Online hosting network (ohn) review: Scam? 225

Just don't give any of your details such as email address or phone number to any of these work from home scams until you at least google them but if you'll take my advice, just stay away from anything that is trying to sell websites for affiliate marketing because my own experience tells me that unless you have money to burn the only person that makes money is the scammer.

Can you guys show us the websites that you bought that aren't working for you so we don't buy the same thing?

they're still in australia... i just got scammed

you never know with these people.My way is that the only phone number that they have of mine is my mobile number and for a while now I have had their unknown number recorded and so if my phone rings and it says ohn I just ignore them.
I've lately had some calls from another suspicious outfit called THE HOME WEBSITE CENTRE and you get the same yank accent and all of the same too good to be true offers but instead of being like ohn and trying to rip you off on one website, this new crowd tries to sell you 10 or more so they can get maximum dollars out of you and if you happen to look on their website you will see the greatest load of crap products on the planet that you are expected to sell for them.

I'm wondering if I have to pay for the calls when they call. I've been just leaving the phone on for like a minute when they call.
Please confirm that I don't have to pay.

Lol management keeps contacting me and not talking to the Arizona BBB to "resolve issues". I keep telling Arizona BBB that they are still contacting me (supposedly they are suppose to contact Arizona BBB first prior to trying to contact me). Everyone do yourself a favor, report this company if your are a part of it, and if not...DO NOT GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SPEAK! just hang up and tell them to shove it

Hi Kevin, What country are they targeting now?

Hi All

Just been contacted By a rep from online-hosting-network I wish i looked here first, could have saved some time. This person was trying the old trick buy it now cheaper and save a few 100. wanted me to put him on hold whilst i spoke with the wife did'nt want me to ring him back. If i were to end the call now and call him back later i would the cost 3 yime the amount. I told him that this was pressure selling and said i would not be taking up this so called offer and put the phone down on him.

Glad I did.
This is the add I got these from ( *
Channel 4 Viewers Wanted
Part-Time Job, Full-Time Pay. Start Today, Read How.
www.homenetworkjobs.com) WHAT A CON

My Name is Doreen QLD I also was approached from OHN from a Hotmail advertisment January 2010 I received many phone calls and after 12 months being with this company have only received $12.99
and that was supposed to have come from a interest payment.
I, m afraid to say yes I have been ripped off so Please if they ring HANG UP I paid up to $4, 500 for online Training and prepaid Emails send out after having at least 20.000 hits to my site still nothing I now have given up on a lesson learned no longer do I listen to any one that phones me for bank details or emails scams

This bonehead that advertises on Complaints Board must be one of ohn's success stories, just like the clown who supposedly works in their office and sells fish tanks.

I hate this company with a passion, I contacted BBB, ArizonaAG, FBI, Federal Trade Commission, I'm trying to get my hard earned money back, thankfully its only been 2-3weeks since i stupidly signed on but they messed with the wrong guy. I will not stop until I see the people burn for the headache they just caused me.

I had a site with OHN and stayed with them, advertised like crazy, spent all I had and went mainly without food to try and make money. They called me not Jim it was a younger person to only offer me another site as I had done so well with the first site and asking me for more money. Well I am on a pension and like the other person mentioned they refund you after 90 days alright. Out of a thousand dollars later and they still wanted more money from me, I called them and they said they would refund the money $180 AU out of $1000+ was what I received. At least it is leaving me money to buy food again, feel that this company has ripped me off well. It took me years to try and save the money in the first place, it's not a matter of easy come easy go. It's my personal hard money it took to save this in the first place, and as I had checked the internet everywhere but could not find anything on them. I felt I could finally trust an online business, well guess what ' I am back to I don't trust online businesses'. As Jim from Australia, because they are in Pheonix they call us Aussies as early as 7am WAUT. Sylvia Australia.

Please! Whatever you do, DO NOT SIGN WITH THEM! TOTAL SCAM, then it is hard to get your money back. They will tell you what you want to hear and then, good luck! Please don't get involved with them!

You will make their day if you only want your domain name and all it takes is for them to give you the pin number and you have the domain but you will have to speak to ohn about it but if you will take some free advice I advise you to do a lot of research into affiliate marketing before you take it on because unless you are a lot better at computers than me and also have a lot of spare time to spend marketing your product.I know from personal experience that everything ohn has told you about how easy it is to make big money in affiliate marketing is nothing but absolute [censor] because if it was so then ohn would be doing it and not scamming us out of our money.

Are there any consequence for not picking up their phone calls or did what Mary OZ did up there?
Anyway of getting my domain name back?

You had better be quick and get away as fast as you can and as you are bound to get more phone calls from the ohn unlisted number just remember ONE thing, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVE THEM ONE CENT MORE.

