Angela Penbrook Update
Dozens of people have stepped forward and left more than 200 comments on our Angela Penbrook and rebate processing posts. People who got burned, people who didn’t, people who got their money back, people who almost got burned until they found I’ve Tried That and learned from the sad experiences of those before them. All of you are helping lots of people save lots of money. That’s a thing of beauty.
New Dirt on “Angela”
With the help of our readers, we’ve learned a few interesting things about “Angela” and how she does business her dirty work. This is the kind of people you’re dealing with:
- The ebook that some victims receive after payment (and which is available in html on at least one of her sites) is a copy of an older e-book, “Get Google Ads Free.” She is reselling something she didn’t even write (unless she’s the one who wrote the original ebook).
- Carl believes that her site planted a spybot on his computer that regularly pops up a Penbrook window. Now that’s a pleasant surprise.
- Judy posted all of the Penbrook contact information she knows, as well as filed a report with the BBB, and tells you how to do the same.
- Jenn asks a provocative question about why Penbrook wants to know how much credit you have available. A word to the wise: Never give more info than is necessary.
- Perhaps most important, Loretta was successful in recovering her lost money. Not from Penbrook, which would have been sweet, but from her credit card company. That’s cool too. If enough pissed off customers call their credit card companies, the banks will come down hard on the perpetrators.
- When you call the customer service number and ask for a refund, they tell you it’s being processed and you’ll have it in 3-7 days…even if you didn’t sign up!. As one reader put it, they’re probably operating with a pencil and paper.
- They often give out the same confirmation number to people asking for refunds.
Of course, none of this tells us anything that we didn’t already know: this is the most blatant scam we’ve seen since we started I’ve Tried That last year.
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Regarding Penbrook scam: I’m both happy and relieve to say that I DID receive my refund credited to my credit card account (not before I called AMEX and disputed the charge though). But I did get an email from Penbrook stating I would receive 197 back on my account. Of course I didn’t believe it, but checking my cc account this am, the credit did appear. Here’s who made the charge and then issued the credit:
MAKE YOU FAMOUS CONSULTIN
19800 MACARTHUR BLVD
STE 300
IRVINE CA 92612
USA
Thought this information might be helpful to those who are still fighting to get their money back.
I just got an email from Angela, I checked several sites first before even spending any more time reading her site.
Thanks everyone,
David
ps, took the following from her website:
Legal Forum, Choice Of Laws & Official Language
This offering is a contract between you the buyer and our business, the seller. The seller is located in Nicosia, Cyprus and by doing business with us you agree that this offering is made from Nicosia, Cyprus, and shall be governed by the laws of Cyprus. By electing to participate in this offer, you are entering into a contract.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Cyprus, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any legal action arising out of this Agreement shall be litigated and enforced under the laws of Cyprus. In addition, you agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Cyprus, and that any legal action pursued by you shall be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Cyprus.
The terms constituting this offering are set forth in writing on this Web site. You hereby agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts located in Nicosia, Cyprus to resolve any disputes or litigation hereunder. Whether or not you choose to print this offering, containing the terms and conditions as described herein, you agree that this contract constitutes a writing.
This agreement is being written in English, which is to be the official language of the contract’s text and interpretation. If you do not agree with the above terms and conditions, you have the option to not participate in this offer.
That’s interesting, David. Thanks for posting it. Of course, it’s all B.S. This is just boilerplate legal text that could have been copied from anywhere. All other signs point to the scam being based in Irvine, CA. The text is designed to throw any attorney off the trail who might be interested in pursuing action.
Word to attorneys: Nothing that “Penbrook Productions” has ever said has been true, so don’t believe the official-sounding disclaimer.
i’m glad i found this site before buying angela or angels program. when i noticed their e-mails were identical i became suspicious & their poor me stories were identical changing only their kids names & the time of year they needed to buy presents for them. i don’t know how these folks can live with themselves getting rich off scamming innocent people
Man i wish i had read all this before i spent the money, because it is not what it said it would be at all. And to make things better the 800 number that they have is always busy.
I really hope that others dont get sucked in to the quick money scams!!!!
Thanks everyone for sparing me from this woman. When I tried to respond to her e-mail, all I got was a mailer demon saying that website is undeliverable. That was my first clue until I found this site. Also watch out for Angel Stevens. She has the exact same ad although she changed the names of the children & the holiday on which she was “crying in her poverty”.——-Jule
I was ripped off by Angela Penbrook-Process at home last month.I requested a refund of my money and they refused by being silent to all my email communications.I lost my job in beginning of March after working for eleven years with a company and the money I sent to Angela is from my unemployment check that I received from the government. She should be stopped and the government must do something on this lady. This is a bad omen for internet business when a bunch of criminals are playing with people’s life.
