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Power of People Network SCAM


I recently answered an add in Home Business Connection Magazine which stated, "make money from home returning calls - no selling required".  I was contacted by the founder of The Power of People Network, Jonathan Parr and his partner Elbert West of Carthage, TN.
 
Upon listening to the "call", I was instructed to send $3,500 CASH via Federal Express to Jonathan.  He explained that once the money was received that he would "qualify" me on the site and I would be sent "leads" I could call to tell about this "activity".  He said that others would GIFT me money and that I could make thousands in this "program".
 
They also have a line for those who sign up to get more information on how to scam others out of money effectively.  They are very crafty in the way they work their sentences so as not to raise any red-flags.  On their site you can find "guidelines" for which terms to use: 
 
"In communicating with others, it is VERY IMPORTANT that we use the appropriate terminology. Participants DO NOT use the following terminology in the activity:
 
Investment, Paid Earnings, Make Profits, Dividends, Player, Down-line, Up-line, Return, Net, Play the board, Play the house, Took In, Paid off, Paid out, Sponsor, Sign-up, Purchase, Guarantee, Assured Buy, Sure bet, Earn, Multiply your money, Pay, Getting Paid, Recruit, Buy-in, Payout
 
Participants DO use the following terminology in the activity:
 
Gift, Give, Receive, I have gifted, I have received, Participation, Golden Rule, Invited by, Constitutional Rights, Sharing, Gifter, Helping others, Right to give, Giving, Nice people, Register your gift, Associates, Fellow man, Kindness, Caring, I gave, Participant, Giving, Free association, Activity, Family, Community, Invitation"
 
The administration routinely talk about this being a "private activity", but never let anyone know that it is organized crime.  They stress time and time again that all cash money should be sent via Federal Express, DHL or UPS ONLY.  No money will be accepted under any circumstances via the United States Postal Service.  One can only assume that this is because if cash were discovered being sent that it might alert the Postal Inspector to their scam.
 
They also tell you to include in the envelope a "gifting statement" and a "non-solicitation form" which basically states that the person you are "gifting" this money to has not solicited it from you.  I was told by Mr. Elbert West that you can legally "gift" up to $11,000 to one person per year without the IRS getting involved.   Ironically on this week's "call" they were talking about how this was a prime time to get people involved in this "activity" as everyone was receiving their IRS return money.
 
When you listen to their information hot lines it is amazing to see how much money they are stealing from people.  Mr. West told me personally that he has made $750,000 in the past year and that Mr. Parr stands to make $2,000,000 TAX FREE in the coming year from this "activity".  Obviously this is money that they are NOT reporting to the IRS.  He said that he and Mr. Parr are careful not to look flashy in the community.  They live humbly, but pay cash for everything and especially luxury items under the amount of $10,000.00. 

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Here is some interesting information about the founder of Power of People Network, Jonathan Ashford Parr, and his wife, Kamela Boyd:


 

Quote: Defendant Name PARR JONATHAN A
Case Number M-96A1299
Offense Class C

Offense Description PUB INTOX
Final Disposition - Non-Adjudication of guilt (Agreed plea)


 

Quote:

Defendant Name PARR JONATHAN
Case Number M-9004789
Offense Class B

Offense Description THEFT CK 20
Disposition 1 for this case
Court ID Criminal County Court 7 Sentence





Quote: Case number 9500379K
Court ID 82
Judgement Amount $635.00

Plaintiff
COLE CONDOS
3235 COLE
DALLAS,,TX 75204
2148550050

Defendant
PARR JOHNATHON




 

Quote: Case number 9501084L
Court ID 22
Judgement Amount $1450.00

Plaintiff
GERYK KAREN
374 RIDGEWOOD AVE
MILL VALLEY,CA 94941
8003400128

Defendant
PARR JONATHAN




 

Quote: Case number 9700575L
Court ID 22
Judgement Amount $795.00

Plaintiff
AMLI @ VALLEY RANCH
430 RED RIVER TRAIL
IRVING,TX 75063
9728690101

Defendant
PARR BETTY (a family member who rented the apartment for him)




 

Quote: Case number 9801461L
Court ID 22
Judgement Amount $713.44

Plaintiff
GRAND VENETIAN
6225 LOVE DR
IRVING,TX 75039
9727611500

Defendant
PARR JONATHAN




 

Quote: Case number 9407086D
Case description SEVERANCE

Case number 9407086D
Case description DEBT SWRN ACCT

Plaintiff(s)
HUGHES RONALD W SR ET
HUGHES SOUTHLAND FUNE
UNIFORMS TO YOU & CO Process date

Defendant(s)
BEAN BRUCE ETAL
GRAND PRAIRIE FUNERAL
MASSEY OLEN
NOW COURIER ETAL
NOW VENTURES AKA ETAL
PARR JEFFREY ETAL
PARR JONATHAN DBA AKA
SOUTHLAND FUNERAL HOM




 

Quote: Case number 9612327K
Case description SWORN ACCOUNT
Judgement Amount $30,000

Plaintiff(s)
RICHARDS CAPITAL CORP

Defendant(s)
NORWOOD CHRIS
NOW VENTURES
PARR JEFFERY L ET AL
PARR JONATHAN




 

Quote: Case number JC9900483C
Case description SWORN ACCOUNT
Judgement Amount $ 925.00

Plaintiff(s)
Steven Elkins

Defendant(s)
PARR JONATHAN




 

Quote: County Civil Court of Law Case Number 0111702E
Case Description DEBT ACCT

Plaintiff(s)

BANK OF TEXAS NA

Defendant(s)

PARR JONATHAN ADBA SOURCE TRANSPORTATION




 

Quote: Defendant Name
PARR,JONATHAN Defendant Address
Defendant ZIP
75063 Defendant Phone
9720000000 Court ID
Case Number 0300095L
File Date Jan 14 2003

Plaintiff
WINSTED THE
10501 N MACARTHUR City
IRVING
TX 75063
9724449494

Judgement Amount $140.00



Looks like the Ms. Boyd has an interesting rental history.

