"Please don't send me anymore emails.  Why?  I just learned that Paul is involved in a scam  business that is cheating those of us who have trusted and believed in him. Too bad.  I'm disappointed."

Obviously this isn't true and obviously it's alarming.

It appears that one of the email addresses used in the scam was Mystery.shopper@sify.com although there may be others. Emails from http://mail.sify.com/ - which is an Indian email provider seem to be commonly used in these scams as you can see here:

Scams Using Sify.com Email Addresses

In fact one commenter in this discussion stated:

"A complaint to abuse at sifycorp.com bounced today with something "Over
quota"… After abuse at sify.com seems not to accept complaints via
Gmail since months. They did before, and ever so often I even received
feedback that they terminated accounts of Nigerian spammers."

It appears I'm in good company though, because the SAME sort of thing happened at the great site WhyDoWork as discussed here:

Beware of Data Entry Scammers Pretending to Work Here

Matt from WhyDoWork cautioned, "As we are probably the largest legitimate work at home job search engine on the web, it can be easy to believe the posting. I’m glad five people came forward to let us know of the scam. I’m hoping no one got taken in by it."

If you are aware of any scammers or scam that is using my name or the WorkAtHomeTruth site name please let me know about it here.

Thank you.

I can see the political debates now arguing for the legalization of Google Kit scams, Acai Berry scams, Teeth Whitening scams, and all other forms of hidden negative option scams.

People protesting to reclaim their false hope

Regulators will go too far and people will cry out loud together in mass: "Give us back our right to be scammed!…Give us back our false hope!"

The poet-protestors will quote Michelangelo:

"False hope is harboured only by that love when
beauty is worn away;
Sweet hope is found in a chaste heart; it does not fail
because of changes in the husk."

And the singer-songwriter bards and rock bands will…

Oops. Sorry about all that. I think I might have started getting carried away. Anyhow, back to that ol' BBB warning thingy…

Here's what the latest BBB alert had to say. It includes many of the sites that had write-ups at WorkAtHomeTruth and other sitess over the past year or so, including:

• Google Money Tree - November 18, 2008 Warning about Google Money Tree and Google Treasure Chest is here
• Various Google Kits put out by Pacific Webworks – many of the Pacific Webworks Google Kits were discussed here
• Impact Wealth Solutions – EasyFortune500Profits was discussed here.
•  Google Success Kits – the particular one that the BBB references is called EarchCashFastFastWithGoogle – discussed here.

Of course it's always the same scenario of people getting hit with hidden charges:

"While the schemes go by many different names and are found on many different Web sites, the complaints to BBB tell a similar story. Complainants state that they signed up online to receive a free trial of a CD or access to information that would show them how to make money from home using Google. Consumers had to provide a credit or debit card number to cover shipping — which is typically only a few dollars.

Complainants to BBB state that they were billed before their trial ended — or never even received the CD — and continued to be billed after they had cancelled their order. Complainants also found mystery charges from several other businesses for services they didn’t realize they were signing up for with their “free” trial. One Georgia complainant’s bank account was debited $433 by various entities including Grant Finder, Web Training, Powersale, Safelock, Google Chest, Search Chest, A1Member and Auction Support."

You can read the full BBB alert and warning here - or you can just wait until another one just like it comes out from about another ten thousand news agencies, consumer advocacy groups and law enforcement agencies just about every single week.

Here's a short list to get you started:

• Recent MSNBC article – Twitter phishing ploy goes for "Direct Messages"
• 11/9/2009 article at ChicagoNow.com – Lawsuit: Work from Home Ads are a Scam! (Class Action lawsuit against Pacific WebWorks)
• 11/8/2009 article at the Chicago Tribune – Scams Prosper even if economy doesn't
• 10/6/2009 Pioneer Press Article – Work-at-home offers? Beware of the scams
• 11/6/2009 Central Valley Business Times article warns about Master Internet Profits – a.k.a. "Portal to Success"
• 11/4/2009 BBB alert - Arizona Work-From-Home Company Claims to Show How to Make Easy Money With Google
• 11/2/2009 News story at CNET - Spammy Scams surfacing on Twitter and Facebook

Do a few seconds of searching and you can find hundreds, if not thousands more published within the last week.