Mesfin
So I got a call from an Angela Penbrook office representative, his name was Chris and he seemed quite surprised at how unhappy I was with the product, hmm imagine that! He then went on, I mean blabbed on about how the company is constantly is making changes and brain storming in meeting on how to keep thier customers happy (how to steal their money) blah blah blah… Finally I got sick of hearing him speak and abrubtly told him to be quiet for a minute and listen to me. Long story short nothing was accomplished in the phone call and he wouldn’t give me any information about Angela or the company- ie any phone numbers, a physical address, or another email address for Angela. So maybe I wasn’t asking the right questions? Maybe you guys(Joe and Steve) can have a little chat with “Mr.Know-it-all” Chris! His phone number is (818)961-8205. I just tried calling it a moment ago to see if it still worked and wasn’t disconnected- it still works. So good luck to you all!
We got our money back, finally!!! Yes!!! Yes!!! Yes!!!
:) 
Yesterday, my husband called our credit company, and we already have our refund!!!
:) 
I praise God for that!!! 
:) 
We did it in a different way… We got our credit bank statement and we saw the 197 dollars charged, and next to the description there was an 866 phone number (866-885-8126), so, my husband called them and requested them our money back… It was the only way that worked!
I had sent many e-mails requesting technical support first, but no answers, then I sent many more requesting my money back and I got no one answer, then I talked to a supervisor and he hanged me up when I requested my money back, I made many calls and nothing happened… Until we received our credit bank statement, we saw that 866 number and we called them.
So, they gave us a number like a confirmation one and told us to allow them 5-7 business day to receive it back!!!
Keep trying! Try the number I gave it to you!
Good luck and praying for you all.
Hi again to Steve and Joe,
Joyce here again. Wanted to share another tidbit with you. I was one of the fortunate ones to get their money back by using the credit card company. That is the way I would recommend to anyone as it is legal. Waiting around for a rebate from people who have already scammed you is wasted time. 90 days slips by fast! Anyway, I got an email today from someone promoting Cindy Dalton for the rebate work. Same thing, get paid twice weekly by an outstanding online business (Clickbank).
Ok, recently I signed on at Clickbank to promote what I found to be some very legal and well-known products. No, I am not rolling in money, just getting my feet wet and seeing if I can earn a few dollars and learn the marketing end of business.
Anyway,I have been doing my due diligence,reading through all the legal policies and client contract obligations, etc.
Lo and behold, if you check out the Clickbank website and read thru their policies, you will notice line “e”.
“You agree to make no such promotions promising customers rebates, coupons, tickets, or vouchers in connection with their ClickBank purchase.” That last sentence is pasted in right from their webpage. There you have it, they do not allow you to give or promise “rebates.” So anyone telling you to do this, is putting you in a situation where Clickbank will not let you do business with them. You will be in violation of their own rules.
Thought I would share this little nugget with you, as a further
proof that these people are scammers and promoting something that will ultimately get you in trouble.
Thanks again for keeping everyone informed, and saving us
our hard earned money.
Take care!
Joyce
I am angry because after reading these comments about Angela
Pennbrook, I wanted to believe that this rebate program was a sure thing. I have been trying to get my refund for over 2 months now and still have not received it. I took money to sign up for this program when that money should have been used for my
daughter.
Yes i have been trying for my refund of 197.00
day 2 phone 866-885-8126, by the way this is the
customer service center in irvin califorina,
I was on the phone for 1 hour,
when the younge!! lady gave me her boss after tell the same song and dance about refund card number
I removed gloves that it,
informed then they have 24 hours to refund money
or i was going to our District Attorney Office
monday morning,
well i soon had a number and they told me
it would be refund on moday,
I don’t have fingers cross but hope i n g
peggy
I can’t believe I fell for that. I joined Angela’s web 2/29, started feeling funny about it and called 3/15 and requested my money back. Well time went by and I received a refund and another charge on my account for $197 on 4/18. I called as soon as these 2 transactions appeared on my account, and I was told that my money would be refunded 5/2. Well its 5/30 and I am still waiting for my refund. I called tonight and I was told that it would be refunded in 5-7 business days. I asked what happened to the transaction 5/2, and the recorded message was the same.
