Dear Mark and Marcus
I am an online content writer and want to get the word out
about an Internet Scam regarding a site by the name of Bubblews.com. They are
based in San Francisco in California . It is a blogging site, where
writers post blogs in return for a share of advertising revenue, the share is
supposed to be fifty percent.
The management of this site are consistently not paying
their writers and thousands of writers are now out of pocket to the tune of
thousands of dollars. Many writers have started deleting their content, so this
site will probably sink due the loss of content which brings in advertising
revenue.
What I want to do is inform the public about joining this
site or trusting it. There is a significant number of Australian writers who
blog there and have likely been ripped off. And many people from the UK , USA
and countries like the Philippines
and India .
I intend on making a complaint to the California
state’s attorney, the BBB (better business bureau) and other organizations that
I have become aware of where you can lodge a complaint.
For me, it is not about the money, but the lies that were
told to us writers over the last year. The out and out fraud of which I have
documentation that proves their fraudulent activity. I have to say I saw the
writing on the wall wit this site in Aug 2013 and moved onto greener pastures.
I was told my missing payments would be investigated and then my many emails
were ignored. I still have money within the site that was earned via residual
income, and I probably have little hope of getting this payment, but if they do
not pay, then I can report them for fraud. In a way I am hoping they don't pay
me. Rumor is rife that the FBI have began an investigation, I am unsure of how
true this is.
I have moved on and not looked back, but my concern is that
they are still soliciting new membership and are determined in convincing
writers that things will improve. The sites had hundreds of thousands of
members, because they offered generous compensation that they simply could not
afford to pay the writers. For the sake of the Australian writers who are still
a part of this site, I want to get the word out, so these writers do not get
ripped off. Most probably already have missed payments, but they need to be
aware that these payments will never be honored. The link below confirms this:
I have found other places to write and website owners have
approached me and become my private clients, so what happens in terms of how it
affects me is not why I am doing this. I have made many online friends during
this experience and some of these people were relying on this income to provide
for their families, it stinks to high heaven and should not be allowed to
happen.
All I ask from you is that you put the word out to online
writers in Australia
to stay away from this site and advise me on where I can go in terms of the
mass media to get the word out. The amount of online content writers in Australia is not huge, compared to the US , but I met
plenty on this site and have met many Australian content writers on Facebook. I
have already started blogging about this on my personal blogs and spreading the
word this way, but I think that more needs to be done.
I'm sending you a link to an article here written by a
respected online writer which will give you the details on what has happened
here.
Again I need to stress the point that this is not about me,
other people who I consider online friends were relying on those funds. I have
other places to write and private clients because I never put all my eggs in
the one writing basket. In fact I just scored a job a few minutes ago, that is
on a topic I love writing about.
This site needs to be shut down, and I believe these
fraudsters should go to jail. I wrote to Luke Bona about this earlier and now I
am writing to you and will also send a copy of this to Marcus. Canberra
missed you guys over the holidays, but I really hope you enjoyed York, Mark . I was born in Perth too and love WA, it is God’s country.
Just so you know, I don't expect you to announce this on the radio, I just want to know how to go about making this public. I do have evidence to back this up, but I have no idea who to contact to get my message out to writers within Australia.
Just so you know, I don't expect you to announce this on the radio, I just want to know how to go about making this public. I do have evidence to back this up, but I have no idea who to contact to get my message out to writers within Australia.
Thanks in advance guys.
Janelle Coulton
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