Online hosting network (ohn) review: Scam? 225

Hello to all, I would just like to say if any of you have doubts about my sincerity or that I maybe being paid to do this I will gladly Fax a copy of my bank statement outlining how much I outlayed for this SCAM.I can almost say with99% certainty that everyone that has posted their comments here are and have been victims of this group of SCAMMERS, also excellent advice from John.The more people who expose these %#@5%%%'s the better and they obviously do not like it when we call our banks and will try every trick to keep them out of it, SO GOOD LUCK to all as I now know that my BANK is doing right by me, they have picked the wrong person in me as now I will not let up until we all get our money back and they crumble.BANKS STAND UP TO THESE SCAMMERS WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE AND THANKYOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOUR DOING FOR ALL OF US. Chow for now.

i came across their path while clicking on some freebee stuff.com this afternoon & up from nowhere the Online Hosting Network appeared. Caught me off guard & very vulnerable as I really need some extra income to help w/ the family's finances. I've just came back to work fr 9 mos time off work due to fractured leg enroute to USA on late 2009. Life is tough & we're on negative financially & it's so hard to catch up w/ bills & daily expenses. So, i'm surfing around the net to see of any 'legitimate' home business that i could start. I was sweet talk by a lovely professional lady named Kyle Whitfield (if that's the real name), gave me all her direct contact freecall nos... explained the 3 packages: basis, standard and elite .. I opted to elite as it entails broad scope to get in a good traffic.. i gave all my personal & bank visa card details & it summed up to around US$954 or A$957 as i'll get the right to sell/promote amazon, sony, realnetwork & unbeatable sale.com + they are giving me extra associate program called: green cine (the easy way to rent DVD) on top of that & they'll pay u US$10/hire if people will use my website (?). Fortunately my small community credit union banking has a very good security inplace that our bank need to see us in person to verify who we really are before any transactions specially releasing money to unknown online site is authorised! thank God for that! .. we'll stay w/ them due to security reasons as there are alot of predators/scams out there specially here online. It leaves me questioning & doubting for awhile then i immediately googled it & whalllaa! a number of sites like this popped up & i'm very glad to 'sort of ' able to read & learn all your experiences & for u all to share your experiences are very very important! so, that 'Ms. Kyle Whitfield' will keep calling me & follow up so, my bank can release my hard earned money to these scambag! seriously, how can these people sleep at night knowing that what they're doing is victimising the vulnerable honest people out there who wish to make their lives abit better off! We'll go to our bank to change our account no immediately tomorrow so, that the scambags like them won't make a cent fr us - good honest hardworking people! God is on my side as i prayed for His protections this morning! I'll report these to ACCC asap!
Raccoh in Australia

Hi guys just got a call from Justin who asked me to listen to the audio in which i did, then Robb jumped on the phone stating Justin was busy signing up a new client. Robb gave me the run down of the business using Amazon.com 10%, sony.com 25%, real network $20.00 per trail, and unbeatablesale.com 10%, all sounded really good he priced the packages as basic $196.00 NZ, standard $380.00 NZ, and elite $630.00 NZ. When i said i had 5 kids to feed and wouldnt be able to part with that amount of money i got offered $100.00 off the standard and elite and $50.00 off the basic. He then proceeded to tell me he had sent me a email ready to set up my business and asked which credit card i had. Alas alarm bells started to ring i told him i would call him later, and would i be able to get his phone number and a direct line to his phone.

Trusting my gut i googled the site and found you guys. Today my money is safe and i thank you all for that. I hope no one else falls for their schemes.

Justine from New Zealand.

they are still about! thank God i dont have a credit card, i too got scammed, but only $149 as i DONT have a credit card, only a debit card...i was a little uneasy about the money they wanted($2500), but they are soooooo smooth! decided to google there website, all good?but added scam to the search...and here i am!Raced to the bank and cancelled my account and card, have had multiple phone calls i wont answer ever since...guess they are looking for the money?good luck with that...lol...will let the $149.00 be a valuable lesson for me and hopefully others...

Since Friday i have received 28 emails, and 11 phone calls all have been completely ignored by me.

Justine from New Zealand

Now i am totally convinced its a scam. If they deactivated my website since last week Tuesday, how is the website still generating visitors as per their Accutrack Software? Looking at the daily stats, there are like 60 visitors per day which means the advertising money they lead you to believe has already been spent is all fibs as far as i am concerned. Very dodgey if you ask me! Can anyone shed some light?

what goes on here? is this a site for genuine scams? this is a gross invasion of space. ! whoever it is...get your presence out of here ... if you dont have a genuine letter to write.. we dont want to know

I got duped by OHN, They got me to sign up and purchase the elite package as well, and in the 'back office', I went through it like i was some kind of executive exploring his new administrative space, with the misplaced belief that I was on my way to becoming an internet mogul. What a Load! I feel like such an [censor] for not goggling the Damn group before handing over my credit card details. I gave up almost AUD$ 3000 to these faceless villains before I realised that it was all to easy. the screwed up thing is that
a company like Amazon allows there predators to attach themselves to them and exists. Is there no authority whom can stop this activity. I cannot even be bothered to try to get a refund (for me, it's still not 90 days yet) from them as I know they will not cohere to that policy. What a waste of money and energy. AVOID OHN! THEY ARE SCAMMERS!

