In late January 2025, a reader alerted me to the fact some online users were hard at work marketing to consumers a scam known as the Wifi Profits app — also known as the “3-click cash trick.” This is simply the latest scam in a long line of scams misleadingly claiming to offer an easy way to make money, including Mini Mobile ATM, a 60-second phone loophole and The Money Wave. Videos displayed in Facebook and Instagram ads claimed a woman earned $38,000 with the Wifi Profits app — which isn’t even an offered app on Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store. However, “get rich quick” schemes are king in the world of scams. This article documents my fully-researched review of the marketing for the Wifi Profits app — a purported “three-click cash trick” moneymaking product with all the makings of being a scam, not legit. Some users looking for further helpful information searched Google for reviews about Wifi Profits on Consumer Reports, Reddit and other websites.
The product’s name features “Wifi,” as if a special ability of the “three-click cash trick” primarily involves using Wi-Fi signals. As I reported in my YouTube video, numerous video advertisements for this and other similar offerings appeared in recent months as sponsored posts on Facebook and Instagram. The ads showed people telling fake and sometimes conflicting stories in an effort to entice users to click a link to visit profitwithwifi.com.
If you’ve had difficulty in finding any legitimate reviews of the Wifi Profits app or “three-click cash trick” on Google, you’re not the only one. Unfortunately, scammers are attempting to flood Google’s search results with fake positive reviews. With my article, you’ll find the most honest and thorough review available anywhere online. To help crush the scammy articles and videos attempting to promote this product, please share my article and video on Facebook and other social media platforms. Also, record videos. Show my article in your clips. Post those videos to Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. Let’s do whatever we can to get the word out there to help raise awareness about the fake and not-legit Wifi Profits app reviews.
Here’s the table of contents for this story:
- What Is the Wifi Profits App?
- Wifi Profits App Facebook and Instagram Ads
- Meta Accepts Money for Scam Ads
- The Wifi Profits App Reviews Video
- Genuine Wifi Profits App Reviews
- Sound Publishing’s Scammy Sponsored Content Articles
- Promises of Low-Cost Offers Changing Lives
- Scam Victims: Call Your Credit Card Company
Editor’s Note: My name is Jordan Liles. I am a Senior Reporter with the fact-checking website Snopes.com. In addition to my work on Snopes.com, I author additional reporting here on my personal website, JordanLiles.com. My goal with this story is to provide all of my research regarding this product. I want to ensure I do whatever I can to help warn consumers about potential scams.
What Is the Wifi Profits App?
Wifi Profits is the name of a supposed moneymaking app claiming in Facebook and Instagram video ads to be a “three-click cash trick.” According to my research, the actual product purportedly exists as a digital download that offers methods of creating content for publishing. According to the website representing the app, that content will result in big profits. As one Reddit user once put it about a similar product, free guides and software already exist to allow content creation. The difficult part involves making money, seeing as people won’t flock to a new user’s page simply because they published photos and videos.
Up front, people appearing in online ads promise that the Wifi Profits app is an easy way to make tons of extra money — such as the woman in the Facebook and Instagram ads claiming she earned $38,000 in one month — no matter the disclaimers or other statements featured on the resulting websites, including profitwithwifi.com. Such promises might remind readers of investment scams.
On the Wifi Profits app’s website, the top of the homepage read, “Introducing Wifi Profits: How To Leverage The Internet To Create An Online Business With Your Phone, Laptop, Tablet, Using Nothing But Your WiFi Connection. Discover how everyday tools like your phone, tablet, or laptop can help you tap into the power of the internet to create something meaningful.”
The page claimed to offer “step-by-step training,” an “AI Content Generator,” a “Personal AI Assistant,” a “Viral Video Maker” and “traffic generation strategies.”
Users clicking on the Facebook and Instagram advertisements visited a specific page on the Wifi Profits app’s website presenting a lengthy video presentation. Within the first few seconds of the lengthy video — a video that lies to users saying at one point near the beginning it will only last just under two more minutes — an AI-generated narrator voice tells viewers how the product works. According to the very beginning of the video, all people need to do in order to make thousands of dollars per week with Wifi Profits is open the course on their phone, do something simple and then they’re done.
Seconds later, the video states that you will need to “put in just a little bit of work” to set up the program. Then, it promises that “the majority of the work is done for you” and that the app runs “on autopilot.” In fact, the first few seconds of the video displayed in the Facebook and Instagram video ad features a person twice saying the word “easy” about making money with the Wifi Profits app.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published in March 2024 a news release about a similar-sounding scam promising users could “generate passive income on autopilot.” The FTC reported, “The truth was that few consumers ever made money from these schemes.”
