So I’ve seen this ad pop up quite a bit recently.
It caught my attention because it included a logo for The Australian, a newspaper that I like to read.
The brain matter whirred into action and a fleeting thought crossed my mind.
“Hmm, not sure The Australian would be supporting something like this,” I muttered to my computer screen (since the dog was beyond listening to anything I had to say).
And I wondered. Was the Home Income Cash System legit or a scam?
Well, according to Reviewopedia, it falls squarely into the latter category.
My curiosity aroused, I called Scamwatch, where I had a very interesting chat to an exceedingly nice woman who told me the following:
- If it sounds too good to be true (for example, “you’re going to earn stacks of money, with no qualification and only have to work part-time”, yeah right) then the chances are excellent that IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
- Work from home schemes are particularly popular with scammers at the moment. They might even tell you to keep quiet, IT’S OUR LITTLE SECRET, DON’T TELL ANYBODY about it.
- Sometimes there IS a job on offer. It’s called “Laundering Money” although it’s not quite sold under that title and “Laundering Money” is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE, IF YOU’RE CAUGHT YOU’RE GONNA GO TO JAIL.
In fact, there is a stack of information on dodgy work-from-home schemes on the ScamWatch site.
So THE MORAL OF THE STORY is this:
- Google knows everything. If you’re stupid enough to believe the hype and ignore your opportunity to research for reviews online, then I guess you get what you deserve. If you do head off to Google, you’d find the review (pictured above) from Reviewopedia.
- If the domain used is dot.com (rather than com.au or net.au) it’s international, not Australian, so it’s not quite as easy as setting the local copper off to deal with the bandits who have plundered your life savings.
- Any crappy looking site like this that displays the logos of impressive mastheads such as The Australian or Financial Times has got to be suspicious. Common sense should prevail, people.
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Lemme introduce you to some scammers who were kind enough to introduce themselves to me…
Mrs. Helen Parker or Mr. Phillip Kabba.
Scam.
Thankyou so much! this made me realise that it is a scam the reviews looked so real! i was curious so i went ahead but then it popped up with asking for my card details thats when i thought i would have a look around! this has definitely put me off, thankyou!
You’re welcome Treana although it wasn’t me saying it was a scam, it was reviewopedia although, having talked to Scamwatch, I’m inclined to agree.
Fiona,
Have seen this time and again, like you. Most recently I read the EXACT same story – same copy only with the mum in Q being in my town. 3 kids, laid off, just thought I’d fill in the form etc etc. Targeting hey!
The posts underneath are all spurious – all look legit but the tone is strained, off somehow, and they’ve even been ‘clever’ enough to include a couple of negative posts too.
Anyway, your post on Skyrock was great so thanks for that.
Having a sis in Sydney, whose daughter is studying in Melbourne right now, I can only imagine what a fun plce it is to live.
Here in NJ we have 2.5 foot of snow and winds still up in the 40 MPH range.
Time to dig out!
Bets for now and thx again (forgot to say I spent 12 years in Paris, have French wife and family and all…)
Keir
Hey Keir
My daughter would love snow like that! Actually in Melbourne it’s supposed to be summer but yesterday it felt more like the North Pole (a leftover from Santa’s visit down-under I guess) and today looks to be warm and beautiful. If you have a link to any scam ads you see over your way I’d be really keen to see them (maybe post a link to them on my blog?) The guy from Skyrock was really awesome, I got to interview the CEO who has English as a very second language. I’m due to do a follow-up with them, I should remind him. Have a great festive season and thanks for stopping by my blog.
Thank you so much. I was about to fall into this scam. Good old Google you can rely on any info here
Hey, thanks for stopping by.
Check out the new post on Automated Home Profits. Same dog, different spots.
http://fionamackenzie.com.au/morning-coffee/automated-home-profits-legit-scam.html
Thankyou so much for writing this. I was about to sign up and saw this. Fiona. You’re a life saver. The thing is they’re using other websites as well to lure more buyers in as well
Glad to have helped out… have a great day.
This site was very helpful I just had that ad come up and was about to sign up when it asked for card details I thought I should research a bit, found a site saying it was perfectly legit but this one has more cases against it. Seemed like it was too good to be true
many thanks Jay
Thanks for stopping by Jay. Yeah, if it sounds too good to be true… I found out afterwards that the program is wholesaled to affiliates via Clickbank.