Yeronga Boy, Australia - OHN victim

March 1 2011, they just rang me. not going to give them a cent, thanks. they said they have no physical address, however the contact numbers are from australia ED LEVIN [protected] ext 2318 and Australian customer service [protected], ED stated that I would have a free money back guarrentee no questions aske and then wanted money online now. I said that i would investigate him and his company, ring sony and amazon and he said that they are an online comapany and if thats the way i feel we should not do business. Sale technique called take away. [protected] is the line that ed used to contact me.

Totally correct. Experienced it myself. Have not got a cent back either. Still didn't cough up the thousands requested

I live in Canada and I made the same mistake joining this co. Now I want to get out of it... there is no income after 2 plus months.There is no fool like an old fool!

PLEASE SHOW US YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS SO WE CAN SEE

Sad to read that Yeronga boy has not the heart to pursue his hard earned money as if we do not stand up and be counted how can we stop these people from continuing to grab more unsuspecting people it is people like you Yeronga boy that OHN thrive on as they just made a quick $3000 out of you and you let them get away with it, shame really, I need $3000, can I have some to please!Please call your bank thats all you have to do and they will help you, how hard is it really.

Hey kiwi72569, how long you been living in the USA, have you got a complaint?or just a curiuos person, also who is WE, as in SO WE CAN SEE?

Hi judych, it seems there is more to this page eh!Mystery Vipstores crap, American Kiwis and Aussies prepared to throw money away, how sad, when we have been taken for our hard earned money and sometimes money that has not been earned yet.It seems I have now whats called a healthy" PARANOIA", HA!Betrayal and being ripped off hurts and these people need to be held accountable for praying on people trying to get ahead in life and not doing it illegily but in good faith!How sad it seems that everywhere we turn that nowdays all are just trying to squeeze you.72569 full of it, what good is a web address if it has ceased to exist, you wacker!SO HOW CAN YOU SEE, typical seppo!

OH My it looks like I came close to be scammed. They didn't get any money out of me.

Is this what they called Affliate? I just happened to see it on www. snopes.com
snopes says it is a scam.

They still call me by not as much as they were. Calling from Texas they were. sometimes.One time recently I answred the phone and pretended to be my daughter and I wasn't home. I asked if I could take a message and he said, we have a free sample of wrinkle eraser for her. AHhh he thought I would bite for that and come on the phone but I didn't. Haven't heard from them since.
Another Carolyn from Canada

Please, I want to know the type of scam in this OHN biz. Is it that they will not pay you after you made some sales or what? Please, clarify to me!

I like the people here have not made any money at all from our?sites, despite our efforts and also with the garantee of OHN, on asking for refund as stated after 90 days, people are only being offered their initial start up ie$188-195 what ever they have charged you the first time, they will try not to pay you what ever else you have outlayed to them iefor email blasts, pop behind advertising, etc with these costs amounting from anywhere between $[protected]+, then possible further $1400+ for further ?advertising, all these amounts vary from person to person it seems nobody is charged the same but what they manage to squeeze out of you on the day, with the so called amount of hits on web sites people have expected to have had at least maybe 4-5 sales out of 1500+visits but alas it does not happen.

They already robbed me of USD1, 400 some 4 days ago and they keep calling now for the ads. Thank you guys for the info. At least you saved me from further robbery, as I was ready to go ahea with their training. What I needed was a home biz to make around 1, 000 Dollars a month, but instead I got this s...!

It's me again crying!
Does anybody know of any internet biz that I can participate and make a little money? I don't want to become a millionaire, I just want to pay my bills easily. USD500.00 a month will do.

Anyone with a biz idea on the internet, please, advise me privately at I have to find a way to re-coup my USD 1400 just lost! I am in Canada.