Always remember that if an online offer seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Wifi Profits App Facebook and Instagram Ads
During the course of my research of the Wifi Profits app, I reviewed at least hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads promoting similar products. All of them appeared to promote various “phone trick” scams, including fake “three-click cash trick” reviews.
Some marketers included in their ads for the Wifi Profits app the headline, “Turn Your WiFi into a Passive Income Stream in 3 Clicks!” One fake review in the description area of the ad read, “I never thought I’d be able to do something like this. I’m from a small town, and technology always felt a bit intimidating to me. But this WiFi profit trick was so easy to set up — honestly, it only took a few clicks! Now, I’m seeing extra income coming in without having to do much at all. I’m glad I gave it a try!’ – Harold G., 68.”
In the above-pictured ad, a woman claimed to make $38,000 in one month with the Wifi Profits app. However, the video appeared to display signs of manipulation with deepfake technology, changing her lip movement, as well as AI-generated vocals. It’s not entirely clear whether the woman and other people were involved with the product itself, worked as affiliate marketers or were simply actors paid to tell fake stories as spokespeople. Some of the people clearly lived in regular apartments with unremarkable kitchens visible in the background. In other words, if the Wifi Profits app made them tons of money, why would they still be living in modest apartments?
Further, let’s not forget these ads featured some of the same tropes someone might find in other online scams, not to mention pyramid schemes whose participants claim their “businesses” aren’t pyramid schemes. For example, the ads displayed phrases about quitting your day job.
Think about it. The idea suggests you’ll make tens of thousands of dollars per month by spending only $67 and following a supposed set of instructions. Marketers promote what they claim is a groundbreaking money-making strategy in Facebook ads. This isn’t how life works. This doesn’t reflect anything genuine in the real world.
Meta Accepts Money for Scam Ads
Another important fact that I don’t want to leave out, especially with everything that’s happened with the company in recent weeks: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has accepted money for thousands of scam ads. Meta asks users to tap the “report” button if they view ads violating their policies, as if users are on the company’s payroll.
Simply read through reporting from The Associated Press and others, who have published time and again, Meta regularly reports to investors on a quarterly basis revenue numbers in the tens of billions. Even so, the company still has not chosen to invest in staffing up with enough credible moderators to manually review all Facebook and Instagram ads before they display on users’ devices. Instead, the company only manually reviews some of the ads, with the majority processing through a seemingly (and conveniently) broken automated review process.
Take this article for example: Fox News reported in 2023 about the prevalence of scams in Facebook sponsored posts, writing, “The way [scammers] do this is by buying accounts that have already gone through the verification process, such as business manager accounts that are allowed to post lots of ads. Once hackers take over these accounts, they can charge thousands of dollars in ad spending to credit cards associated with the compromised accounts and post whatever ads they want. So, it’s really a flaw within Facebook’s verification process that allows these ads to come to life.”
The Wifi Profits App Machine Reviews Video
I watched the video on profitwithwifi.com. The video began with its AI-voiced narrator saying, “Your invitation has been accepted. Our systems have verified you’re not a robot, so you’re all good to go. Now the truth is you don’t know how lucky you are to be watching this video. You have zero idea of the power of what I’m about to show you, so treat this video like it’s gold. Treat it like you’re holding on to a shiny, heavy gold bar. Don’t tap anywhere on your screen, click your mouse, or go anywhere because they want this video banned wiped off the face of this planet.”
The AI-voiced narrator introduces himself as “Charles Sharp,” a fake name. The narrator said he was “one paycheck away from being homeless” and had debt of “around $54,000.” He then claimed a person named “Benjamin” created a special system or app ultimately named Wifi Profits. According to the video, “Benjamin” said, “It’s a way to reroute the money these companies make every time someone clicks on an ad, watches a video or browses the Internet. Instead of the money staying with the tech giants, the process redirects a portion of it to you. It’s completely legal and it works.”
The narrator, “Charles Sharp,” then said he made an average of over $18,000 per month in his first three months, allowing him to pay off all of his debt. This story was fake, of course.
The video basically promises the Wifi Profits app will allow you to finally overcome financial hurdles, quit your day job and find relief. It also uses the same tropes as other scams, such as falsely claiming someone with similar interests keeps trying to remove the product from the internet. Another scam trope is the reassurance of a strong level of security and encryption, though I didn’t notice that one. Either way, too much reassurance is a red flag.
