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I have heard allot of talk about the ITV Ventures home business opportunity lately and wanted to shead some light on the business opportunity, from an outsider looking in. I am in no way affiliated with ITV Ventures at all.

If you are not familiar with the ITV Ventures business opportunity, it is basically a health product infomercial home based business lead by Donald Barrett. Mr. Barrett is also CEO/President of ITV Direct, a multi-million dollar infomercial company. The company also offers training materials recorded from Donald Barrett, Kevin Trudeau, and all the ITV Direct product line founders. Kevin Trudeau has also appeared on infomercials with Donald Barrett.

On September 11, 2006, Donald Barrett and ITV Direct announced that they had partnered with Trudeau. Trudeau also worked with ITV to create ITV Ventures, a new MLM group based out of ITV’s home office. As of December 2006, ITV Direct has pulled all information concerning both this partnership and Trudeau’s books from its corporate website; however, the infomercials have continued to run as of April 14th, 2008.Mr Barrett, has been involved in deceptive marketing practices in the past, which can be viewed here. Donald Barrett and Kevin Trudeau both have a long history of being professional con-men. You can find just a few of the claims made against the two men here from them Federal Trade Commission for just a few of their long list of infomercial scams.

ITV Ventures partner Kevnin Trudeau’s Background…

Trudeau is a convicted felon with criminal convictions in the early 1990s for fraud and larceny. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued him numerous times. A federal order currently restricts his ability to promote and sell any product or service.

In 1990, Trudeau posed as a doctor in order to deposit $80,000 in false checks, and in 1991 he pleaded guilty to larceny NS spent two years in federal prison. Trudeau had used the credit cards of eleven customers of the mega memory product to fraudulently charge approximately $122,735.68.

In 1996, Kevin Trudeau was accused of operating an illegal pyramid scheme. Kevnin and his partner settled with Illinois and seven other states for $185,000.

In 1998, Trudeau was fined $500,000 to be used for consumer redress by the FTC, relating to six infomercials he had produced and in which the FTC determined he had made false or misleading claims.

In September 2004, Trudeau agreed to pay $2 million ($500,000 in cash plus transfer of residential property located in California, and a luxury vehicle) to settle other charges

In 2007, The FTC has filed a contempt of court action against Trudeau yet again, alleging that Trudeau is in contempt of a 2004 court order by “deceptively claiming in his infomercials that the book being advertised establishes a weight-loss protocol that is ‘easy’ to follow.” Trudeau was found in contempt of the 2004 court order for “patently false” claims, yet again.

ITV Ventures CEO Donald Barrett’s Background…

In April 2004, Public Health Service sent Donald Barrett a letter about false or misleading claims being made on product bottles he was selling.

In June 2004, the FTC filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts alleging that Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., ITV Direct, Inc., and their president, Donald W. Barrett had deceptively marketed products via infomercials.

In October 5, 2007, the FTC sued ITV Direct, Inc. and Donald Barrett for misrepresenting Kevin Trudeau’s “Weight-Loss Cure” book in the infomercial they produced to market it.

Now that we have been able to honestly say the founders of ITV Ventures are scammers and or con-men, what does that have to say about the ITV Ventures business opportunity? In my opinion, I would say far away from their so called business opportunity.

As with most other products by these two men, they are short sales that end in negative. ITV Ventures may offer a business opportunity for now, however I can not image these two men running a legit business since both have been in trouble numerous times for fraud claims.

Even though he ITV Ventures business sounds to good to be a scam, and it sounds like the perfect opportunity for some, I do not have much faith in a company which is lead by career criminals. Nor do I have much faith in products that are represented by a company led by men who have been in trouble many times for false claims and fraud.

I would highly recommend anything thinking about ITV Ventures as a home business, think twice. They may not have been proven a scam just yet, but I do not see this company having a strong future.

After reading that information, what do you think?

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Am I the only one who keeps getting emails about processing rebates at home? I get at least 5-10 emails a day telling me I can work at home processing rebates!

Now, their ad’s are very clever, as they make it sound like the perfect at home job for anyone. I mean who does not want to work at home and make EASY money? Everyone! That’s the problem, and to many people are falling for this scam.

They are now calling me on the phone! This week alone, I have had 2 calls on my office line and 2 on my cell phone. All from automated dialing systems with a message for me about how I can work at home processing government rebates.

Do I look stupid? Do they think they can fool me? I sure hope not, but in all honesty it is starting to piss me off. When they call you have to listen to their stupid 3 minute long message just to find out there is no way to request you be removed from their list! Well, when I think about it now, why would there be? It is a scam, so why would I be able to opt out of their calling system? I Can’t!

I blocked the number where the calls were coming from and guess what? Today I got another one from a different number, this time after I listened to the message I was able to connect with an operator.

So I pressed 1 to talk to a rep. I let the man give me his spill. For just $75 he would mail me the info I needed to obtain a job at home processing rebates. $75? Thats nuts!

I thought I would do some math on this…

• If they get just 100 people a day to pay them $75 that is $7500!
• If they get 200 people a day to pay them $75 is $15,000!

I am sure that getting 200 people a day who want to work from home that are willing to pay the $75 is no problem, when you call around the entire country.

These scammers are making millions!

Aside from that scam, there are hundreds of online rebate processing jobs, suck as Rebateprocessorjobs.com

This company targets people who are searching for online jobs or ways to earn money from home. The company counts on people being desperate for a job at home. They claim that you can make a lot of money by processing rebates at home, and it leads you to believe that this is a job. It is NOT an at home job!