Related information:

• Make Money Posting Links on Google Scam

Some of the things I've been thinking about and trying to connect:

• Not Kevin's informaton at StrangelyPerfect.tv  showing many negative option scams set up companies in the UK (details here)
• The recent Trend Micro paper detailing a cybercrime hub operating out of Estonia which extends into Europe and the United States (pdf available here)
• The potential significance of hidden negative option "bizop kit" victims alleging the presence of  trojan horses on the CDs they received in the mail
• The economic relationship between Estonia and The Isle of Man

AGAIN – these are very loosely connected thoughts…or maybe not even connected at all…in fact I don't even present any possible conclusions

Today I was asking Lynndel Edgington of Eagle Research Associates about a comment Not Kevin made over at StrangelyPerfect.tv:

"Setting up a UK Ltd company at Companies House is very easy and no they don’t ask for proof of id or anything. You only need to register for Vat if/when your turnover exceeds a certain amount, so that comes after registration (if at all).
There are however quite strict regulations about your obligations as a Director, filing accounts on time etc. See:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073870537

Not sure how these companies would get their stuff from Companies House if they are using false addresses, filing accounts for all those companies would be a nightmare too (if done properly) – which is another reason it’s odd that there are so many of them which just multiplies the work and could make it very confusing! Perhaps they are not planning to stick around long enough to bother with legalities like filing accounts!? (Allegedly) (You can be in business for around 18 months I think before your first years accounts are due)."

I suggest you read the full discussion here to get the full context.

As Lynndel pointed out, Not Kevin really answered his own question:

(Lynndel): "They don't plan on being around long enough to worry about reports/accounts are due.  This is get in quick, get the cash and get out before the authorities come calling.  The only ones who get caught are those who get greedy and try to milk it longer than they should.  They forget they can wait a couple of months, and then do it all over with a new name and a slightly different look and do it all over again."

Seemingly related to all of this is the fascinating research recently performed by Griffith University's Professor Jason Sharman

Which appears to indicate that the U.S. and the U.K. themselves may be the "dirtiest tax havens" which is fascinating as Sharman concludes:

""The United States, Great Britain and other OECD states have chosen not to comply with the international standards which they have been largely responsible for putting in place."

According to Switzerland's Le Temps Newspaper:

"With a small budget, and using classified ads that proliferate on the Internet or in the press, this professor of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University (Australia) made bids to set up shell companies in 22 countries — some labeled as tax havens; others are very respectable members of the OECD."

The following are excerpted from Jason Sharman's presentation of his key findings of his recent study:

Summary of the research

"The research involved electronically soliciting offers of anonymous corporate vehicles from 45 different corporate service providers in 22 different countries, and collating the various responses. Anonymous shell companies in isolation can sometimes be useful in disguising financial crime, but generally depend on associated bank accounts. And so the next step was trying to set up bank accounts linked to these shell companies. To the extent that the shell companies are anonymous (that is, where the beneficial owner remains unknown), the bank account will also be de facto anonymous. Seventeen of the 45 attempts to solicit anonymous corporate vehicles met with success. Of these, 13 of 17 successful approaches were to service providers in OECD countries (seven in the UK, four in the United States, one in Spain, and one in Canada). This compared with only four service providers of 28 willing to provide anonymous shell companies in countries often identified as ‘tax havens’
(Hong Kong, Singapore, Belize and Uruguay)."

Interesting details from Jason Sharman's research:

• "In 2009, the author was able to create a Nevada company and then open an account at one of America’s most prominent banks with
  only a scanned copy of a driver’s licence." 
• "the author purchased an anonymous England and Wales company for GBP515, incorporated within a day"
• The Economist highlighted the following amazing finding from Sharman's study:
  • "One example was Britain, where in 45 minutes on the internet he formed a company without providing identification, was issued with bearer shares (which have been almost universally outlawed because they confer completely anonymous ownership) as well as nominee directors and a secretary. All was achieved at a cost of £515.95 ($753)."

