Top 105 Make Money Online Scams to Avoid in 2019
In this post I’m going to briefly review the “best” scams out there available on the internet and still scamming people. There are really too many of them.
It’s simply impossible to review all of them. I need too much time and work hours for this to be done.
But there are some scams that really exceed the bounds of decency and I want you to know about them.
Many scams, such as Digital Altitude, Empower Network, Banners Broker, Commission Autopilot and many others were shut down either by FTC ( Federal Trade Commission) or by creators of those programs.
Unfortunately, many of them are still operating under new names and it’s extremely hard for newbies to avoid them.
They have beautiful websites and catching ads and those that are looking for legit ways to earn an income online fall for those scams.
Over the past 4 years I reviewed over 200 scams and still exposing them. BTW, I’m very generous in my verdicts.
I really don’t like calling someone’s program a scam. But sometimes I have to if I see that it breaks all principles of morality.
Very often I give it the lowest rating and try to avoid scam verdicts.
Programs that I’m going to briefly describe below are scams because of a huge number of complaints from people that have been scammed by them.
Some scams that will be listed here are no longer operating but I still list because people are still search for those scams via Google.
My goal is to help you avoid them and that’s why I will list them all here. I divide them into categories so you can identify them in an easy way.
Online Survey Scams
There are legit programs called online surveys that you can join for free and get paid for completing simple online surveys.
You can get paid between $0,10 – $1 per survey. For some surveys you can even earn $20.
The number of such surveys is limited and that’s why your income is limited as well. All these online survey sites are free to join.
There are programs that try to sell you this info for $50 or even $97. You don’t have to.
The worst thing is that some scam programs try to convince people that they can make thousands of dollars by completing online surveys.
This is not true. Among such scams I can name a few of them, such as:
·Product name: Paid Surveys at Home
·Program owner: Patricia Johnson
·Website: paid-surveys-at-home.com
·Price: $68, after coupon $34
·Product name: Get Cash for surveys
·Website: http://www.getcashforsurveys.com/
·Price: $89.95
·Product name: Click 4 surveys
·Product owner: unknown
·Website: click4surveys.com
·Price: $34 (activation fee) + many upsells
·Product name: Paid Survey Authority
·Program owner: Michelle McAllister
·Website: paidsurveyauthority.com
·Price: $97, $37, $27
Traffic scams
Traffic scams are programs that either claim to teach you secret methods to drive a ton of traffic and monetize it or suggest that you join traffic networks and earn money from it.
The issue with those sites is that most of the methods they talk about are useless and simply don’t work most of the time.
Or you have to invest a ton of money and results are not guaranteed. Anyway, here is the list of programs to avoid:
·Product name: Instant traffic commissions
·Website: http://instanttrafficcommissions.com
·Price: $34
·Product name: Banners Broker
·Website: www.Bannersbroker.com
·Price: Unknown
·Product Name: Traffic Tree Monetizer
·Product Owner: James Renouf
·Website: http://traffictreemonetizer.com/
·Price: $9,99
·Product Name: Traffic Swarm
·Website: http://www.trafficswarm.com/
·Price: $0 or membership fee starting from $30 per month
·Product owner: Steve Little
·Product name: Commission Cash Generator
·Product Owner: Jamison Terry
·Website: http://www.commissioncashgenerator.com/
·Price: $37
·Product name: My Advertising Pays
·Website: www.myadvertisingpays.com
·Product owner: Michael Deese
·Price: Free and then $24,99 per month
·Product name: Classified Commissions
·Product owner: Naidy Phoon
·Website: classifiedcommissions.com
·Price: $8.95 + upsells $27, $197
·Product name: Two dollar click
·Product owner: Unknown
·Website: twodollarclick.com
·Price: Free, Membership packages for $19.95 and $39.95
·Product name: Profit Clicking
·Website: http://profitclicking.com
·Owner: Frederick Mann
·Price: Free, ad pack – $10
·Product name: Traffic Authority
·Website: trafficauthority.net
·Price: Free to join, many expensive products
·Product name: Auto Mass Traffic Generation Software
·Website: www.automasstraffic.com
·Product owner: Mo Latif
·Price: $37
·Product name: Traffic Monsoon
·Program owner: Charles Scoville
·Website: www.trafficmonsoon.com
·Price: Free to join, many upsells
·Product name: Magic Submitter
·Website: www.magicsubmitter.com
·Price: $4.95 trial/$67 per month/upsells
·Creator: Alexander Krulik
·Product name: Click Intensity
·Program owner: Nick Johnson
·Website: Clickintensity.com
·Price: Free to join/budget – $25
·Product name: My Paying Ads
·Program owner: Uday Nara
·Website: http://mypayingads.com
·Price: Free/ Budget required for buying ad packs
Affiliate marketing scams
In this section I list affiliate marketing programs that make outrageous claims and don’t live up to their promises.