Omg I am so with you guys! Thank god I've found this site.My name is Emily and I was just freaking out! But now I feel more confident, I know that if we stand tall we might get our money back. I have just changed my credit card number and bloqued any more payments from OHN (if they try to fraud me or whatever) . At least I've only gave them 149. I was so frustrated when I realised how quickly I acted.. Now those scammers have my name! But now my card! But I also had the time to changed my adress and my phone before they cancel my login.. Because I sended them an email! I was very angry, I told them I knew they were scammers that I didnt care about anything they would tell me and that I would tell my bank about them ...I dont know if my login will be working tomorrow, but its a strange coincidence that its not working right after I send my email.They really are good liars, dont get trick by their sweeet voices telling you youll get money! SCAMMERS ARE GOOD AT THIS !REMEMBER 1-They want to make you believe you are making the right choice 2-once they have your confidence all they will do is TAKE YOUR MONEY... 3-if you try to come back and tell them you don't want it anymore, they will tell you stupid stuff like "oh it takes time" or "sorry we can't answer that" ...balhhablahh BLAHHHHHHHH they are [censor]ers trust me ! Making money isn't that easy ;)! I will never get scammed again and I will get my money back.. And if i dont well im glad I didn't give them more then 149$.. Its not a LOT but it's money I didnt have to waist...Were on the same boat! We can get rid of those [censor]!

I just received a phonecall from Daniel at OHN. I listened to the audio and then googled the company whilst he was on the phone. I read him the first few complaints and then he still asked me for my middle initial for my credit card. Are these guys for real? Goodluck to everyone trying to recoup their money. It's horrible to know that you've been taken for a ride, but at least your stories are helping so many others avoid the trap.

All of the above happened with me, they reimbursed $180 AUD and I had paid nearly $1000, so I have lost $800 . They never paid me and they still tried to ask me if I would like to buy another site from them which was already made up. Hello this is damn cheeky. The site I created and paid for up to date has had over 9000 hits, yes you guessed it they are making the money on everysite that people paid for even after they have reimbursed you your monies. This company is a fraud and has cheated many people all over the world.

I just got off the phone with a gentleman by the name of Dustin Prince and I have to agree with the posts on here. I should of Googled the company before I got on the phone but I read enough of the complaints on here to tell him a very emphatic no. When I was asked why not I read some of the points that were made on here. He proceeded to tell me that some people are "lazy & stupidly expect money sent to them in a box"! I was pretty disgusted with his comments and when I tried to speak he kept cutting me off. At that point I told him off and hung up. Thanks to all of you on here.I hope things work out for you!

Glad to see that our experiences of September 2010 to date have helped you guys. I got most of my money back through the Credit Card Fraud Investigations. From the Arizona State Business Register, I have documents with Forrest Webb and his Co-Directors Home addresses on them... just go for their homes... you'll get your money back... put a caveat on them... personally. YOU WILL GET ACTION JUST BY THREATENING THIS...I did!
As for further phone calls... I've asked the people calling if they count themselves as "Nice People?"...told them to find jobs where they are not hurting people... haven't had a call since December 2010 ! Good luck everyone...

THIS IS WHAT I POSTED 144 DAYS AGO...GO GET EM GUYS... YOU WILL WIN!

Firstly I researched for a business listing onwww.azcentral.com
This gave me a Name of Forrest L Webb who just happens to be the main Guy for OHN trading from the same address
Then I went to : Arizona corporation commision. web site : www.images.azcc.gov
This lists all registered business in Arizona. I searched for Forrest L Webb and /or ONLINE HOSTING NETWORK...BINGO! Three directors : TIM THOMAS, JONATHON ERIC ANDERSEN & FORREST L WEBB...al are Presidents of OHN... home addresses for all three...whoopee!
I then sent an email to the only contact I had by email, who happened to be a very useless 'Trainer', who never managed to get to do any training... firstly he sent a message to say call him on the infamous 1800 number because he'd tried several times to call me with no joy. NO WONDER... stupid person wasn't ring the code for Australia
So anyway, in my last email to him I told him to get some action in refunding my money or... I would go for the Presidents/Directors...personally and individually...I also scanned a copy of a page of complaints from this website and Whala! I get a phone call from HUGO ATAYDE... who tried to give me some appeasement by offering more so called 'FREE stuff. Not buying it...Eventually an offer of $1900 refund came about..$700 short but better than nothing. I asked him to put that in writing and he sent an email saying they would refund and take the website down. so at least I have the written word!
To date I have not received any money and the website is still on line and so is mybackoffice. My bank is taking action and the Arizona Better Business Bureau is also dealing with my complaint they are on :www.arizonabbb.org
Send them a complaint... the more we all send complaints the more of us will get our money back and see these..heartless unscrupulous scammers loose their business. hope this helps... I'll keep you posted and hopefully... if we fight...we'll win!
Cheers for now... Mary OZ

You are so right Stephen...

Well done Stephen.It seems you have put the final nail in the ohn coffin because the complaints have stopped completely.