Grand story. By the way your post was tipped by Christian Dillstrom, you must be doing an exceptional job as mobile + social media marketing expert is pointing towards you.
Thanks.
There used to be a great website in the US that was named something similar to ScamWatch. It saved me once from investing heavily in a dodgy recruitment scheme, where they supposedly increased your chances of employment and showed you how to get to the unadvertised job market. They had only just launched in Australia but had been in the US for ages. There were heaps of posts all negative from the States, so, asked the person I was dealing with in Australia some tough questions which they had no answers for. Haven’t been able to find scamwatch since though, figuring that they probably suffered some for of litigation.
Scamwatch is a government website. Good luck anyone suing it.
www.scamwatch.gov.au/
When I saw the ad they used a black woman and said she is from San Fernando with the exact story as above and two newspapers from my country – Newsday and Guardian. I wasn’t interested in the job but I was curious to find out if it was a scam because it sounded too good. I decided to click on the newspaper links to see if there was an article about it but it just led me to the same website. That made me wonder and led me to this site.
Good on you for checking things out before you hand over your cash.
I live in England and this add has the same pics but the woman has a different name and she lives here! funny how the same woman can live in two places at once with two names!!. I always google anything like this and when I read this deleted the pop-up. Thanks Fiona
hey Fiona ,
You are a life saver. This dog is everywhere. I’m from Pakistan and my eye caught this add blinking that some Lady in Pakistan is earning $7000/month, few weeks back i saw the same thing with some other name. thanks once again.:)
Funny when I saw someone purchased this domain below and also have the same layout with a different picture instead.
I also do not believe that these major newspapers in our country (the Philippines) will support these types of ‘companies’, even advertise about them.
http://www.philippinesnewsweekly.com/finance/
Let’s spread the word around to warn other people who might be victimized by these scams before it’s too late.
Here is the first paragraph of the mail I was sent clearly not based in Oz but USA… Hang on its Kelly Richards again…now in N.Y USA with the same three kids???
I don’t think so.
SCAM!
Kelly Richards from Brooklyn, NY never thought that she would, until curiosity got the best of her and she filled out a simple online form. Before she knew it, she discovered her secret to beating the recession, and being able to provide for her family while at home with her three children.
I only spotted this as there was the screenshot Withthe same mail geared towards the Australian market above but thought I’d try and warn u guys off this tripe!
BTW when the F does life work like this anyway? U can not sit on ur arse and earn 7000k a month stemming from and email u were sent…
Come on people. If life was really like this we’d all be rich and everyone would be doing it.
Don’t provide your email address go out and find a real job like the rest of us have to try and do. Not that finding a job at the moment is an easy task mind you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I know better but the link was sent to me by a friend so it peeked my curiousity and THANKFULLY AS ALWAYS I GOOGLED it! nuff said!!!!
I live in Florida and the ad I saw had the same pics, but the woman was from Brooklyn, NY…..with AS SEEN ON: msnbc,abc,usatoday,bbc,cnn. Definately a scam!!
Wow! This scam is still going around. Just received it and it’s the same pictures and article, except now she’s from New York. Also the “as seen on:” newspapers are local or national, well known papers.
I’m glad there are people who don’t fall for these pie-in-the-sky offers and share their knowledge with others. There are two basic rules on the Internet: 1) There ain’t NUTHIN” free, not no way, not no how, and (2 If it sounds too good to be true, it probably [definitely] is. Besides, if all these testimonials were true, the EVERYONE would be making thousands of dollars a week.
hi barbra i dont have the spare cash to goin but i would love to give the game a go so i can make the money you surgested as i can do with every cent possible can you help thank you my number is 0746546578/0487001691 can you contact me as soon as possible please as i need every cent i can earn thank you
this is obviously a scam this is their comment
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Jeanette Does anyone know if you have to have any programs or a certain computer to make this work?
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tanya Hey Jeanette, the answer is No. Any computer you have will work, I currently use this system on an old laptop and it works great. You just need the kit that the author named in the article.
look at the date
Thanks a lot. Actually it guides someone who is serious enough to take it up but needs clarity regarding its reality. Good job. Thanks a ton. God bless you
thanks. is there any refund.??
