Almost two years ago I wrote about “Work from Home Mum” scams. Right now I see this type of scam mostly advertised via paid website ads. A year ago it was mostly advertised via spam sent from hacked Yahoo email accounts, which of course is totally criminal.
The advertised websites still look very similar. A recent example is newsonlineweekly.com. When I opened it, the headline read “EXPOSED: Shizuoka-shi Mum Makes $7,397/Month From Home And You Won’t Believe How She Does It!” The internet provider I was accessing from was in Shizuoka, Japan. When I opened the same site from a webhoster based in Nuremberg, Germany, it came back as “EXPOSED: Nuremberg Mum Makes $7,397/Month From Home And You Won’t Believe How She Does It!” Their server looks up what city your IP address is associated with and puts that into the headline.
If you click on the link to sign up, it takes you to a site called “onlineincomesolution.com” where you’re asked for your name, email address and phone number. The small print mentions that you’re placing an order for “Acai Lipo” for £99.97 and another £99.97 for “Quick Detox” (the price was probably shown in UK Sterling because my browser is set for English (UK)).
They are still using deceptive advertising to trick housewives and mothers into sending them money hoping to be able to support their families. They are targeting people for their scam who are out of work and short of money. How sick is that?
7 responses so far ↓
1 Cpt. Iglo // Nov 24, 2012 at 00:34
Checked it: newsonlineweekly.com associates my IP address with Amersfoort, which is less than thirty miles of target.
2 “Work from home mum” scams (newsonlineweekly.com) // Nov 24, 2012 at 00:38
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3 ws // Jan 1, 2013 at 15:43
I just experienced the same here. Time to start a campaign to have legitimate websites deny the display space to all such scam advertisements.
4 The “$5 wrinkle trick” (TruVisage, PurEssance) trial trap // Jan 8, 2013 at 16:05
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5 salsa // Jan 28, 2013 at 12:35
thank’s for info
that really help me…
6 Inga Vatileni // Apr 4, 2013 at 05:55
I want to join this bussines how can I join please
help me to do it also .
7 Joe Wein // May 17, 2013 at 12:28
SCAM SCAM SCAM:
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