Oh and thank goodness I used paypal with them. I'm sure they could charge more on my credit card if they had it.
I told them I wasn't comfortable with that over the phone.

Yesterday I spoke with a man called John Marvin and I signed up with him for the Basic package for 149.00US. I can log into my back office and everything worked fine. I have my website up and running, but I'm really wondering if I own it or not. I want to integrate more options into my website but the designs are limited. They are all cookie cutter website builds. Is there anyway I can claim this website away from this company? I don't expect my money back. Apparently, you can do associate marketing with Amazon.com for free. All you have to do is get a free account with amazon. If any one wants to start up a website, they can do it for way cheaper than 149 dollars. I suppose they are considering their simple cookie cutter build websites as their products. I do not plan to spend anymore on this website. All I want is my domain name back without them interfering. Can someone help me?

Got in touch with the Arizona Attorney's General Office, sent them a message and now I'm waiting to hear from them. Who knows... But I'm not holding my breath too long. I may have to take the $6, 000.00 and run. I give it till the middle of next week or so...

BBB need to know how many more of you have been scammed since I reported OHN back in October 2010. when I complained I sent this website with a scanned page of complaints. They said there was nothing more they could do for me but, if they had any more complaints they would take them (OHN) to a higher government department. Suggest you send an updated page with all the new complaints since October 2010. I got most of my money back from OHN and the rest, the Credit cards took off my account as disputed transactions..but would you believe...still getting phone calls for 'working from home opportunities', ... I just tell whoever is calling that I'm not the person they need to speak to and ask them to hold...while I just leave the phone on the bench...!
They are paying for the call... eventually, they hang up... but i'ts still costing them money...ha ha. not so many calls any more! good Luck Lili... bombard BBB with everything you have. Happy New Year.. Mary Oz...

BBB contacted me and they will mediate, also asked that if there is any contact from OHN to inform BBB... We'll see what happens...

Thank You for the info, I will dealing with this because I don't think these people are trustworthy at all. But I want to wait a little and see if I hear anything from the BBB. Not long tough. In any case, Thank you, and I will keep you informed...

I called visa and they gave me a different story each time.

First they put me through to the fraud department who told me to told me that they would check out the company to see if it was really a scam or not.

Next time I called Visa they told me to call myadminspace and try to cancel. I did but I don't think I was clear enough because I did not get confirmation from the myadminspace that they had.

I called Visa a few days later and was put over to the dispute department who told me to e-mail myadminspce and tell them that I did not want their services any longer and to stop debiting my account and to send my money back. Visa then had me fax a copy of this e-mail to them. I am now waiting to see what happens.

Visa told me it would take a couple of weeks to see any results. Fingers crossed.

What did you have to do to get the credit card involved into this? Please let me know when you have a chance.
Thanks a million! And you have a great 2011 also!

Hi Lili... Sounds like you are winning, It took a month to get my money back but they only refunded what I stupidly agreed to. I got the rest back from my credit card company. So all in all I haven't lost that much and I have learnt a lot. Keep going Girl and thanks for your greetings... Have a fabulous 2011 !

Thank you MaryOz, Merry Christmas to you too, and a Happy New Year! Just want to give you an update. A Mr. Gary Minor called this morning offering a settlement of $6, 000.00. I told him I would think about it and of course I informed BBB of this event. Also told BBB I would not settle for any more or any less than what I put into it. Hopefully they will realize I am not trying to run a scam of my own. I just want what belongs to me, that's all. So hopefully things will settle soon. I have not heard from BBB yet, but I realize it is Christmas time. How long did you have to wait for yours?
Thank you for your help, reading all your entries has helped me so far!
Again Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

If enough people complain to the BBB, OHN will be wiped out... You will get your money back...if you persist. I did Good luck and Merry Christmas to all of us from Mary OZ

I am sorry to say that I fell prey to these [censor] and I am trying to get my money back. I contacted the BBB in Arizona, we'll see what happens. Too bad I didn't know about this site a lot sooner... I wouldn't have been taken in. I am hoping the BBB will be helpful and I hope nobody falls for their tactics anymore.

I am out 99.00 and 395.00. I am trying to get them to phone me back but no reply. They asked me to okay a digital signature of my name which I did not do. If I don't sign it Visa said I am still lible for the 395.00. Visa told me to keep trying to cancel. Merry Christmas to me.

Have got a refund from Ohn for $1800us out of $2594us-with the help of better business bureau. Don't sit back and accept that youv'e lost money -email bbb and get it back!