Constantly changing names as a keystone to a "business model"

This isn't really anything new, but I really enjoyed the wording the authors of the Trend Micro Cybercrime Hub report used to describe it:"The criminal outfit uses a lot of daughter companies that operate in Europe and in the United States. These daughter companies’ names quickly get the heat when they become involved in Internet abuse and other cybercrimes. They disappear after getting bad publicity or when upstream providers terminate their contracts. This does not cause much harm to the operation as a whole, however, as the same cybercriminal just continues its business under a new name. In fact, constantly changing names is part of the company’s business model"

The potential significance of hidden negative option "bizop kit" victims alleging the presence of viruses and/or trojan horses on the CD-Roms they received in the mail

There were several comments made on various sites that the bizop kit CDs contained trojan horses, which can be used to steal data or as the Trend Micro paper reveals –  hijack Google queries and even seamlessly replace advertisements on legitimate sites.

Of course a trojan horse would always be a concern, but imagine if the cybercriminal organization behind the planting of trojan horses operated out of a country where credit card fraud and internet-based financial fraud were ongoing concerns.

I have no idea if any of the allegations about the trojans were true or how pervasive the allegations were.

According to the U.S. Department of State's information on Estonia:

"Credit card fraud is an ongoing concern, as is Internet-based financial fraud and “Internet dating” fraud.  Travelers should take precautions to safeguard their credit cards and report any suspected unauthorized transaction to the credit card company immediately.  Racially motivated verbal harassment and, on occasion, physical assault of Americans and other nationals of non-Caucasian ethnicity has occurred.   If an incident occurs, it should be reported to the police and to the Embassy."

The economic relationship between Estonia and The Isle of Man

This is significantly outside my scope of expertise so I could be completely grasping at straws here or someone may look at it and wonder why I'm stating the obvious:

• Estonia is a country where credit card fraud and internet-based financial fraud are ongoing concerns
• Isle of Man (IOM) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency where offshore banking is a key sector of the economy and according to the IOM government is developing a global reputation for a diverse array of niche, quality sectors including:
  • High-tech manufacturing
  • E-Business
  • E-Gaming
  • Ship and super yacht management
  • Aircraft registration
  • Agricultural and fisheries produce
  • Film and television production
  • Space commerce
  • Entrepreneur/trading gateway
• In it's most recently "report card" on the Isle of Man's observance of AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism) the IMF expressed concerns about Customer Due Diligence (CDD) measures (see item 30 here), where one of the observations is:
  • "It was not evident to the assessors in all cases that the financial institutions were taking fully into account the increased risk of dealing on such a scale with nonresident non face-to-face business, and the assessors noted an uneven level of controls in practice in some institutions when relying on third parties to have properly conducted CDD measures."
• The recent agreement between the IOM government and the Estonian government:
  • "The agreement between the two governments is based on the model published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In addition to this agreement signalling that the Isle of Man and Estonia wish to develop their bilateral economic relations, the DTA will also act to prevent tax evasion, and delivers the OECD’s agreed international standard on tax transparency and exchange of information."

At this point I still have no idea if there are any real connections between all of this data

And as Lynndell points out in his report "E-Mail Fraud – A Crime of Persuasion", "it does not make any difference how educated you are, you can fall for one of these Fraudulent E-mails.  There have been Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants, Financial Planners, Stock Broker’s, and other professional people who have fallen for this.  It is not just those 'other people' who fall for them."

So ask yourself again – "Could I possibly fall for an e-Mail Scam?"

Again, Lynndel says:

"If you are like most of us, the answer to the above is "NO!"  But are you sure?  Now I know what you are thinking, only “those other people” fall for one of these obvious E-mail scams.  Yet over 500,000 people worldwide fall for one of these E-mails, and it is a $50 Billion Dollar a year business, and that is only what is reported.  Over 40% are never reported. 

Your in-box has become a fight for your wallet.  Today there are over 20 different types of Fraudulent E-mails being sent out on a daily basis to your in-box.  While there are over 20 different types, there are at least 4-6 versions of each type of E-mail."