They don’t provide the kind of support you need to achieve success online. They don’t provide quality training.
But they promise you easy and quick money. Avoid them all together.
·Product name: DotCom Secrets X
·Product Owner: Russel Brunson
·Website: www.dotcomsecretsx.com
·Price: $37 per month, many upsells: up to $797
·Product name: Infinite Leverage System
·Website: www.theinfiniteleveragesystem.com
·Price: Free $7 trial, $51.91 per month + expensive upsells
·Product Owner: Doug Wellens, Greg Chambers
·Product name: Mega Commission Machine
·Website: http://megacommissionmachine.com
·Price: Free + many upsells
·Product name: 12 minute payday
·Website: http://12minutepayday.com
·Product owner: Justin James
·Price: advertised price $49, discount price $9 + many upsells
·Product name: Tube Cash Code
·Website: www.tubecashcode.com
·Price: $49 + a lot of upsells over $2000
·Product Owner: Corey Gates
·Product name: My Online Business Empire
·Website: www.myonlinebusinessempire.com
·Price: $49/ ($19 mth)
·Product Owner: Matt Lloyd
·Product name: Full Money System
·Product Owner: Dan Craig, Jimmy Kim
·Website: www.fullmoneysystems.com
·Price: $49
·Product Name: My Online Business
·Product Owner: Matt Driscoll
·Website: http://myonlinebusiness.com
·Price: $49 + many upsells
·Product name: Earn with Mike
·Owner: Mike Anderson
·Website: www.earnwithmike.biz
·Price: $97
·Product name: eMobile Code
·Website: http://www.emobilecode.com
·Owner: Ronnie C Montano
·Price: $49
·Product name: Done for You Profit System
·Website: http://doneforyouprofitsystem.com
·Program owner: Matt Lloyd
·Price: $49 + many upsells
·Product name: Millionaire Marketing Machine
·Product owner: Don Le
·Website: millionairemarketingmachine.net
·Price: $500 -$20.000
·Product name: Inner Circle Riches
·Product owner: Paul Lynch
·Website: innercircleriches.com
·Price: $49 starter member + many upsells/ $1997 elite member
·Product name: Affiliate Millionaire Club
·Website: http://affiliatemillionaireclub.com
·Price: $27, $37, $47
·Product name: Push Button Cash Site
·Product owner: Daniel Young
·Website: pushbuttoncashsite.com
·Price: $47, after discount $27 + upsells
·Product name: Success with Anthony
·Product Owner – Anthony MorrisonSuccess-with-Anthony-2
·Website: successwithanthony.com
·Price: Not clear: $7, $147, etc.
·Product Name: Commission Autopilot
·Owner: Paul Ponna
·www.commissionautopilot.com
·Price: $47 ($37 after “special” discount)
·Product name: Commission Blockbuster
·Product owner: Jack Anderson
·Website: www.Commissionblockbuster.com
·Price: $49
·Product name: Internet Lifestyle Network
·Website: http://internetlifestylenetwork.com
·Owner: Vincent Ortega Jr. and Mark Hoverson
·Price: $37, $97 per month/upsells
·Product name: Prosperity of Life
·Website: http://prosperityoflife.com/
·Price: from $45 up to $12,950
·Owners: Shane Krider, Rachel Krider
·Product name: Earn Easy Commissions
·Website: http://earneasycommissions.com
·Owner: Chuck Nguyen
·Price: Free/many upsells/hidden costs
·Product name: Automated Daily Income
·Product owner: Raena Lynn
·Website: automateddailyincome.com (aka MOBE)
·Price: $49, many upsells
·Product name: Digital Altitude
·Program owner: Michael Force
·Website: www.digitalaltitude.co
·Price: $37/month basic level, $1 trial for Aspire package
MLM scams
Not every MLM is a scam but many of them have a bad reputation because of too much focus on recruiting and promoting overpriced products.