HELLO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SCAMMED BY OHN. TODAY I GOT MY MONEY BACK! IF YOU KEEP ON AT THEM...DON'T LET THEM TALK YOU INTO ANY REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT THEY REFUND.. THEY HAVE TO REFUND IT ALL. KEEP YOUR BANK INFORMED AND GET THEM TO CHASE THEM TOO. IT WORKS'S !
GOOD LUCK AND MERRY CHRISTMAS... LET'S ALL HAVE A BRIGHT NEW YEAR... EXCEPT THOSE BLOOD SUCKERS AT OHN... Mary OZ

Hi all, I am so happy to have found this site. Recently I was also a target of these unscrupulous people and paid them the basic charge to set up my website etc. Within hours I began to feel something was wrong and googled to find any information on them and found this site. Next was a series of phonecalls and messages through Paypal asking them to stop the process and give me a refund. Everything I read on this site follows the script. I then opened a dispute through Paypal and a fraud investigation through my bank. I just want to share that within 11 days my bank has reversed the money and I have recovered it. The OHN guys still try and ring me! I am glad to have gone through my bank and Paypal so that these bad people are exposed to investigation by people in authority. I hope this can give hope to some folks who have been badly burnt by this scam. I hope I am never so gullible again. They certainly are persistent and deceptive. Daph

Hi all, I also have had enough of the ohn phone calls that come from a number that apparently doesn't exist because my mobile(cell)phone tells me so and so as ohn apparently reads these statements on complaints board, my phone wouldn't go wild the day after I wrote each one if they didn't read them, then how about this ohn, look in my account and whatever it says I have paid you, about $1600, and write a cheque and send it to my postal address that you still have and then I can promise you that you won't hear from me again.
I know that I have said before this that I have paid ohn a total of $2400 but if you can work out who the last super salesman was that I spoke to then you can take the other $800 from him as your so-called set up fee.
Compliments of the season to all and here's hoping I get an xmas present from ohn, but I won't hold my breath.

Well Done Carolyn... As long as we spread the word... these scammers will go down big time. Thank goodness for this website. Have a Great Feastive Season and look after yourselves! No Telesales to be answered... just make them pay by saying you are not the person they need and put the phone down saying you will get the person. They are paying for the call so leave it off the hook till they go away...They'll only call a few times and when they get the same treatment... they'll give up! Happy NEW YEAR ALL
Mary OZ

yes, I am in Canada, Now I have read from all of you, It is the same cheating bunch. I am so happy I didn't give them a penny, I don;t have $1000's to give them.

Thanks People and I hope you all get your money back

God Speed that you do
Carolyn

HI There. I just got a call from them, her nam is Tresha, I listened to the recording and at th same time googled them and get all of this from all of you. NO thank, s don't want part of this. They have been calling many times a day since weeks.
Ittlooks like the same things. On line Hosting they call themselves
tol free # she gave me [protected] is this the same.?
yep they asked if I had a credit card and companies who are part of this is Yahoo and Amazon. com

People who warn against scamers if you have to pay them $$ for a job it is a scam. But if you pay money to start your own business then yes you do have to pay $$ and I think the gal who called me gets paid commission if I signed up but I am not doing that.
Am I talking about the same bunch as all of you are? Can someone reply to me about this. Thanks
Carolyn

WOW John...go get em... to long they've been able to get away... let's get them and get them BIG >>> Cheers Mate...Mary OZ

Hi all, just a bit of info for all of the victims of ohn.
Last week I was having my daily look at ebay and when I was finished I decided to shut my computer down and when I closed internet explorer I found a small survey about working from home and after I answered 3 questions I was rewarded with the GIVE US YOUR DETAILS AND WE WILL RING YOU questionaire that the last time I filled it in it cost me over $2000(the ohn contact form)and so I immediately sent an email to ebay and told them that the ohn scammers were loitering around ebay.I got an immediate response from ebay and the offending advert was gone the next morning.Did anyone else see it?
Amazing how much effect the word SCAMMERS has on a reputable online business.
And just a statement to the person or persons from ohn that read this, you people are more stupid than us, your victims, if you think that all of the people that have posted on this site don't know what your contact form looks like.
Lastly, I made a copy of the so-called survey and contact form and it is in the possession of the Australian Federal Police.

...and so do i hope they go down. It certainly does make you very distrustful of anything at all thats out there, and by being burnt we could be missing out on something thats quite genuine. I wouldnt touch anything like this with a barge pole now...and before all this happened i had an open mind to it all. How many people are just going to give this whole avenue a miss because there are people out there who rort the system and ready to rob us?... it really stinks.
I hope that you get all your money back. I dont do internet banking either...i do everything else within reason but not internet banking. Im not that trusting there either. judych

Good on you Judy... I'm waiting to hear from my bank... aparantley the OHN Scammers have refunded some money but I don't know how much at this point as I don't use internet banking...on that card anyway...I think we were lucky not to get sucked in tooooooooo late...The experience has stopped me looking for work at home...on the computer or in USA Based Companies...if you can call them companies...Hope they go down...big time!