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Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing is a team of highly motivated and dedicated individuals working together toward a common goal: achieving success with integrity. FHTM has allowed thousands of individuals, regardless of education, experience, or current financial situation, to reach their financial goals by becoming FHTM business owners. Through support, encouragement, and guidance, our Independent Representatives work together to become the best possible advocates of our quality name brand products and services.
With our diversified list of offerings and invaluable Independent Representatives, FHTM has become a leader in the industry and achieved unmatched success. FHTM will continue breaking barriers and making headlines for years to come.
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Does Ocenture company has a partnership with fhtm?
Yes. Although they are out of biz (FHTM).
What do people do in the business field?
There are hundreds of things which one can do in a business field.Actually it depends upon the type of business you are in...As i am in FHTM,so i have to do marketing of the FHTM products which are really very different from other products.
Has Paul Orberson violated the TRO by going to Zija?
We think he has not only violated the Temporary Restraining Order but threw all of his followers under the bus! http://www.scribd.com/doc/126019810/Paul-Orberson-Buries-FHTM
Is Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing a legal business?
there is nothing illegal about it. It is based on the same as AMWAY, which has been around most living peoples lives. It is a matter of how many people you get to join gives you a share of the profits being made. I have run into people in this that I already knew were reputable business people. It is not easy and will take a lot of time. If you do not have hundreds of friends the best you will do is a few hundred. On the contrary - There is nothing that Fortune Hi-Tech does that makes it legal. It never ceases to amaze me how the Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing cult followers put a twisted spin on everything they say and the number of articles being posted to the internet lately to counter attack the millions of "scam" and "illegal pyramid scheme" allegations that are out there by hundreds of ex-representatives. Recently I read an article claiming that the FTC gave their seal of approval to FHTM when in fact it is the exact opposite. The FTC's "Operation Empty Promises" campaign and the joint effort of local Attorneys general offices like Roy Cooper in North Carolina have serious criminal and civil investigations ongoing against Paul Orberson and FHTM. What will the excuses be and the twisted story become if another State AG shuts down FHTM or even worse Paul Orberson is indicted by the feds for fraud? Maybe it is just because folks in America who worked for $6/hr prior to FHTM have no idea how to differentiate between reality and the myths and lies spread by the FHTM leaders to make them appear to be legitimate. There is a huge difference between hiring an ex-AG from the 80's as a legal consultant and having an ex-AG as a representative. That is such a far-fetched twist of reality. Is there such a thing as corrupt politician, corrupt attorney or AG? Has there ever been a case where the attorney leading a huge Ponzi scheme went to prison? Research the facts and the answer to that question is yes a dozen times over. It is only in the minds of small thinking people, that these anti-reality blazing statements can be construed as legitimate. These same representatives are probably new to the FHTM scam and therefore, like good little soldiers, go around the country and the internet and spout the fallacies that helped FHTM get to where they are today. There are many rewards mall programs and affiliate marketing deals available to anyone who spends 15 minutes on the internet doing some research. If a company like Home Depot aligns itself with a rewards mall and FHTM happens to figure out a way to make money from that mall relationship does it mean that Home Depot and FHTM have some sort of marketing partnership? Absolutely not, unless it is a mall that has been developed by FHTM and all of the vendor contracts are directly with them. In the case of FHTM - they were an affiliate marketer for the BSP Rewards Mall through a company called Ocenture. After all of the legal woes began for FHTM in December 0f 2009, they have since dropped Fortune. None of the companies that market their products through an mall or affiliate deal ever heard of Fortune nor do they promote network marketing as a way to sell their products. For years everyone that spent one day as an independent representative for FHTM has attempted, at one time or another, to prove FHTM legitimacy for association. With millions of scam allegations on the internet it is no wonder representatives have to work extra hard to counter attach the real truth. The famous last words, of every FHTM cult leader is, "These Fortune 100 companies and ex-AG's wouldn't associate with FHTM if we were illegal, a scam or a pyramid deal". The truth of the matter is none of these companies associate with nor have approved any deal with FHTM to market their product or associate their brands with FHTM. Over the past year, this has become painfully obvious with the loss of their BSP rewards mall, Travelocity, GE, DuPont, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Anyone can hire an attorney but that doesn't make your company legal by any sense of the word. That paid spokesperson is nothing more than a person or firm paid big bucks to spew crap to calm the masses of representatives. If anyone would actually take the time to research this company for themself, the truth would be obvious. For years Judy Hammerschmidt, the ex-general counsel for FHTM was portrayed as an assistant Attorney General to President Reagan. That title is rather impressive except they forgot to tell you that there are dozens of assistant attorney generals and none of them work directly for or with the President of the USA. These same liars neglected to mention that her real title was Special Assistant to the Attorneys General. That is a completely different position. A Special Assistant to the AG is a legal clerk, a glorified secretary. She held this position right out of law school. Not a big deal - unless you are trying to spin your credentials in an effort to make yourself someone you never were or to impress unsuspecting cult followers. This has been a web of deceit since the beginning. So back to the original question - Is Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing a SCAM? Who really knows the answer? If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck. Many media sources and regulatory authorities think so. I think it is more of a cult than a scam. Members join - most never make any money yet are brainwashed into convincing herds of other this is the greatest thing since sliced bread - 99% quit within ninety days according to a recent conference call held by the founder Paul Orberson and less than 5% earn anything. Like other cults - anyone who quits FHTM loses money, precious time, family, friends and their integrity. When will morals overtake American Greed?