I list here only those MLMs that I recommend to avoid. They have more cons than pros. Many of them already were shut down by FTC.
According to statistics most people that join MLMs fail in business.
·Product name: Neucopia
·Product Owner: Rich Cook
·Website: www.neucopia.com
·Price: $49.95/month (basic package), $169.95/month (premium package)
·Product name: Crazy Cash Club
·Product owner: Martin Morse and Roger McEntyre
·Website: crazycashclub.com
·Price: Free and Paid
·Product name: Secret Success Machine
·Product owner: Uknown
·Websites: secretsuccessmachine.com
·Price: $500 – $20.000
·Product name: Vemma
·Website: vemma.com
·Membership Price: $499.95-$999.95
·Owners: Brad Wayment, Yibang Wang
·Product name: Karatbars International
·Owner: Harald Seiz
·Website: Karatbars.com
·Price: $135 up to $2172 + shipping
·Product name: Empower Network
·Website: www.empowernetwork.com
·Owners: David Wood & David Sharpe
·Price $25/month
·Upsells: $19/$100/$500/month
·Product name: Secret Success Machine
·Product owner: Uknown
·Websites: secretsuccessmachine.com
·Price: $500 – $20.000
Trading binary options scams
Trading binary options is a highly risky venture According to statistics thousands of people lost huge amounts of money in this so called business. Most online binary trading platforms are nothing than automated software designed to drain your pockets. Avoid them all.
·Product name: Wealth Generator X
·Website: http://wealthgeneratorx.com/
·Product owner: Daniel Mason
·Product name: Millionaire Society
·Product owner: Brad Marshall
·Price: Free to join but requires investment $200+
·Product name: 2014 Millionaire
·Product owner: Mike Shah
·Website: 2014millionaire.co
·Price: Free to join, but requires investment $250
·Product name: Cobalt Code
·Website: www.thecobaltcode.com
·Owner: Grant Stone
·Price: $250 to start trading
·Product name: Quantum Code
·Website: thequantumcode.net
·Owner: Michael Crawford
·Price: $250
·Product name: the Orion Code
·Website: www.theorioncode.com
·Owner: Edward Robinson
·Price: $250
·Product name: Quick Cash System
·Website: http://quickcashsystem.biz
·Owner: Sarah Markel
·Price: Free. $250 to start trading
·Product name: Disrupt Trading
·Website: www.disrupttrading.com
·Owner: Greg Hardman
·Price: Free. $250 to start trading
·Product name: GPS Trader
·Website: www.gpstrader.co
·Product Creator: Richard Heffner
·Price: Free to join + requires minimum investment of $300
·Product name: Free Money System
·Product owner: Walter Green
·Websites: waltergreenfreemoney.net
·Price: $200 to invest to unlock the system
·Product name: Easy Cash Trick
·Product owner: Steven
·Website: easycashtrick.co
·Price: Free to join. Requires $250 deposit to start trading
·Product name: Guaranteed Outcome
·Product owner: Victor Lambert
·Website: GuaranteedOutcome.net
·Price: Free to join. $250 minimum deposit to start trading
·Product name: Andrew Taylor Enigma Code
·Product owner: Andrew Taylor
·Website: enigmacode.co
·Price: Requires investment
·Product name: Trading Everest
·Product owners: Jason Gaines and Chris
·Website: tradingeverest.com
·Price: Free to join
·Product name: Certified Profits
·Website: www.certifiedprofits.com
·Product Creator: Anthony Cahill
·Price: Free to join
·Product name: Profit Maximizer
·Product owner: James Forley
·Website: profitmaximizer.net
·Price: Free
·Product name: Extreme Home Paycheck
·Product owner: Mick Moore (not 100% sure)
·Website: extremehomepaycheck.com
·Price: $97, after discount $77
·Product name: Self Made Millionaire System
·Product owner: uknown
·Website: selfmademillionaire.co
·Price: Free to join, but requires investment
·Product name: Smart Profits
·Product owner: Kevin and Tom
·Website: smartprofits.org
·Price: Free to join
·Product name: 30 Day Change
·Program Owner: Simon Crain
·Website: http://30daychange.co