Gloria
I purchased this program and have yet to find out what it is really about. Now I know after reading the reports. What a scam artist. I have spoken to several people in the company and they are so vague about how it really works. I told them I do not have ANY money to sink into this and that I need to simply process rebates. They failed to inform me that it was a rebate of your own money. What a crock!!! Does anyone know how to get your money back if you are in the first 90 days?
Please let me know what to do.
JOy AlBayati
I have tried a few websites, trying to start making $ money on-line and it is so hard, it’s ridiculous. I signed up with Legit-online jobs.com and paid $39.97, and i’ve still yet to get started with them. I had a CEO who owns them and others, trying to get me to shell out another $4,000 for a mentor program, when it plainly states in their Q & A section that you do not need to pay anymore $ money out, only the $39.97 which i paid. That burned me. It must be really detailed and hard to have to have a mentor program which the company does not state on their website. They act like it’s soooo easy, but in reality it is not. I do not know who to trust anymore.
I wish I had found out about Angela Pennbrook’s scam before getting her program. Now Ive been trying nearly 3 months to get the a refund from them. I tried disputing with my credit card company but they needed information from the merchant. That wasnt possible since they dont return calls. So Im gonna try and dispute it again and print out some comments from this website and fax it over to my cc company and hope I get refunded. Thanks for this site. Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda…right?!!
Well, I’m a two time loser. I “bought” the startup materials from Angela Penbroke for $197. BTW, they double charged my card to the tune of $394. So, I called and within a couple of days they had charged back $197. My bank had put the money back into my account after I complained to them about being shafted. I called their attention to it, so they could get back at least half of it. I changed my mind AFTER I checked out your website. I immediately called and cancelled my order. I still have not received my money from dear, dear, Angela. And I never got any materials. I have been calling every Monday for months, they tell me they will charge back the remaining $197. They tell me to wait 2-3 business days, and I have even received transaction numbers. No good. Then, about a month ago I tried to call them at 1-800-785-8042; all I got was silence.
Then, suprize!, I get a telephone message asking me to call Bradon “about Home internet business course I had ordered. I called him back a few days later. Oh, HIS phone number is: 1-888-514-6020 Ext: 844. He gave me a little information to go on: 1) The company is now Angela Stevens. Their website THAT DOES NOT WORK: http://www.softsupportlive.com. And AS aks AP has a new phone number: 1-866-885-8126. Oh, I forgot to mention this before; guess why Bradon called me to see how I was going in my new “business”. I had never received diddly from Angela Penbroke. That’s right, he works for Angela Stevens. So I called the Stevens number, was asked a couple of “verification” questions. Guess what? They had no trouble bringing up my information, including my credit card number. Apparently, Penbroke and Stevens are one and the same. I am going to cc: the Consumers compaints here in California.
Oops, I forgot one other thing. 8721 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069. I hope I helped everyone.
I have been trying since last March, it is now the end of June! They kept telling me it would be 5-7 days for the refund, now the last time I called they gave me http://www.fastsupporlive.com to emaill them and they would respond, its been over a week and I havent’t heard a thing so I emailed them again!!!
Check this out everyone!!! I found this info. at the yahoo answers website. You know where they answers all questions and rate them by percentages? Angela’s bases her company in Cyprus!! So you’ll have to go there to get a refund! How convenient! What I’ve come to find out is that people base their companies overseas because they are operating an illegal business that is not allowed here in the states! What a b*tch! Thanks for this site!! Peace to everyone!
One more thing you guys. Everyone needs to contact these sites that host Angela’s fake ads. Send them a message that we won’t tolerate scams on their sites and that they need to be removed because they are harming the community! When no one will host her ads, she’ll get the message. I almost fell for her ad only and only because it was listed/hosted on a very legitimate site. I thought: This site is credible, so the ads here must be credible. I was wrong!
Does anyone know how I would get a refund through my bank since I used my Visa bank card?
Well I’ll take this one step further. After paying the 197 a few months ago I’ve been called a few times by their “coaching” people. They basically have a higher level business that takes more money to get started into but they warranty you’ll make it back within 6 months. Has anyone heard of this?
By the way I went through the book steps for a while but didn’t make anything because it doesn’t work. I don’t think it’s a straight forward scam because doing what she says can legitimately work, the problem is getting traffic to click the links and buy.
I asked the guy from the most recent support number (800-381-7820) for more information about their program… the man said his name was Kelvin, but spoke with an African accent. He directed me to a “website” of support@processathome.com which is an e-mail, not a website at all. And when I entered support.processathome.com into my browser, a LINK to Ivetriedthat.com appeared and saved me. Thanks guys!