If you want to make sure you win the fight for your wallet and learn how to avoid E-Mail scams, Lynndel is offering his full report "E-Mail Fraud – A Crime of Persuasion. Will I Fall for One?" to you for free.

To obtain this report do the following (Telephone Number is not required):

1. Go to www.eagleresearchassociates.org and click on the Contact Us link. 
2. Put "Request for E-Mail Fraud Report" in the message box.
3. Lynndel will send you your free report.

About Eagle Research Associates:

Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was founded by the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lynndel R. Edgington. Lynn seeing the lack of education regarding investments by the general public, and aware of the constraints of Law Enforcement Agencies to deal with the explosion of Internet investment scams, Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was born. In sharing his ideas and goals for the corporation with others, Lynn was able to assemble a strong management team, Board of Directors, and a multi-talented team comprising the research and investigative abilities of the corporation. 

Eagle Research Associates' Team Members Include:
(All Team Members are Independent Contractors, not employees) 
If you want to make sure you win the fight for your wallet and learn how to avoid E-Mail scams, Lynndel is offering his full report "E-Mail Fraud – A Crime of Persuasion. Will I Fall for One?" to you for free.

• Gary Morley, FBI – Retired, Licensed Investigator/Researcher
• Craig Hannaford, RCMP-Retired - Licensed Investigator/Researcher
• Greggory Brian Evans, PhD, Research Analyst
• Christian Paasche, Research Analyst

Remember, you can get Lynndel Edgington's full report "E-Mail Fraud – A Crime of Persuasion. Will I Fall for One?" for free:

To obtain the report do the following (Telephone Number is not required):

1. Go to www.eagleresearchassociates.org and click on the Contact Us link. 
2. Put "Request for E-Mail Fraud Report" in the message box.
3. Lynndel will send you your free report.

It seems like eons since Ad Surfy Daily starting falling apart at the scenes – when the battles between the naysayers and the hard-core believers were in full swing.

Patrick Pretty is still THE place to go for ASD Cash Generator coverage, but if you've been away from his blog for a while like I have, you'll have a lot of catching up to do.

Apparently the die-hards are still trying to claim that the ASD funds were "illegally confiscated" and have been filing motions to intervene.

You can read more about the ongoing ASD saga here at Patrick Pretty's blog.

Or if you just want to relax, you can watch the video/song I did about ASD Cash Generator not too long before the secret service raided ASD:

I checked with one of my resources and here is what he said:

"IF THESE MESSAGES ARE MOBILE TO MOBILE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THEM… WHY? THE CIPHER SYSTEMS FOR SMS ARE A JOKE AND EASILY HACKED… ONLY WAY I KNOW TO STOP THEM IS CHANGE THE PHONE NUMBER AND/OR SET UP A SECURE PASSWORD (USING LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND CHANGE IT LIKE EVERY 3 MONTHS) CHANGING THE NUMBER IS THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION… A HUGE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BLUETOOTH DEVICES AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GROWING PROBLEM… COMPLAINTS TO THE SYSTEM PROVIDER AND OR FCC PROBABLY WON'T DO ANYTHING… AND IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM… YOU GET A MESSAGE TO CALL ANOTHER NUMBER… YOU CALL THE NUMBER AND IT REDIRECTS YOU ANOTHER NUMBER ASKING YOU FOR CONFIDENTIAL INFO ABOUT YOU, YOUR BANK ACCT. NUMBERS ALLEGEDLY TO VERIFY THIS OR THAT PIECE OF INFO…. "IF" SOMEONE COULD COME UP WITH A DEVICE, SOFTWARE OR OTHERWISE TO PROTECT USERS, SOMEONE COULD MAKE A FORTUNE…

"IF" USING A BLUETOOTH DEVICE, YOU CAN MANUALLY SET IT TO "NON-DISCOVERABLE " MODE…

BUT, IT'S LIKE SKYPE IN A WAY… I SET MY SETTINGS TO BLOCK ANY AND EVERYBODY EXCEPT MY FRIENDS/CONTACTS.