After the video ends, the website leads users to a checkout page asking for a $67 payment. Before that, though, I noted that the profitwithwifi.com website featured broken links to both its privacy policy and terms of service — a huge red flag that you do not want to make a purchase of a product.
I located no information about the people who created the Wifi Profits app. If the “three-click cash trick” was legit, why wouldn’t its founder or founders make themselves known? If the product worked and the people who created it were proud of it, where are they? Wouldn’t they be beaming with joy in online videos?
If you’re looking at a potential scam and can’t find any information about the people who designed the product, ask yourself why and you’ll have more clarity about the matter.
Genuine Wifi Profits App Reviews
I did not purchase the Wifi Profits app for myself. I don’t typically hand my credit card information over to people running potential scams, especially if there’s no terms of service or privacy policy available.
A YouTube user under one of my videos providing a review of the information about a product very similar to Wifi Profits said, “I paid $154.22 for this program and have never heard from the company. Scam.” Keep in mind that these products are similar to the Wifi Profits app. Wifi Profits is simply the latest app name scammers devised for marketing purposes.
A different user posting on Reddit had this to say about a similar product: “My credit card company flagged it as a scam so I came here. I bailed on the purchase for now. Too many unanswered questions.”
In other words, it’s a very good thing I did not attempt to purchase the product myself. I hope readers understand this. Sometimes, I receive inane and negative comments from people who are mad I didn’t provide potential scammers my financial data. I hope readers see I am attempting to help consumers by compiling information and attempting to dominate search results in order to save consumers money.
In the same Reddit thread, another user added, “I bought it knowing I could get a refund… which I’ve already requested. It’s another affiliate marketing gig.”
The Outbrain advertising platform’s blog defines affiliate marketing as “when you earn a commission for the online promotion of another company’s product or service.” The article also adds, “Essentially, affiliates perform online marketing on behalf of a merchant, to drive traffic and conversions for the merchant’s website. For every click or conversion earned, the affiliate is paid by the merchant.”
Meanwhile, back in the Reddit thread, at least one user seemed to genuinely offer this advice: “It’s not a scam but also not worth buying. It pretty much tells you to make an Instagram account, and repost certain things on it. It’s definitely a long-term kind of thing, but not something I would get into, especially if I’m not guaranteed money.”
In other words, these online users did not witness the same exciting opportunities presented in the Facebook and Instagram ads or in the video on profitwithwifi. However, they did view similar offerings. Offers that seem too good to be true — pyramid schemes included — often make big promises like paying off massive debts, only to end up costing users time for little, if any, monetary gain.
Sound Publishing’s Scammy Sponsored Content Articles
Aside from the Facebook and Instagram ads, other ads promoting products similar to Wifi Profits app reviews of promises like the “three-click cash trick” appeared in sponsored content articles.
Have you ever heard of a company named Sound Publishing? Whether yes or no, you’ve possibly viewed their articles in Google search results.
Sound Publishing is one of the companies responsible for promoting fake reviews of products similar to the Wifi Profits app course. The publishing company owns media outlets located in Alaska and the state of Washington. Some of their efforts involve promoting apparent paid-for articles for scammy products. Such stories are better known as sponsored content.
For example, the following Sound Publishing websites host sponsored content articles promoting fake positive reviews for the Wifi Profits app: The Journal of the San Juan Islands, The Daily World, The Bellevue Reporter and The South Whidbey Record. Another article from North Penn Now — not affiliated with Sound Publishing — also published a sponsored article about Wifi Profits. The authors of the misleading stories hope to fool users into believing the websites host genuine reviews. Also, they all read like someone generated their text with AI. Further, other than the very bottom of the lengthy articles, the only indication of the articles existing as paid-for sponsored content displays as a small “sponsored” label at the top of the stories. Some users will undoubtedly not see that label, and the North Penn Now article didn’t even feature such a notice.
The benefits of scammers turning to a company like Sound Publishing to promote their schemes are threefold. The publishing company’s media outlets provide an overall trustworthy appearance, prominent placement in Google search results and what you could consider the “holy grail” for scammers: trustworthy-looking placement in Google News. Some users looking for genuine reviews might see Sound Publishing’s sponsored content articles in Google News and assume credible journalists authored those stories. How many consumers fell victims to scams because of these scammy sponsored content articles?