Is Fortune Hi Tech Marketing a legal business?
there is nothing illegal about it. It is based on the same as AMWAY, which has been around most living peoples lives. It is a matter of how many people you get to join gives you a share of the profits being made. I have run into people in this that I already knew were reputable business people. It is not easy and will take a lot of time. If you do not have hundreds of friends the best you will do is a few hundred. On the contrary - There is nothing that Fortune Hi-Tech does that makes it legal. It never ceases to amaze me how the Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing cult followers put a twisted spin on everything they say and the number of articles being posted to the internet lately to counter attack the millions of "scam" and "illegal pyramid scheme" allegations that are out there by hundreds of ex-representatives. Recently I read an article claiming that the FTC gave their seal of approval to FHTM when in fact it is the exact opposite. The FTC's "Operation Empty Promises" campaign and the joint effort of local Attorneys general offices like Roy Cooper in North Carolina have serious criminal and civil investigations ongoing against Paul Orberson and FHTM. What will the excuses be and the twisted story become if another State AG shuts down FHTM or even worse Paul Orberson is indicted by the feds for fraud? Maybe it is just because folks in America who worked for $6/hr prior to FHTM have no idea how to differentiate between reality and the myths and lies spread by the FHTM leaders to make them appear to be legitimate. There is a huge difference between hiring an ex-AG from the 80's as a legal consultant and having an ex-AG as a representative. That is such a far-fetched twist of reality. Is there such a thing as corrupt politician, corrupt attorney or AG? Has there ever been a case where the attorney leading a huge Ponzi scheme went to prison? Research the facts and the answer to that question is yes a dozen times over. It is only in the minds of small thinking people, that these anti-reality blazing statements can be construed as legitimate. These same representatives are probably new to the FHTM scam and therefore, like good little soldiers, go around the country and the internet and spout the fallacies that helped FHTM get to where they are today. There are many rewards mall programs and affiliate marketing deals available to anyone who spends 15 minutes on the internet doing some research. If a company like Home Depot aligns itself with a rewards mall and FHTM happens to figure out a way to make money from that mall relationship does it mean that Home Depot and FHTM have some sort of marketing partnership? Absolutely not, unless it is a mall that has been developed by FHTM and all of the vendor contracts are directly with them. In the case of FHTM - they were an affiliate marketer for the BSP Rewards Mall through a company called Ocenture. After all of the legal woes began for FHTM in December 0f 2009, they have since dropped Fortune. None of the companies that market their products through an mall or affiliate deal ever heard of Fortune nor do they promote network marketing as a way to sell their products. For years everyone that spent one day as an independent representative for FHTM has attempted, at one time or another, to prove FHTM legitimacy for association. With millions of scam allegations on the internet it is no wonder representatives have to work extra hard to counter attach the real truth. The famous last words, of every FHTM cult leader is, "These Fortune 100 companies and ex-AG's wouldn't associate with FHTM if we were illegal, a scam or a pyramid deal". The truth of the matter is none of these companies associate with nor have approved any deal with FHTM to market their product or associate their brands with FHTM. Over the past year, this has become painfully obvious with the loss of their BSP rewards mall, Travelocity, GE, DuPont, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Anyone can hire an attorney but that doesn't make your company legal by any sense of the word. That paid spokesperson is nothing more than a person or firm paid big bucks to spew crap to calm the masses of representatives. If anyone would actually take the time to research this company for themself, the truth would be obvious. For years Judy Hammerschmidt, the ex-general counsel for FHTM was portrayed as an assistant Attorney General to President Reagan. That title is rather impressive except they forgot to tell you that there are dozens of assistant attorney generals and none of them work directly for or with the President of the USA. These same liars neglected to mention that her real title was Special Assistant to the Attorneys General. That is a completely different position. A Special Assistant to the AG is a legal clerk, a glorified secretary. She held this position right out of law school. Not a big deal - unless you are trying to spin your credentials in an effort to make yourself someone you never were or to impress unsuspecting cult followers. This has been a web of deceit since the beginning. So back to the original question - Is Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing a SCAM? Who really knows the answer? If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it probably is a duck. Many media sources and regulatory authorities think so. I think it is more of a cult than a scam. Members join - most never make any money yet are brainwashed into convincing herds of other this is the greatest thing since sliced bread - 99% quit within ninety days according to a recent conference call held by the founder Paul Orberson and less than 5% earn anything. Like other cults - anyone who quits FHTM loses money, precious time, family, friends and their integrity. When will morals overtake American Greed?
