Hi All:
A "gifting program" called The Power of People Network cost my family $3,500.00. My husband answered an online ad stating "Make money at home for returning calls - no selling". We emailed and a man named Jonathan Parr who lives in Corsicana, Texas and Amelia Island, Florida emailed us for our number. He called within 30 minutes. He refused to give any information via email.
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 for 2-3 minutes. 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 PARR. 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.
I contacted Federal Express yesterday. They were very interested in this scam and said that the do not allow people to send cash via FedEx. They sent me to their investigation department. I was able to give them 3 or 4 addresses for the top level scammers as well as 3 addresses for the founder, Jonathan Parr.
My research has reveled that Mr. Parr was with another group, but became ostracized from that illegal gifting program so he started his own. The Power of People Network is huge and scamming people out of money by the tens of thousands DAILY! They have training calls everyday for their "members" where they tell you how to scam people. It's so horrible! I'm working on shutting them down everyday.
Thank you for letting me get the word out here. If there are other places on the 'net where I can tell my story, please let me know.
Mary
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.