In addition to fake reviews of products like the Wifi Profits app course, Sound Publishing’s websites also promoted other scams. For example, they published sponsored content articles containing scams about keto gummies for weight loss, CBD gummies and even a purported “Genius Wave” scheme claiming that listening to specific sounds on a CD or phone can magically unlock a person’s “superbrain,” purportedly leading them to “financial freedom” — in other words, the exact opposite of sound publishing.
Promises of Low-Cost Offers Changing Lives
Marketers have for several years promoted products similar to the Wifi Profits app, claiming that downloading a special program or course — whether in the form of a video, PDF or other deliverable — could dramatically change individuals’ lives or increase sales with online businesses. These marketers present their purported solutions in the form of short video ads on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other platforms. Their short videos lead to landing pages hosting longer videos. The longer videos might then lead to either a digital download or a 1-on-1 meeting. The strategy of marketers offering a meeting usually indicates an incoming pitch to pay a lot of money for “executive coaching” or other products.
While it’s true some of the people offering these products might have an impressive background in online marketing, their promises of “secret methods” or coaching to help random online users achieve “financial freedom” usually smell strongly of scams.
On the same subject, the FTC reported in August 2022, “How can you tell if a business offer or coaching program is a scam? If it promises guaranteed income, large returns, or a ‘proven system,’ it’s likely a scam. Even a free or low-cost ‘system’ to get your business started can quickly turn into a money pit — costing you tens of thousands of dollars for mentoring or other services that promise to increase your business’s success but leave you deep in debt instead.”
After all, if an online marketer holds the key to achieving financial freedom, why would they be spending time attempting to share their moneymaking strategies with other people who might later compete in the same space? Wouldn’t they be traveling the world on luxurious vacations? These product pitches usually make no logical sense.
Again, if an online offer seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Scam Victims: Call Your Credit Card Company
If any readers fell victim to a scam like the Wifi Profits app, please immediately call your credit card company. Notify them of the misleading and scammy title of the scam (ex. Wifi Profits or “three-click cash trick”).
Readers scammed by any fraudulent schemes can file a complaint with the BBB and follow sound advice from the FTC and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Lastly, be vigilant. Don’t fall for scams known as refund and account recovery scams. These scams involve deceptive users claiming they are experts with a special toolset to help victims recover lost money or get access back to a lost online account. Basically, they’ll come in after you’ve already been scammed and will try to scam you a second time. They’re only after your money and have no special technical skills.
My comments are open below. They require approval from me but I will approve your comment shortly. Please submit your story if you know more about the Wifi Profits app — the nonsensical “three-click cash trick.”
Too much explanation not understood by non financial people like engineers. A few paragraphs about it being a scam would suffice! Thanks for your work.
Hello. Thanks for reading. I wrote so many words in order to rank at the top of Google search results, since scammers also attempted to do the same with articles leading consumers to buy the product. Basically, I’m trying to help my story to make the biggest impact possible.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I sat through a 35 minute video of testimonials from single mothers, a single dad on the verge of foreclosure, an elderly women barely making ends meet, and so on and so on….The fact that this scam targets the vulnerable and desperate makes my stomach turn. I am not naive or gullible, but this video peeked my interest as my mother is dying of cancer and I am facing homelessness. I almost bought the program for 60.00, but for the grace of God and people like you, I was spared being scammed. God bless you!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
Thank you for sharing this information. I am looking for a way to make money online and I am appreciative for your commitment to help me and others from being scammed by scammers
I am really sorry I fell for this scam Charles Sharpe was the narrator and in presentation I watched he claimed that under an hour a day , playing games, watching videos, or answering surveys and the income was going to roll in. I realized immediately that it was a scam when trying to contact support line they keep sending encrypted messages that are suppose to be readable through getresponse dot com that immediately sends you to mmotracker dot com which will not open. I have saved all correspondence emails and replies which I am going to post on every social media outlet I can to out this scam for others. Thanks for the honest review I really had trouble confirming this was a scam.
Having a few drinks in me being a little buzzed, I was scrolling YouTube and got this wifiprofits ad. I clicked and watched Charles give his and Benjamin’s “speal”..I got to the check out screen and was about to pay 67 dollars but something made me say “wait, let’s Google this and make sure not a scam”. You were the very first link in my search results.. I’m so glad you do what you do to get the word out about these scammers. You documented in great detail about this scam. Continue to say vigilant, this is one of many…
I know all your research took time and just giving you a “shot out” to say thanks excellent detective work
I’m so glad I was able to help! The point of me creating this long article and several YouTube videos is to do whatever I can to get my honest content to show up at the very top of Google and YouTube search results, and to defeat any links out there that seek to mislead people into purchasing the product.