I'd like to bring to the attention of EVERYONE OUT THERE about a possible scam that spans the world!
In summary, they are:
URL: www.cyberonlinejobs.net
Concept / Theme: Collect money, promising work (from home).
How this drew my attention:
They've been advertising on my site - www.bravoclassifieds.com - under different user names and often with an address linkning to Australia. I never really checked to see if they were valid or genuine.
Here's why I think they're fake:
1. Often the (sign-up) addresses contain cities in Pakistan or India, with the country identified as Australia.
2. In two occasions, I mailed the advertiser back, and requested them to change their details. They never did it.
3. The ads they post vary. Sometimes selling car parts, sometimes offering money-making schemes. They always point to the same link. In certain cases, it's just a forwarded (click-through) link. These ads are still on bravoclassifieds.com for your reference but I'll be pulling them down soon.
4. They've identified several contact 'persons' and locations as franchisees. I checked out the ones in Sri Lanka. One of them is a leading school in Colombo and they probably don't even know that their name's on their site. The other is a popular star-class hotel in the capital city. The strange thing is that both are different locations and the email addresses are cloaked to lead to the same (i.e., school) email address.
Their URL showing franchisee contact details: http://www.cyberonlinejobs.net/asia.asp
Look at the email addresses. Don't click them. Just place the mouse pointer over them. See how they refer to the same location!
5. Finally, they ask for membership fees and monthly fees to 'buy' work!. This is in no way allowed in Sri Lanka. Some time back, some scammers from India came to Sri Lanka and played out the Sri Lankans before they vanished with a mighty some of money with their 'SEAGUL' work-from-home scheme.
So, I don't have any positive report about these people (perhaps it's one person).
Spread the word and stay alert!
M.I.Z. Khalid
Teacher, Solutions developer
PS: If anyone of you readers have something to say about this scheme/scam, please post your thoughts here. Please be genuine/honest. You're doing the world a favour.
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