The only way I got my money back was file a dispute form with my credit card company and they investigated the id no. emailed to me by customer care penbrook productions and after 3 days they called me back and said to fill out dispute form and I was refunded my 197.00 from credit card company. Now the credit card investigaters will turn it over to proper authorities and go after Penbrook Productions. I was sending email after email to customercare@penbrookproductions.com and angelapenbrookproductions.com everyday sending replies to their emails saying to wait 5-7 business days since June 18, 2008 and was told department managers would call and this is a legitimate program. Well I received a (201) area code number calling for 2 days but leaving no message and I told them I had no interest in talking to anybody from Penbrook Productions I only wanted department manager to send my refund to credit card company and call them in 5-7 business days to make sure refund went through since it’s their job to check on their legitimate program standard process works and not their clients, although I checked with credit card co. since June 18, 2008 on my refund and never received any refunds like their emails claimed. I did print out every email and printed id no. document that they sent to me to show my Lawyer (in my family) and credit card co. that what they were saying and I was not lying about refund since June 18,2008 that they said my credit card co. was not putting it back onto my account and to be patient with them and not Penbrook Productions. I kept emailing Penbrooks customer care/ Angela Penbrook emails back to them asking if it was their money and they were trying to get back what would they think about their emails saying it was succesfully done but then they would resend refund again , if it was done successfully then why can’t they find out where it went to or call credit card co. to find out if they received it? My credit card co. said they never called to check about refund or attempted to send a refund to my card process department was checking my credit card everyday and was going to email/call me when refund happened. Finally credit card co. said to fill out dispute form and they would give me a refund and that’s how I received refund. I also reported Penbrook Productions to Ripoff Report site, BBB , Criminal Justice department (AskDOJ@usdoj.gov email) and other complaint sites too so I hope my information shared will help others with the same problem get their money back. Good Luck and Don’t stop trying to get your money back and complain everywhere you can about Penbrook Productions.
angelapenbrook@penbrookproductions.com was the other email from above comment I made. (866)885-8042 (866)885-8126 is the customer care numbers but not sure if it will help plus 19800 McArthur Blvd. ste 300 Irvine, CA 92612 is the address I found online and I’ve reported them to City of Irvine too. But I’ve seen so many other phone numbers and cities (i.e. santa monica office) that when I checked Penbrook Productions in websearch I found these companies Wealthdci, Iwealth,ITop,cash1234dotcom.com and numerous process rebates at home sites which looks like they know about scam reports and are trying to stay ahead of ripoff reports with different co. names so others cannot get scam information about Angela Penbrook/Angel Stevens companies when they check for scams by these companies. Everytime I see another Angela Penbrook/Angel Stevens co. on the web I add it to Ripoff Report and other scam sites so nobody else gets Ripped off and they don’t make anymore money off of their scam rebate companies. Sooner or later one of these agencies will catch up to them so keep reporting every site from Angela Penbrook/Angel Stevens you see online or received email and report anywhere you can. Oh yeah and watch out for emails about out of country companies looking for representatives to cash donation checks in your bank keep 10% and mail the rest to them out of country it comes from Angela Penbrook / Angel Stevens sites that we signed up with they are the ones giving out our information to these other scammers.