HERE'S A NEW ONE FOR YOU "BLUESNARFING"!!! OR HOW ABOUT "MALEVOLENT BREACH ATTEMPTS" = HACKING… WHERE THE HELL THEY COME UP WITH THESE DESCRIPTIONS HAS ALWAYS FASCINATED ME…

The truth of the matter is that Bluesnarfing requires some special software, as well as a consensual “pairing.” There's little info on whether Bluesnarfing is possible without the targeted phone being paired with the computer running the aforementioned software application, but we shouldn't completely rule out this possibility, either.

SHELL SHOCK FROM WW1 IS NOW "POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER"… IT'S SHELL SHOCK FOR CHRISTS SAKE… CHANGING THE NAME DOESNT CHANGE THE CONDITION… VAGABOND/BUM/STREET PEDDLER = FINANCIALLY IMPAIRED…. OR CHALLENGED!!"

Avoid this email at all costs if you get it:

"Urgent Conformation

Call us OR Mail !!!

We wish to inform you of the Yearly Award program that your E-mail Address has won an
Award sum of Two Million Dollars { 2,000,000.00}, From Lucky Day Award lotto Nl International. Do contact Agency below for your calim Mr,Jong Ramco,Via e-mail Address: trustgroupag5@netscape.net

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 15Th of July
2009,phone No+-61-11-464 78, Fax Nu:+31-847-176-138,
Agent Email Address: trustgroupag5@netscape.net

Your winning Number Information: Ref,No.L432-85-543,Ticket Number: H2114-6410,
Serial Number:N3155-0077,and Batch Number:w890-1137-07,Congratulations."

Please do not ask about specific companies for this call.

Here are the main areas of Lynndel's expertise:

• Investment fraud
• Identity Theft
• Cash Gifting
• MLM (Lynndel can give an overview of what constitutes fraud in this area).
• Pay-to-Click Fraud
• Offshore registration
• Affinity Fraud
• Advance Fee Scams
• Drop & Ship Fraud

Lynndel will pick several of the most popular types of questions to answer along with any that are particularly unusual or interesting.

Here are the instructions for attending the Q & A session on Wednesday:

Meeting Time based on your time-zone:

• Pacific: 7:00 PM
• Mountain: 8:00 PM
  
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• Or use http://itshrunk.com/07b8af for time conversions
  

WEB CONFERENCE ACCESS LINK:

http://www.itshrunk.com/8301b6

Your Username:  #firstname#-#lastname# (or just first name)
Your Password:  multiplestreams

Telephone Access: (Web Conference Above is Recommended)
1-517-417-5000 Pin: 409459

About Lynndel (Lynn) Edgington and Eagle Research Associates, Inc.:

Eagle Research Associates, Inc. is a Public Benefit Nonprofit Corporation registered in California. It was formed on August 3, 2007, and received approval from the IRS on February 11, 2008 as an approved 501(c)3 Corporation, and from the California Franchise Tax Board effective July 20, 2007. Eagle Research Associates, Inc. is located at: 24401 Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691-4007, and may be reached by Phone/Fax: 949-837-6078.

Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was founded by the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lynndel R. Edgington. Lynn seeing the lack of education regarding investments by the general public, and aware of the constraints of Law Enforcement Agencies to deal with the explosion of Internet investment scams, Eagle Research Associates, Inc. was born. In sharing his ideas and goals for the corporation with others, Lynn was able to assemble a strong management team, Board of Directors, and a multi-talented team comprising the research and investigative abilities of the corporation.

Eagle Research Associates' Team Members Include:

• Gary Morley, FBI – Retired, Licensed Investigator/Researcher, retired 28 year veteran of the F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
• Craig Hannaford, RCMP-Retired, Licensed Investigator/Researcher, retired twenty-four year veteran of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and specialized in commercial and computer crime.
  
• Greggory Brian Evans, PhD, Research Analyst, former CPA with one of the top six CPA firms in the country.
• Christian Paasche, Research Analyst, has an extensive background in computers, computer networks, network security, and investments and investment scams.

Click here for full details on the Eagle Research Associates' Team Members.

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Amazingly, the 419 scam is probabably the most warned about, reported on, and discussed scam ever…yet an alarming amount of people continue to fall for it every single day!