If you paid by credit card, you have six months within which to dispute the transaction. Other than that, you’re toast.
hi fiona-i just came across the very same ad as the one above-but the ad i saw has the very same women with the kid in it.but this time the women is from south africa.i was about to sign up at 2pm south african time-but i came across your ad about home income cash system-this is definitely a scam-thanks a million-mohammed.from south africa.
hi there, came across the same thing on a NZ website. It was supposedly an article from a TV3 news reporter saying she interviewed said woman over the phone, I went and had a look, started filling out the form but when I clicked through thats when the costs were listed, $1.95 initially to verify who you were, then $29.95 per month, 5 day trial etc. I exited out and thought I would discuss with hubby first.
the next day I get a phone call at home from someone (an american) who had picked up my contact details. he then proceeded to question and hound me into trying to purchase the system. my god he didn’t listen to a word I said and I was getting pretty angry by the end of the call – 8 minutes long! so that put me off anyway. glad I googled it
Hi
am so grateful to all those who posted on this site.I almost fell for the scam!!
There is another sie called “workathomecareers” can some please check if its legit or another awful scam. If you know any legit site please pass the info.
Thanks a Zillion!!!
Thanks for helpful info.I’m sure that everyone would hope there’s a small piece of truth.But why should I give my card details for an unknown job?..
I still can’t believe this is going on after all this time! I was just sent an email with that exact article today, only this time, it said that the same woman (Kelly Richards) was from Brooklyn New York instead of Melbourne, and she made “about $6,000-$8,000 a month online” instead of the more exact amount of $7,397 a month.
They just need to stop.lol
Seems it still continuing posting including same old pictures
i want to earn money at present no work please advice at home how i can earn money through home cash system
what is the procedure
Hello Mohamed, I don’t think you’ll get advice here about how to make money from the Home Income Cash System because most of us don’t believe you can make money from it.
I received this Home Income Cash System site in my mail box and was extremly convinced untill i read your blog. I want to earn urgently for my daughter’s future. can anyone help me in this regard where there is no spam. I am a needy mom who wants to give her daughter all the pleasure of life through proper education. I desperately need an earning to support myself and pay her school fees. So please help me in finding a proper home income job. Thanx for your concern.
chek this as well
http://dvcedu.blogspot.com.au/2008/08/reviewopedia-and-scam-trend.html
Phew. Almost get myself into one of these shits. Yeah, sounds too good to be true. Thank you for this post!
Fiona Rankin,
Claiming my 30 day money back guarantee is hard when I am never even contacted the first time with the two hours, as promised, after paying $97.97 4/11/2012. Now I found out after being redirected to support@powerlearningsecure.com all the reports of scams. Also, if would have declined I would have had a change for $79.95 and then $$49.95. I am filing reports for fraud to get my charges off my credit card and keep others from buying in to your story,
just thought you might also like info about reviewopedia as a “legit” source of information. Don’t be fooled.
http://dvcedu.blogspot.com.au/2008/08/reviewopedia-and-scam-trend.html
In the customized South African version, “Aussie” Kelly Richards is known as Annie de Lange. This is a scam.
Fraud!!!!!!! Faggots!!!!!!!!!!! I got an email from my “brother” with the link to this site. Talked to my brother and he never sent it, imagine that! Go to scamwatch.
hello.I want to earn money through work at home mum make $7935/month part time.anyone one guide me what procedure follow to eligible earn work at home mum make $7935 per month.my email address is chaudhary.kamran@hotmail .com.thanks
Hey guys, if you really want something that will earn you thousands of dollars a week, i would suggest you invent a product, patent it and have a company produce it as long as they pay you. you can agree on 60% to 40% pay since they will be using their resources to produce the product.I have read of countless people who have done exactly that and are very comfortable. Ofcourse, you will have to invest time in reading and researching what you would like to make. But if other people succeded, what makes you think you can’t? P.s, am working on one myself!:)
There isn’t any way to make $8,000 per month from home unless you’re running an illegal betting shop or a house of questionable morals. Don’t waste your time or money.