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Posted By: Charla <movielover2005@gmail.com> In Response To: Scam Warning (Charla)
Friday, 10 March 2006, at 10:55 a.m.
> Hi All:
> I am new to this site and want to post about a scam that cost my family
> $3,500.00. It was a "gifting program" called The Power of People
> Network. My husband answered an online ad stating "Make money at home
> for returning calls - no selling". We emailed and someone named
> Jonathan Parr from Corsicana, Texas emailed us for our number. He called within 30 mins.
> We were told we cold make between $500-1,500 per day returning phone calls
> and we wouldn't be selling anything - just answering questions. We should
> have known it was a scam because he didn't want to give many details until
> we were "qualified" (as in sent in the money) He was instructed
> to send $3,500.00 cash via FedEx.
> Once the money was received, a guy named Elbert West from Carthage, TN emailed my husband about 200 phone numbers. He was instructed to call and tell
> these "leads" about the program and try to solicit them to send
> $3,500.00 to JONATHAN. Well, we were shocked on several levels. Why would
> we ask anyone to send someone else money before we had even gotten our
> money back not to mention that this just seemed wrong. As you can imagine,
> this did not work out well as my husband just didn't have his heart in it
> because he suspected this was illegal.
> Well, it is illegal and it's categorized as and "gifting
> program" which falls under the heading of "organized
> crime"! There are several groups that have gifting programs online,
> but this particular one was called The Power of People Network and they
> are ULTRA organized. You have to send in cash via FedEx to avoid trouble
> with the Postal Inspector; you have to send in a "gifting statement
> claiming that you are giving this money of your free will and you have to
> send in a non solicitation agreement which states that no one solicited
> the money from you.
> Please beware and do not get taken in by this scam. I am in the process of
> notifying EVERY Attorney General in the country as well as the Financial
> Crimes Enforcement Network, Postal Inspector General, Better Business
> Bureau, IRS and the Federal Trade Commission. As you can imagine, they
> claim this money is tax free because it is a gift. I feel positive that
> the government would NOT agree.
UPDATE: I've been calling Jonathan Parr to get my money back and now he's called the police on me for harassment! I wish there were some way to bring this scam down. This is just so very upsetting.
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