Hi, just wanted to say they are still posting their adverts on the web and my site has reappeared with 3400+visits still without a sale, as John said well done Stephen, also my bank is doing right by me and has recredited my card fully but still have to wait the 45day dispute period for it to finally end, thanks all for the help and advise.

thank god i read this. i had a call from online hosting network today. the guy named as ben called me, spoke to him briefly, then he put me through to the voice recording. which said you dont pay anything til your second year and even then you only pay $19.95. then i got put through to someone else (which sounded a lot like ben) who talked me through the three different packages, basic $149, standard $200 and elite $350. then asked if i had any questions. i've always been told, you ask a question and the other person does their best to answer it. but this guy avoided every question i asked and after every question asked me how im going to pay the set up fee. which sent alarm bells. i told him id think about it and then call him back but the cheeky b****** asked me again for my card details and sounded very needed, then said im going to get paid wheather you take this great oppourtunity or not(which didnt seem like the case to me). i said if im interested ill call him back. straight of the phone and i searched ONLINE HOSTING NETWORK ON GOOGLE and found this page. im so glad i did! just hope no one else falls for the scam. Jay, UK.

Hi everyone.
I think I have also been conned by OHN. Last year I bought into what they were selling, and have tried to make a website work with the templates that they sell you. I bought into the site, the "advertising", and the "coaching", and have plugged the site in various other ways after researching IM or affiliate marketing. And to this date, nothing. I complained about it and they gave me free hosting and email adverts for another year, not that that is doing any good.

I believe that affiliate marketing works, I have done it, but it sure doesn't with what they sell. They basically give you a spam website that Google wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole, send out a bunch of junk email and snow ball you into believing that they make money when you make money. I figure that if that were the case, they must be flat broke by now. I am going to file a complaint and see where that gets me. Wish me luck.

Ofcourse after I sign up for #377 with these clowns, I find this page and have that sinking feeling of despair, panic and just been suckered. Anyhow, I will stick it out with this company and try to recoup some of my costs back. i don't know if they are a scam but they aen't that helpful at making you feel comfortable you chose them. They can only help you as far as your money will let them...and that is limited until you upgrade to the next level. They are very misleading and I won't spend any more money with them...I truly have maxed out my card with these guys. I will investigate SFI (six figure income), atleast it is BBB approved with a high rating "A". I got to do better due diligence next time and watch for near scams
Sherrene

Ofcourse I find this website after I signed up with these clowns for #377. Anyhow, I will stick with them and try to recoup some of my loss. I am not sure they are a scam, but they sure aren't helping you unless your ready for the next level. Luckily I have some internet marketing experience and will try my best. I know they won't refund me my money before 90 days, hopefully I can find after that. I will sign up with another company SFI (six figure income...sfimg.com) atleast they are BBB approved (A rating). I will have to do more research before signing up...boy they sure are persuasive...
wish me luck

sherrene

I contacted OHN today and spke to a Debbie. Did not give any credit card details in the end. Asked for a bit more time to think about it. She was very persuasive but I put the phone down in the end. No doubt they will try to contact me again.
All I'm trying to do is find a way of working from home and making some money at the same time, (i'm jobless at the moment), but keep getting scammers all the time. So annoying. Any real sites out there that offer genuine help?

Neil, Essex

OMG ... i just found this page now... i had sign up with them today ... the payment in my bank account still in pending ... can someone kindly teach me what to do now to stop this?

Hi Lunar83,

I'm assuming by now that the payment has gone through? Make sure you contact your bank and get your card cancelled. OHN will have your details now and will still have access to your account. The same thing has happened to me, and I refuse to stick around (90 days) to get my money back. I am trying to get it back now. Will have to get back to them on Monday.

Yep, just as I thought, a total scam. When I heard the word advertising and I later questioned OHN regarding what this means exactly, the answer was very misleading.

You can make money advertising products through associate marketing schemes. I'm doing it now promoting products with amazon.com. You don't need to pay big dollars for advertising, check some of my sites. www.GpsBuyerReview.com or www.Epson8100Review.com. Also look at www.PartsStorageSolutions.com, this is a simple one page website you can create yourself in an afternoon. If you want more info, drop me an email.

Save your money and keep away from OHN!

i AM GETTING SCAMED TOO... I DID NOT GO AHEAD WITH THE DEAL AFTER MUCH EFFORT FROM ANDRE.. SO THEY HAVE MY CC DETAILS AND CHERGED THE $1.80, I DECLINED TO GO AHEAD WITH ANY OF THERE DEALS AND ACTUALLY SAID 'YOU DO NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DEDUCT ANYTHING FROM MY CREDIT CARD' ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY ARE NOW DEDUCTING AN APPROX AMOUNT OF $29 OR $28 PER MONTH FOR NET HOST FEES... I am going to cancel my credit card to stop them as I have no way of contacting them and by te sounds of the above complaints it wouldn't do me any good anyway...
Mandi

Mandi, from my understanding Ohn does not charge monthly hosting fees. Do they?