·Price: Free trial
·Real Price: $250 to start trading
·Product Name: Magnetic Profits
·Program Owner: Mike Lee
·Price: $250 first payment
·Product name: Consistent Profits
·Program Owner: Allen Gill
·Price: $250 first payment
·Product Name: Same Day Profits
·Product Owner: Stanley Krackor
·Required investment: $250
·Product name: Push Button Millionaire
·Product owner: Ivan Block
·Website: thepushbuttonmillionaire.com
·Price: Free to join or $250 to start making money
Online job scams
If you are looking for a job online you better do it through legit job sites not sites listed below. Avoid them.
·Product name: Be the Boss Network
·Website: www.bethebossnetwork.com
·Price: Free, there is a fee for a premium account
·Owner: Unknown
·Product name: Online Home Jobs
·Owner: Michael Artherton
·Website: www.online-home-jobs.com
Link Posting scams
These link posting scams make outrageous claims and promise you to make up to $300 per day by simply posting links here and there.
This is not true. All these programs are flat out scams.
·Product name: Home Online Institute
·Product owner: Uknown
·Websites: homeonlineinstitute.com
·Price: $49.95
·Product name: 37 Clicks
·Product owner: Kelly Scott
·Website: 37clickssp.secureonlinehost.com
·Price: $97, after discount $77 or $37
·Product name: Online Profit Stream
·Product owner: Cindy Carter
·Website: online-profit-stream.com
·Price: $97
·Product name: Work At Home Authority
·Product owner: Michelle Withrow
·Website: workathome-authority.com
·Price: WAH EDU – $47, Paid surveys -$34.95
·Product Name: Work at Home EDU
·Product owner: Michelle Robinson
·Websites: wahedu.com
·Price: Advertised price $97, after discount $47
·Product name: Work at Home Institute
·Product owner: Bobbie Robinson
·Website: wahinstitute.net
·Price: $97, after discount $47
·Product name: Home Profit System
·Product owner: Unknown
·Price: $97
·Product name: At Home Income Package
·Website: athomeincomepackage.com
·Owner: Ethan Anderson
·Price: $97
·Product name: Home Internet Cash
·Product owner: Unknown
·Website: premier-online-income.com
·Price: $97
·Product name: Home Job Institute
·Product owner: Mary Johnson
·Websites: http://homejobinstitute.com
·Price: $97, after discount $47
·Product name: Online Profit Stream
·Product owner: Cindy Carter
·Website: online-profit-stream.com
·Price: $97
·Product name: Work at Home Paycheck
·Product owner: Jessica Marshall
·Websites:wahpaycheck.com
·Price: Initial price $397, discount price $47
·Product name: Excel Cash Flow
·Product owner: Cami White
·Website: secureonlinesite.com
·Price: $97
·Product name: Online Home Careers University
·Product owner: Melissa Mayer
·Websites: online-home-careers.com
·Price:$97, after discount $77
·Product Name: Work at Home University
·Product Owner: Michelle Withrow
·Website: wahuniversity.com
·Price: $197, after discount $47, plus many upsells
·Product name: Stay at Home Revenue
·Product owner: Michelle Withrow
·Website: stayathomerevenue.com
·Price: $97, after discount $47
·Product name: Internet Cash Income
·Product owner: Ashley James
·Website: http://ei.home-profit-center.com
·Price: $97, after discount $47
·Product name: Home Internet Cash
·Product owner: Unknown
·Website: premier-online-income.com
·Price: $97
·Product name: Web Fortune Master
·Product owner: Sally Brown
·Websites: webfortunemaster.com
·Price: $97, $47, $10
·Product name: Amanda Jones Online Income
·Product owner: Amanda Jones
·Website: direct-online-income.com
·Price: $97, after discount $47
·Product name: Web Fortune Vault
·Product owner: Phillip Gannuscia, Mary Johnson
·Website: webfortunevault.com
·Price: $97, $77, $47
·Product name: Anything associated with Mary Stevens
·Product owner: Mary Stevens
·Overall rank: 5 out of 100
·Product name: Home Job Placement
·Product owner: Kelly Simmons
·Website: home-job-placement.com