I also notified careerbuilder.com and let Michael.Hargis@careerbuilder.com know about Penbrook Productions companies that were advertising on their site and their fraud department person contacted me and wanted more information about Penbrook Productions so anybody interested in shutting them down email michael too and let him know your problems with them too. I also told Michael to take my information off careerbuilder.com site because of the problems with Penbrook Productions and the spam emails I am getting now from out of country companies looking for a representative , Image Incentive John Strummer (480)588-0703 Tempe,AR(who is actually Smart Advertising Solutions in Arizona and has paid $250,000 to Arizona State Attorney General office for a post card saying people could make 10,000 in a month scam check Arizona BBB site)who called my house claiming I filled out a form to get information from Image Incentive when I did not do any such thing. When I checked with City Hall of Tempe, AR City employees checked on Image Incentive in business tax and license department and found nothing on Image Incentive or John Strummer. I actually entered Image Incentive Arizona and only them found a Ripoff Report complaint about a company called Smart Advertising Solutions with Image Incentive program and read a senior executive rebuttal about a complaint persons story.Drummer is the guys suppossed name that claims they do not do cold calling and the complaint person said in his story that when he was questioning salesman about sales tactics salesman just laughed loudly at him, Drummer said at least he didn’t get mad at you, which is when I rebuttled to Drummer then why did I get a cold call from John Strummer? and why are your salesman laughing at a potential customer when he is asking about certain company tactics and policies? No answer as of yet from Drummer and phone calls stopped coming after 2 days and 4 calls not answered. So complain to careerbuilder.com and other sites as much as possible , the only process rebates at home now on careerbuilder.com is Angel Stevens ones only I don’t see any of Angela Penbrook DBA’s anymore.I also filed a complaint to LABBB about Wealthdci, Iwealth , ITop, cash1234dotcom.com amd other DBA names Penbrook Productions are using so when other people check for scams/frauds on these DBA names they can find out it’s a scam before they sign up. Thats what happened to me I checked one of their DBAs that Penbrook Productions just started and had no scam/fraud reports yet, after I signed up then I found out Penbrook Productions was a scam/fraud by then it was too late. So file any name you find with Ripoff Report and BBB so others won’t be in the same place we are, by the way I filled a dispute payment form with my credit card company (Joseph , Angela or Angel) to get my refund back it was not Penrbrook Productions who refunded my money I even emailed customer care/Angela Penbrook about filing complaints with fraud company authorities, Criminal Justice Deaprtment and BBB but that was no help just kept getting generic emails back sorry for inconvienence we will do another standard refund process and a department manager will call back in 24-48 hours (yea right) So send in complaint to any agency you can find even Attorney State Generals office Don’t let these scam artists do it to anymore people.
I am SO glad that I did a Google search and found your site before I paid my $197 to this crook! Thanks for being out there guys - I too now know NOT to trust ads on what I thought was a reputable website. It is horrible that people play on others who have hit hard times and are trying to find a way to supplement their income to take care of their families. It is down right shameful. Thanks for having this site guys! You saved me $197 and (what sounds to be) a lot of heartache!
Found new DBA so BEWARE of infodesk@marywillmakeiteasier.net of another website for Angel Stevens/Angela Penbrook they are trying to stay ahead of our scam/fraud reports.
Received another email from Angel Stevens DBA’s to scam/fraud other people http://www.information@supportingacommongoal.com with 8721 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles ,CA address as Process at Home
All Angela Penbrook/Angel Stevens info:
1) Make you Famous Consulting/Penbrook Productions
19800 McArthur Blvd. STE 300
Irvine, CA 92612
2) Penbrook Productions Process
2510 E. Sunset Rd. #5
Las Vegas , NV 89120-3055
P.O.BOX 35110
Las Vegas, NV 89133-5110
3) Angela Penbrook Rebate Processing
1437 Denver Ave. STE 225
Loveland , CO 80538-3226
(866)885-8126 (866)885-8042 (800)324-9708 (800)785-8042
4) Easy Way Service/Process at Home
8721 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
5) Process at Home
8761 Santa Monica Blvd.
San Marcos ,TX 78666
6) Process at Home
23679 Calabasas Rd.
Calabasas, CA 91302
7) International Data Entry/Process at Home
1240 Lincoln Way E
Massillon, OH 44646
(866)876-5177 (800)699-4829 (800)381-7820 (213)514-5323
http://www.onlinepathinstitute.com,www.rebateprocessortools.com,
http://www.rebateprocessing@mail.rescuesupervise.com,
http://www.information@supportingacommongoal.com,
http://www.myrebateprocessor.com,www.wealthdci.com,www.iwealth.com,
http://www.clickbank.com,www.mother2make.com,www.myincomeathome.com,
http://www.myincomeathome3.com,www.cash1234dotcom.com,
http://www.infodesk@marywillmakeiteasier.com,www.promgw@attremen.com,
http://www.tatitlek@bandamber.com,
BEWARE these are one in the same companies Scam/Fraud Rebate Process at Home. There is no such Angela Penbrook/Angel Stevens it is owned by 2 caucasian guys in their 20’s who own and are making tons of money running Rebate Process Scam/Fraud since 2007. They also give your information to Image Incentive(aka Smart Advertising Solutions), Tafiti Consulting Co. and Ken Hayashi Co. who are website designer companies that are willing to show you how to build your own Website to advertise small business products. Which are giving kickbacks to or are affiliated with Penbrook Productions, Hope this helps anybody else from getting ripped off from these guys/companies.
Another website emailed to me today BEWARE
http://WWW.INFORMATION@OPPORTUNITIESASFARASTHEEYECANSEE.NET
PROCESS AT HOME
P.O.BOX 269
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY 11722