Is the FHTM legal team running www.fhtmscamnews.com?
It appears that after months of blaming Mr. Isaacs for owning and controlling the news aggregation website .com it has come to light that the real registrant and administrative contact for that site is actually the FHTM legal staff at the infamous firm of Gardere Wynne and Sewell LLP. This is the same firm that is defending FHTM in the class-action lawsuit in Kentucky as well as the firm maliciously prosecuting Mr. Isaacs for violating a settlement agreement that was reached in June 2011. On January 5, 2012 the website was registered through a privacy protect company in Australia. As of November 15, 2012 they have exposed themselves as the true owner of such website and even use the same DNS servers as were originally listed when the site was originally registered. The content is identical under their control as it was a year ago when someone anonymously launched it. In conclusion, it appears as if it was a major setup to try and discredit Mr. Isaacs but the truth finally prevails.
Is the ftc action the end of fhtm?
FTC Action Leads Court to Halt Alleged Pyramid Scheme FHTM Promoted Itself as a Path to Financial Independence, but Most People Made Little or No Money At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and North Carolina, a federal court has halted an allegedly illegal pyramid scheme pending trial. The FTC and the state attorneys general seek to stop the allegedly illegal practices of the Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing (FHTM) operation, which claimed consumers would make substantial income by joining the scheme. The operation affected more than 100,000 consumers throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada. In some areas, including Chicago, the scheme targeted Spanish-speaking consumers. "Pyramid schemes are more like icebergs," said C. Steven Baker, Director of the FTC's Midwest Region. "At any point most people must and will be underwater financially. These defendants were promising people that if they worked hard they could make lots of money. But it was a rigged game, and the vast majority of people lost money." According to the complaint filed by the FTC and the state attorneys general, the defendants falsely claimed consumers would earn significant income for selling the products and services of companies such as Dish Network, Frontpoint Home Security, and various cell phone providers, and for selling FHTM's line of health and beauty products. Despite FHTM's claims, nearly all consumers who signed up with the scheme lost more money than they ever made. To the extent that consumers could make any income, however, it was mainly for recruiting other consumers, and FHTM's compensation plan ensured that most consumers made little or no money, the complaint alleged. "This is the beginning of the end for one of the most prolific pyramid schemes operating in North America," Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said. "This is a classic pyramid scheme in every sense of the word. The vast majority of people, more than 90 percent, who bought in to FHTM lost their money." As alleged in the complaint, FHTM promoted itself as a way for average people to achieve financial independence. Some FHTM representatives claimed they earned more than 10 times as much as their previous earnings in their second and subsequent years with FHTM. One person claimed that another representative earned more than $50,000 in his sixth month and millions of dollars in subsequent years. Another person promoted a recruitment meeting on her Twitter account, stating, "Bring ur friends & learn how 2 make $120K aYR." At its 2012 national convention in Dallas, FHTM called its top 30 earners to the stage to present them with a mock-up of a $64 million check, which several of them shared as a photo on social networking websites. To participate in the scheme, consumers paid annual fees ranging from $100 to $300. To qualify for sales commissions and recruiting bonuses, they had to pay an extra $130 to $400 per month and agree to a continuity plan that billed them monthly for products unless they canceled the plan. Those who signed up more consumers and maintained certain sales levels could earn promotions and greater compensation, but contrary to FHTM's claims, the complaint alleged, its compensation plan ensured that, at any given time, most participants would spend more money than they would earn. According to the complaint, recruits were told they could earn high commissions by selling products to people outside the operation, but instead only minimal compensation was paid for sales to non-participants, and few products were ever sold to anyone other than participants. The scheme provided much larger rewards for recruiting people than for selling products, and more than 85 percent of the money consumers made was for recruitment. In addition to charging the defendants with operating an illegal pyramid scheme and making false earnings claims, the FTC charged them with furnishing consumers with false and misleading materials for recruiting more participants. The attorneys general offices of Illinois, Kentucky and North Carolina joined the FTC complaint, as well as alleging violations of their respective state laws. The defendants are Paul C. Orberson, Thomas A. Mills, Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing Inc., FHTM Inc., Alan Clark Holdings LLC, FHTM Canada Inc., and Fortune Network Marketing (UK) Limited. On January 24, 2013, the court halted the deceptive practices, froze the defendants' assets, and appointed a temporary receiver over the corporations pending a trial. The Commission vote, including Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, authorizing the staff to file the complaint was 5-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
How do you quit FHTM?
If you call the representative line 859.422.7018, give them your rep ID and say that you would like to discontinue services, then they will stop charging your card for the services you signed up for (at least the 3 initial services from my experience). It was very straightforward and simple, no questions asked. I had been putting it off for months because I feared what the response would be but there was no negative backlash.