·Price: $97, after discount $77
·Product name: Home Jobs Now
·Product owner: Kelly Simmons
·Website: https://home-jobs-now.com
·Price: $97
·Product name: 37 Clicks
·Product owner: Kelly Scott
·Website: 37clickssp.secureonlinehost.com
·Price: $97, after discount $77 or $37
·Product name: Internet Cash Income
·Product owner: Ashley James
·Website: http://ei.home-profit-center.com
·Price: $97, after discount $47
Amazon business scams
Amazon Associate is an official program and anyone can join and benefit from it.
There are through some programs that promote Amazon idea in a wrong way trying to convince people that they can easily start making $500 a day from Amazon.
Such a misleading approach is unacceptable. Making money with Amazon is absolutely possible.
The approach that use program listed below is very misleading and far from reality.
·Product name: Real Profits Online
·Website: multiple domains
·Founder: supposedly Mark
·Price: $47 and other hidden costs up to $900
·Product Name: Prime Time Profit
·Website: multiple domains (ptpsys.pw/mswb, newstimes.pw/a)
·Founder: supposedly Paul Miller
·Price: $47 and other hidden costs
·Product Name: Money Sucking Websites
·Website: multiple domains
·Founder: supposedly Willy Handcock
·Price: $47 and other hidden costs
·Product Name: Cash Website Success
·Website: multiple names
·Founders: unknown
·Price: $47 plus upsells
What an informative post! some of these i can’t believe they are on your list because i have had an interaction with. I kind of wondered if they were Legit. The list is exhaustive and well laid out.
This is a must read for anyone trying to get into the the online business. I like that you have the alert on Amazon associate, this is great hidden scam to know.
The retirement age seems to be going up and I’m feeling kind of tired of the 9-5 grind, I’m sure most people are in the same shoes and the pleassure to start a business quickly makes it easy prey for the scams. This is a good post to read. it reminds to be shrewed on line and also do some research before jumping in!
It’s good to know you haven’t fallen for any of them. I understand that most people’s incentive is to get rid of 9 to 5 job. But we have to be careful when doing our research to avoid those scams listed here and many others that I don’t know about.
That’s a very impressive list Rufat, yet as you said, it’s only a fraction of the scams posted online.
Nothing is more despicable to me than people that knowingly commit fraud for a dollar!
Any site that requires you to pay them, so you can make money, should immediately set off your warning bells.
Of course there are the free to join sites too … they’re free to join because they want your information to sell.
It’s been my experience that money doesn’t come easy. Money is the result of hard work and dedication.
The worst thing about scams is that many of them are free to join but even this doesn’t stop them from scamming people. They invite you to join free and then throw upsells until you pay them. Their offers are very often very attractive and promising and people fall for them only to realize later that they have been scammed. And like you say, they take your info, such as phone number, email and then give it to other scammers that start to send you other scam offers. It’ s an endless scamming process.
Great topic! Scams to avoid is always great advice. And 105 of them wow! You put lots of effort into the informative posting, kudos to you. Users should find this very helpful. Listing the prices was great as it gives you an instant comparison to the surrounding scams. Keep up the good work here! Unfortunately, people are still get scamming.
I hope with this post I will be able to save at least some people from these scams and help them get started the right way. It was not easy to gather all this info.