http://mikeandjosh.com
It’s a sad fact, but true, that many of the so-called deals you are offered online are nothing more than some scammer looking to prey upon your dreams, looking for a way to part you from your hard-earned money. I hate to admit it, but I fell victim to one of these scams. I feel like a fool, but it happened. I’m writing this to hopefully enlighten some other trusting soul… before it’s too late.
I consider myself a fairly intelligent person. I’ve worked my whole life, been responsible and tried to treat people fairly in any of my business dealings. I retired two years ago and soon found that I could not live on Social Security, so I decided to pursue one of my life-long dreams of having my own business. The Internet seemed the perfect way to accomplish my goals.
I took courses, tried to educate myself, tried to become proficient at technology (met my first computer when I was 40, so this is all foreign to me) and set about becoming an online entrepreneur. Although I had a little bit of success, I hadn’t gotten to the point I wanted when I got an email from Mike Dolev and Josh Black inviting me to an online webinar shortly before Christmas last December. I reserved my place immediately, as what they were offering sounded like exactly what I needed.
After the webinar, I emailed them and received a very nice response telling me to “sign up” because they could definitely help make me successful. I liked these “kids” (Mike Dolev and Josh Black). They looked like sincere young guys who had obviously cracked the secret to this online marketing world, so I paid them $495 (the lowest level package they had available). Unfortunately, as soon as I paid the fee, my emails were no longer answered.
Within 3-5 days, they were supposed to have built a site for me, and loaded it with hot selling products. They were then going to advertise on Facebook and had even offered to refund up to $300 in Facebook advertising themselves if I didn’t have immediate results . As each step happened, they were going to teach me to do the same thing so I could become independent and eventually run my own business. NONE OF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!
A week after the site was supposed to be completed I emailed wanting to know what was happening – where we stood with this project. Nothing, no response. I emailed again… again no response. This went on for almost three weeks. I then emailed telling them that I needed an answer or I would have to go to PayPal and file a complaint because I feared they were not what they proclaimed themselves to be. Still no response. On January 19, 2017, I opened a PayPal dispute.
As it turns out, I was one of the lucky ones. On February 4, 2017, PayPal decided the case in my favor and I received a refund. Others have not been so lucky.
