They say that no publicity is bad publicity and this seems to be true for the “Rich Pom” – a Rich Jerk clone who is offering a get rich quick scheme down in Australia.
According to a thread on the UK Net Marketing forum (great UK based IM forum – [link no longer active]), this marketer has been featured on an Australian TV programme called “A Current Affair”.
On his site (therichpom.com) he claims to make $90,000+ per month and will show anyone how to do the same if they are willing to pay him $79.
He includes “proof” of his earnings by showing screenshots of his Clickbank and PayPal accounts from June 2006. Here’s the first image from his site:
Two minutes ago I logged into my Clickbank account, saved the HTML and then doctored it to give the following:
Moral – don’t believe that a screenshot tells you the whole story, they can be easily doctored. That includes PayPal screenshots, bank statements, Clickbank account screenshots… anything.
The Rich Pom’s sales copy contains one page called “Sound Like A Scam?”
It is on this page that he asks:
‘Would I be on YAHOO NEWS as “Number One Work From Home Website in Australia” if this was a scam?’
He then gives a link to a Yahoo News page where a Press Release has been published. And it is a very one-sided press release at that.
The Press Release states:
‘The Rich Pom Becomes Number One Work From Home Website in Australia, According to Alexa Internet Traffic Rankings’
OK, lets take a look at the Alexa rankings for therichpom.com:
Traffic Rank for therichpom.com: Â 414,161
Another famous entrepreneur who offers business opportunities in Australia is Ed Dale, whose site is undiesipack.com. Is the Rich Pom trying to say that he is more popular that Ed Dale?
Ed’s Alexa rankings for undiesipack.com:
Traffic Rank for undiesipack.com: Â 317,102
So, the Rich Pom is clearly lying about being the number 1 “Work From Home” website in Australia as just one of Ed Dale’s websites beats him hands down.
Who is the Rich Pom?
He isn’t brave enough to give his name on his website but the Rich Pom  website is owned by Chris Dutton of Frenchs Forest, NSW (New South Wales?)
I’m not willing to put any money into the “Rich Pom’s” pocket so I won’t be buying the package. From one report I read, he delivers it as a Word file – very professional… not
My advice – AVOID