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University of Internet Marketing scam

Posted By: chillipadi
Monday, 7 August 2006, at 4:32 a.m.

In Response To: They all do (Mr Bluto ^_^)

> And they all do.

> ^_^

Before you find your prince, you may have to kiss a few frogs. Translated, this means that there are good products out there on the internet, but sometimes you may be conned into buying into junk or, worse, scams. Let me warn you against a new one.

Recently, I paid $97 subscription for the first month of the “University of Internet Marketing” (also known as Incredible System) program, marketed by JB Virtual Enterprises Inc. (JB is an acronym for Justin Blake). I was under the impression that it would be like Success University, which has a wide range of useful self-improvement courses. Boy, was I wrong!

First of all, support was atrocious. I couldn’t log into the program after paying, so I sent a support ticket to the system for help. Almost 4 days passed before I got a response. Finally, I got into the system. What I found was a huge disappointment.

Instead of finding useful resources like courses, e-books, seminars, workshops etc. on internet marketing, all I found was a system for recruiting sign-ups into the so-called program. This was the so-called UOIM affiliate program, whereby recruiters (also known as affiliates) would earn a commission for every person recruited. There is no real product involved. The vendor provided information on how to find recruits, and even had supporting ‘materials’ like sample advertisements for recruitment. From what I could tell, it was nothing more than a pyramid scheme.

I confronted the vendor via the support ticket system. When the vendor finally responded, they denied that UOIM was a pyramid scheme. Yet, they couldn’t show me any courses! I demanded my money back. On the UOIM / Incredible System website, a 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee is promised.

Believe it or not, these guys refused to make the refund. Not only that, but they promptly locked me out of the program. I couldn’t log in anymore. Even more audacious, they sent me a message around a week later to taunt me.

Isn’t this a clear case of cheating in every sense of the word? Can anyone suggest what I can do next to get justice?

Watch out for JB Virtual Enterprises Inc. and their ‘products’. They’re downright dishonest!

Career cruising to Success

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Amy -- Thursday, 27 July 2006, at 8:48 a.m.
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