Quote: DEBTOR: BOYD,KAMELA
CREDITOR: THE WINSTED
NUMBER: 0300524L
TYPE: CIVIL NEW FILING
EVICTION: YES




 

Quote: DEBTOR: BOYD,KAMELA
CREDITOR: THE WINSTED
AMOUNT: $ 1,400
NUMBER: 0300811L
TYPE: CIVIL NEW FILING
EVICTION: YES




 

Quote: DEBTOR: BOYD,KAMELA
CREDITOR: THE WINSTED
AMOUNT: $ 2,800
NUMBER: 0301063L
TYPE: CIVIL NEW FILING
ENTERED: 05/12/2003
EVICTION: YES




 

Quote: DEBTOR: BOYD,KAMELA
CREDITOR: THE WINSTED APARTMENTS
AMOUNT: $ 1,400
NUMBER: 0301414L
TYPE: CIVIL NEW FILING
ENTERED: 06/17/2003
EVICTION: YES




 

Quote: Debtors: BOYD KAMELA
Secured Party: K CLINICS ASSOCIATED
Secured Party Information: K CLINICS ASSOCIATED
IRVING, TX 75062
Black Number: 0001553
Vol-Pag-Num: VOL- 3, PAGE- 158
Filing Type: TERM




 

Quote: JUDGMENTS AND LIENS STATE OF TEXAS
DALLAS COUNTY COURT-DALLAS
DEBTOR: PARR,JONATHAN A
CREDITOR: BANK OF TEXAS NA
AMOUNT: $ 5,211
NUMBER: 0111702E
TYPE: CIVIL JUDGMENT




 

Quote: DEBTOR: PARR,JONATHAN
CREDITOR: GRAND VENETIAN
NUMBER: 9801461L
TYPE: CIVIL NEW FILING
EVICTION: YES

 

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If you live in the D/FW Metroplex, please tune in to News 8 Investigates on May 9th at 10 pm.  The award winning investigative journalist, Brett Shipp, will be exposing this scam! 

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I have been contacted by many victims of Jon Parr & Power of People Network. One of the most common questions I am asked is where to file complaints and will it help. IT WILL HELP! If enough people come forward and file complaints, state and federal agencies will begin an investigation. An investigation of this type could result in Mr. Parr's assets being frozen in order to pay back the victims.

The following is a short list of some of the organizations I where I filed complaints.

United States Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Branch Comment Form - http://www.treas.gov/usss/contact_ecb.shtml

SEC Investor Complaint Form - https://tts.sec.gov/acts-ics/do/complaint

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) - http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/

DOJ/OIG Report a Complaint - oig.hotline@usdoj.gov
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice
Investigations Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Room 4706
Washington, DC 20530
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/FOIA/hotline.htm

Complaint Form - https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

Better Business Bureau - http://www.dallas.bbb.org/complaintsearch.html
(and in your city too)

Rip-off Report.com - badbusinessbureau.com - http://www.ripoffreport.com/

NFIC Online Incident Report Form - http://68.166.162.20/repoform.htm

Distributor Complaint Form - powered by Responders.com - http://www.responders.com/respond/form.asp

LTGTBT: Contact Form - http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/pop/contact.htm

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  If you are a victim of this particular crime, PLEASE file a report with the local FBI where YOUR INVITER lives...VERY IMPORTANT STEP...

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Field Divisions -
http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm



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NBC10 will be airing Luann Cahn's investigation tonight at 11pm eastern. The story will feature a victim in the area, her inviter as well as Elbert West of Carthage, TN.
 
NBC10 covers area in PA,NJ and DE. Tune in if you can, if not they will probably post the story on the website tomorrow. www.nbc10.com
 
 

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The first of many in the works:
The Investigators: Woman Says 'Gifting Program' Took Last Dime
Power Of The People Network Asked Woman To Give Them $3,500


POSTED: 9:40 pm EDT May 8, 2006
UPDATED: 11:06 pm EDT May 9, 2006
 
http://www.nbc10.com/news/9180219/detail.html

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 LINKS: 

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX:   Woman Loses Thousands In Pyramid Scheme -
http://www.nbc5i.com/video/9182324/index.html#

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX: WFAA Channel 8 Investigates
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=

64642&catId=104

Corsicana, Texas: Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas - Web of
deceit? - http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/local/local_story_130102448.html?key
word=secondarystory

Some reporters are calling it The Power of the People Network, but it should say POWER OF PEOPLE NETWORK without "the" in the middle.


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Just received great news update:

There is a POPN LIFE member named Miguel who has been bragging about how he's opening a POPN LIFE office in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. He joined and invited the Chamber of Commerce as well as local media, Mayor and Governor to the "ribbon cutting ceremony". Everything was a go for June 2nd and pictures were to be posted on the Beauregard News site.

However, I have been informed that the Chamber of Commerce has canceled the ceremony and informed Miguel that they will not be supporting POPN LIFE CO due to information that the received from the state's Attorney General's office.

Apparently the State of Louisiana's AG office is investigating POPN and POPN LIFE and the Chamber said that they will not be supporting this company because "they cannot see the value or product of the company." 

THE FUNNIEST PART is that yesterday on their member support call, they encouraged everyone to go to their Chamber of Commerce and request a grand opening ceremony.



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