 ext 212 Email revkampsonlarsaccan@accountant.com

On this process you are advised to forward your direct telephone numbers, complete name and mailing address to Rev Kampson Lars for immediate release of your money to you, Note that Ten Million Dollars Only (US10,000,000.00) was allocated to you, Be also informed that the Fund Approvals and authorization document Including Antiterrorist Clearance Certificate was issued in your name and has been handed over to Rev Kampson Lars to Authorized him Issue the International cashier’s bank
Draft in your name and send to you through a faster courier company Preferably DHL,

Finally, You are advised to dissociate from any way you may have been working to receive this money no matter your commitment to avoid Mis information and excessive demand of upfront payment, The account officer Rev Kampson Lars is standby to receive your communication and release your fund to you through International Cashier’ Bank Draft without further Delay, Make your contact directly to Rev Kampson Lars through
Telephone Number: 234 8055760492 ext 212 mail:revkampsonlarsaccan@accountant.com
Thanks for Your Cooperation.
Mr. Donald Kaberuka (President)
www.afdb.org

Anytime you see an email like this, please disregard and delete it. In most cases, you will be asked to send money for them to release your “funds” to you. It is a scam and you will only lose your money. You will never see the ‘Ten Million Dollars’ they claim to have for you.

PRESS RELEASE:
November 19, 2006

Ever so often we come across scams on the internet that have robbed persons of millions of dollars. The scam I am about to talk about does not have an upfront cost. In fact, you don’t have to pay anything at all. All you need to do is find link directories for a specific product or service, send them the info. and then you get paid. Well, the part about getting paid never happens. So, you end up wasting valuable time doing ‘charity’ work.

Here is how it all started. I saw an ad online that stated persons could get paid for finding link directories, i.e. the exact page where you would place the links (reciprocal or not) to your site for a particular category. So, I wrote to the email address listed and go this response:

From: ELinkadia@aol.com
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 12:24:54 EDT
Subject: JOB POSITION: Included is your Category.
To: [My Email Address]

Thank you,
US MARKETING CORP
Operations Manager
Jake Jaffeth
Elinkadia@aol.com

So, as a test, I did just as the guy requested and even submitted more than the required 50 links. Guess what? I never got a reply from this Jake guy and up till this day, I have not received any money. And as you clearly see this is from September 1, 2006, more than two months after submitting the information.

Look out for fraudulent emails or ads claiming that you will get paid for finding link directories. People like Jake Jaffeth (provided this is even his/her real name) are only out there to use people to, in my opinion, do their work for them while they collect the money. This scam is obviously a case of the person who sends out the ads getting paid by someone who they agreed to do work for, but who in turn use others to do all the work while they sit back and collect the cheque.

Beware of ads that say you will get paid for finding link directories, especially the one mentioned in this Press Release.

PRESS RELEASE

February 18, 2006

RE: http://www.processemails.com/

The abovementioned URL, which leads to a site titled “Earn $1000’s Weekly Processing Emails From Home! $25 Per Email! Make money online working from home with money making programs!”, DOES NOT REFUND YOUR MONEY if you are not satisfied with the program.

When you pay your fee (of about $79.95) you are able to log into the members area. At the very bottom of the members page, there is a link that says “How to get money returned. Click here!” This link opens up your email client with the mailto address ‘refundsrealcashprograms@getresponse.com’. I found out that it sends your email to an autoresponder which sends back a message immediately saying “Not happy with program. You can get a refund. Please give the program a fair try. Signed: Jack Miller.” Then a day or so later someone named “Jack Miller”, or whoever he is, writes back saying the same thing. I have written nearly ten (10) times requesting my money, to no avail.

There is a bold guarantee on the ‘http://www.processemails.com/’ page that says “60 Day Strong Money Back Guarantee! We are so confident you’ll be satisfied with this program, we’re offering you a 100% Money Back Guarantee. We are determined to keep you satisfied or your money back! There is absolutely no risk! You have nothing to lose but everything to gain! We will refund every penny if you are not satisfied. Register Today and start making money immediately!“

I joined more than 60 days now, and even before the 60 day period ended, I have been requesting a refund and cannot get it. It has now reached the point where I believe that my email address has been blocked by the fraudulent operators of the program since I no longer get a reply from them when I write. Either that or they choose to ignore my requests.

People BEWARE of this site – ‘http://www.processemails.com/’. I don’t know if anyone has made any money using their procedures, but I have not and all I want is my money back.
As I stated earlier, I have been asking and asking and still have not recieved it, more than 10 times! At one time the “Jack Miller” person tried to bribe me by sending me the passwords
for all 12 of the programs that they offer, free travel, and a bunch of other things I do not need. All I want is my money back.

You have all been warned. These people are a rip-off and YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR MONEY BACK.