Just in case you've somehow missed the thousands of warnings that go out all the time, here's the warning AGAIN pulled from the FBI website:

Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud

Nigerian letter frauds combine the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, mailed from Nigeria, offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that the author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. Some of these letters have also been received via E-mail through the Internet. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in Nigeria in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

Here's an example of a 419 scam email in the extremely unlikely chance you've never seen one:

Dearest One,

I know such letter of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, However I have decided to contact you direct by e-mail due to the urgency of this. However, I am compelled to deliver this offer to you, to seek your assistance on a profitable business opportunity that requires a foreign reliable partner for it to succeed. I had been a female Medical student of the University of cocody in Abidjan , Ivory Coast , West Africa . But the political crisis in my country had forced me to withdraw for now. Few years ago, the Rebels in my country struck our town and killed my parents in one of their attacks. My late Father, Mr.Gilbert Tomson, being a highly reputable doctor and politician in my country was a prime target. Fortunately for me, I was in school in Abidjan when the attack took place.

However, my life is still in danger! Before his death he had a foreign account here in Côte d'Ivoire up to the sum of ( $8.5 Million United State Dollars ) which he had earlier confided in me was for the establishment of a medical establishment oversees, as stated in his will. In my father's will, he specifically made it clear " THAT I CAN ONLY INHERIT THE MONEY IF IT IS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR THE PURPOSE HE INTENDED FOR IT TO BE USED! And that is to establish a medical institute in a foreign country, with the kind assistance of a foreign medical doctor, or a reliable businessman/woman, clergyman, or philanthropist. He wanted me to practice out of my country because of the unpredictable and serous political crises.

Accordingly, I intend to invest in your country in the direction that my father had indicated before his death. This is my reason for writing to you. If you are willing to assist me please indicate your interest. OUR PECENTAGE SHARING WOULD BE: 75% FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL ABROAD 20% FOR YOUR SERVICES 5% FOR INTERNATIONAL / LOCAL EXPENSES INCURRED. Please if you have any question, I will be too willing to answer it. Please treat as confidential! Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Thanks and best regards.
Miss Rebecca Tomson.

Email address used: rebecca_01tomson@yahoo.co.jp

Here's a version of basically the same 419 Scam letter that I got a while back to my email:

Dearest One,

I am delighted to write you.
I am sorry if this mail
will come to you as a surprise
but am contacting you
for a business investment
in your country.

I am Princess Sarah Johnson
from  Ivory Coast
and am contacting you
because i need your help
in the management of a large sum of money
that my late father Late Chief Adam Johnson
intended to use for for an investment overseas
before his death.

The amount is 6.2 Million USD deposited in a bank
here in abidjan. Its such a large amount...
Its such a large amount
that i dont even know were to start from
due to my age and condition here.

I lost my mother long time ago
during child birth
and ever since then I have been with my father
until his death as the only child.

My Late father was a very rich
Cocoa farmer and he was poisoned
by his business colleagues.

Now i want you to stand
as my guardian and appointed beneficiary
to help me see that this fund
is transfered to your account
in your country since i am just 20 years and an orphan.

I am not safe here
because of the political crisis
going on here for some time now
and am also afraid my late fathers colleagues
might come after me.

I am presently in the asylum camp
because our house was set on fire
during one of the political problems
here which rendered me homeless.

If you want to skip to the detailed (and somewhat surprising) answer about AmeriPubs you can click here to view the answer to the AmeriPubs.com question.

When I visited the AmeriPubs site the first thing I noticed was a pop-up box that stated:

"This is the official website of American Publications Inc., based in Maryland Heights, Missouri."

Then the pop-up box at AmeriPubs went on to allege there was another company with a similar name based on Connecticut making unrealistic claims and drawing in numerous complaints.

Finally this pop-up box stated: "if you are looking for the "real" American Publications – the one that has been in business since 1992, the one in Missouri, the one that doesn't hide behind a PO Box – then you are in the right place!"

So I thought, "well, that does happen sometimes". A scammer will use another companies name to try to establish credibility. But was that the case here?

The answer to that question is more interesting than I expected.

Click here to find out the lowdown on AmeriPubs.com