• rebateprocessorjobs.com
• processathome.com
• internetprofithouse.com
• myrebateprocessor.com

All are SCAMS. They lead you to believe you will work at home and process rebates, that are not even rebates! You pay them money, and they make you none! The sales pages are full of BS that sounds amazing! The promises of big checks are false, and the testimonials are bogus.

If you have been contacting by anyone about rebate processing jobs don’t waste your hard earned money on their so called programs! There are no legit honest rebate processing jobs online that will pay any decent amount of money.

Yeah you may be able to make a few bucks, but for 40 hours of work is it worth it?

A few signs it is a scam…

1. You never have to pay for a JOB. There may be some costs involved with a home business, but never a JOB.
2. Promises of large amounts of money. I do not care how good it sounds, run the other direction.
3. If they call you on the phone, it is normally a scam! Companies just do not pick up the phone calling across the USA looking to hand out jobs.
4. Unsolicited emails are never legit! Never sign up for a random program that was sent to your email address.
5. If a website shows pictures of bags of money, Ferarri cars, diamonds, ect., 99% of the time it is a scam. These photos are used to get your attention and make you want to jump right in.
6. If it sounds to easy, it probably is. There is no way to make money that will come easy!

If you have fallen for one of these rebate processing job scams, just hope you paid for the program with your credit card. If you did, you may be able to re-coop your investment. Contact your credit card issuer and see if they can help.

If you used paypal, you are out of luck. Paypal does not cover any non-tangible good, so you will have no way to get your money back.

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Ok I am sure this My Power Mall Review post is going to get me a load of hate mail, however I can not stand to sit back and watch all of these people waste their time any longer.

AS with any business, you have the people who work the business very hard and fail and you have the people who are brainwashed into thinking they are going to make a 6 figure income. The ones who truly believe all of the garbage the CEO of a company puts out are generally the ones who get very defensive and angry when the truth or ones opinion is stated.

So with that sai, here is my opinion and review of the My Power Mall opportunity.

People ask me all of the time if I think My Power Mall is a scam. To be honest it is not what I would call a scam, but I would say it is not a straight up opportunity, simply because My Power Mall wants you to think that you join this business for free and make this great income, that no one really will ever see.

Claims are made that people can make $4000 a month easily, and that is as far from the truth as telling you I am sitting in my million dollar mansion typing this email on a $200,000 PC.

The presentation given to people who seek info on the My Power Mall business is deceptive and leads people into thinking they can start their own business from home and make a great income.

What is My Power Mall?

In a simple answer… My Power Mall claims to be an opportunity that will allow people to shareMy Power mall is nothing more than a website that is full of affiliate links. That website is replicated for all My Power Mall associates. When people order from those websites My Power Mall makes a commission and then My Power mall claims to give associates a % of what they profited.

The company claims they are not a MLM business, yet associates are paid on tiers, just like the MLM system. Now, I do not think that is a bad thing becuase you can make a great income in MLM if you are involved with an Ethical company with a good comp plan. I am only stating that to show you how the deception begins.

So how do My Power Mall associates make money? Well they are encouraged to share their mall website with family and friends and also encouraged to recruit new associates. When people make purchases from their websites they are offered a TINY commission.

Associates who spend $150 a month on their My Power Mall websites will earn….. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? I NEED A DRUM ROLL HERE, THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF.

$.69. No that is not $69, it is $.69. Yes I mean CENTS.

If that excited you, I am sorry but you apparently do not realize that you will never make any real money with this business.

That does not even equal 1% commissions.

The only way associated can make more than that is to recruit.

Since the business is set up on tiers you will need to fill many levels to see any exciting income here.

On Tier 2 if you have 10 people each spending $150 that will generate $1.41for a total of $14.10. That would equal $1500.00. Again, that total of $14.10 profit does not even equal 1% commissions.

On Tier 3 you need to have 100 people generating spending $150 that will generate $2.85 each for a total of $285 a month. That would equal $15,000 a month needed in sales to make $285.

Now, your average person who starts a home based business will never even have 100 customers. Ok, so some heavy hitters will so, lets look at the next set for income.

On Tier 4 you need 1000 people spending $150 to generate $3.56 for a total of $3560.00.

Now, if you are not family with ,multi levels so far, in order to make the income I just stated, you need to have 10 people on tier 2, 100 people on tier 3, and 1000 people on tier 4. That would mean you need a total of 1110 people in your downline to make any where near $4000 a month.

Point blank people are not going to be able to get 100 people spending $150 a month much less over 1000. No marketer in their right mind would bust their ass to make barely nothing.

In order to fill the tiers, you will need money. YEP, becuase you will need to be able to advertise. Good advertising cost money and in my opinion anyone would be crazy to spend their hard earned money advertising an opportunity to make nickels and dimes.

Most home businesses with products offer $20-50% commissions! My Power Mall is no where near that.

So, to close this up, if you want shop online, you would profit more from ordering off rebate websites than to order via a my power mall site. I would rather shop online and save money right then instead of having to waste my time talking other people into doing the business just to make a few cents.

You may get a rebate, once you are owed more than $25. Go back up and look at the numbers. You need 10 people each spending $150 on your 2nd tier to make $14.10. So, you would not even get a check for those sales, you would be required to repeat the same thing again next month.

I personally know several people who have extensive background in network marketing who took a look at the business and laughed. I also know several stay at home moms who were sucked into the My Power Mall business opportunity who have spent many hours on the business and never made a dime.

I have NEVER found anyone that is an associate who has even made $100!

I would tell anyone looking into My Power Mall as a serious business to not even waste their time. There is not enough revenue for the time it will take to promote. You would be better off joining a bunch of affiliate programs and just having your friends order from your affiliate links and you would make more money because you would be 100% of the profit instead of the tiny % My Power Mall offers associates.

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