Comments on: Google Work at Home Scam

By: Jason Days

Jason Days — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:06:08 +0000

Wow making money without a job has sometimes really been very hard; most of the time I purchase some books and make money from those. although they are extremely expensive! Trying to make money without any sort of job experience is even harder. Some ebooks usually are so unprofitable, despite that this post really helped. A lot of Thanks! :)

By: ridwanzero

ridwanzero — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:40:07 +0000

Think about this.
If you really did find a working formula that made you, say $1,000 a week online on average and it kept producing income no matter what, would you want to sell that idea to a bunch of noobs for $47 a pop and expect to retire on the proceeds? No way, man! It does not compute. It does not add up. And it does not make any sense to do that. I certainly don’t go shouting from the rooftops how I make my money online. Hell, I don’t want the competition taking a slice of my pie and neither would anyone who really does make good cash online.

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:10:16 +0000

The first article I’ve seen on your site and I think it’s very good! I love that you admit to being scammed by allowing them to even put the ad on your page.

Just a note – someone asked about legitimate work from home. There is such a thing but you have to apply for a job and be interviewed – just like any other job. And you probably won’t make thousands of dollars a week. And it’s possible you can’t have kids at home while you work, etc. This is not easy to come by or easy to do. I did it for a few years.

Remember: If it seems too good to be true then it probably is!

By: Banker

Banker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:34:38 +0000

I saw one such work from home link and happen to the image of a check, which “appears” to be issued from Google, Inc. THe image can be found at this link : http://news11nyc.com/finance/2.php?t202id=11482&t202kw=adsonbiz

Well, personally, I wouldn’t deposit this check into my account even if it was made payable to me. There is more than one thing wrong with the check. The routing number for Citi Bank on the aforementioned check seems invalid. This seems like a classic example of check fraud. To verify the routing numbers of the financial institutions visit:

http://www.fededirectory.frb.org/search.cfm

By: Also stupid

Also stupid — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:52:55 +0000

I too have been sucked in with this scam, They have gotten me for 99.00 and I guess an associate for 42.90. I made contact with someone in the Phillipenes and was to there are no refunds. I too did the $1.47 kit. Thats where they get hold and don-t turn loose. My wife got the info off the radio for me to contact. May have been the John Tesh radio show. It just made it simpler to suck me in. I am filing with the States Attorney and the Feds. Consumer Affairs.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:22:14 +0000

Google doesn’t allow these people and they are not associated with Google. It’s just difficult impossible for Google to police everyone on the Internet.

By: Ken Ambrose

Ken Ambrose — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:46:09 +0000

I am amazed that Google allows it’s name to be used in such a scam as http://WWW.BadCustomer.com and Click Money. These people associated with Google are a “Bernie Madoff” scam. I did not “sign up” for any sort of service. I did sign up for $1.95 which was an information brochure.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:05:18 +0000

I would like to see the government post how many people actually click on these bogus emails? Hasn’t everyone already put most of these scammers in their junk email folder? Maybe each laptop sold should have a WARNING: sticker on the top that says “learn about scams in email BEFORE you use it.” If people would stop clicking on the email links, the emails would stop for all of us!

By: Luis A.

Luis A. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:00:49 +0000

I fell for the google work from home scam… I’m currently unemployed and thought I had nothing to lose with the $1.97 password and free access for 7 days. I did read the fine print and said I would be charged $69.99 if I decided to stay in the program, NOT SO! they charged my account without my knowledge as soon as I activated the password! in all it was useless info for me, it required you to make a webpage and link to other companies and post ads in forums and blogs to create traffic to your page and your affiliates and that way you would get money from them ( I doubt it). I cancelled twice online, called twice and got a refund. I thought the nightmare was over but one month later I’m checking my account and another phantom company http://www.alterfunds.com charged me $29.95! not even the same company I was dealing with but apparently partners in crime with the other one because they got my bank info. I called and a guy said he could not do anything about a refund and to call the next day and ask for the “customer resolution center” (probably just a recording that will leave me hanging there) so I’m going to close my account at the bank and see if their fraud dept. can do anything about these thiefs.

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:52:45 +0000

I wish to repeat an earlier question. What websites are available for finding “real” home based job opportunities with reputable companies?

By: robin thomas

robin thomas — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:14:47 +0000

I have Gmail as my home base…the sleazy practices of such a profitable, dominate company is actually frightening…I registered for this scam, but thought better and cancelled the transaction….I was phoned up no less than three times a day for about 40 days thereafter…Creepy…greedy…I think I might change my email host, God knows to whom my personal info might be sold to for a dollar or two…How Disappointing!

By: donald

donald — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:28:17 +0000

google work kits are scams.i went to a web site for google money kit.there was a man from jefferson ohio.then when i went back 1 day later.he was from cleveland.then the same day he was from chardon ohio.shocking right do not trust google work kit

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:37:11 +0000

I have seen this ad many times before. It’s a different person each time. I got to the website that you did which I first thought it looks a bit like the New York Times. I thought this is too good to be true. If 1 person, for example, pays 1$, then if 1 million people who fell for this would have provided them with 1 million dollars. These scams have been online since the stone age, who knows how many millions people have fallen for them. I just don’t understand why Google would allow such practices, this can really does some damage to the brand.

By: Stevie Buckland

Stevie Buckland — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:53:32 +0000

Thanks for the info, I new it was a scam all along…………….. Well, after I read your article anyway.
Stevie

By: Ardan

Ardan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:01:46 +0000

Mr Lazy man, i am very glad i found your website, it has answered so many questions and saved me from falling victim to this scam due to myself being naive to this field, thank you.

I am looking to do some work from home, can you please advise what in your opinion is the best and most profitable route to take from the options you have selected to be on your website or otherwise. Thanks again!

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:15:08 +0000

The page that you were looking to link to wasn’t helpful to readers in my opinion. It’s what Erica was referring to with the linkbait spam. It wasn’t very nice of you to leave it in the first place and it’s even less nice to come back try to leave it again.

By: WAH Mom

WAH Mom — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:23:21 +0000

My post was edited which isn’t very nice.

Another way to make HONEST money is to work as an employee at home for a well known corporation. I have been doing it successfully for more than 10 years now. It was the best thing that I ever did.

Big companies are cutting costs by hiring home workers. Below is a link to a FREE list of hundreds of LEGITIMATE stay at home jobs offered by known companies. These jobs do NOT cost you money. They are employment positions. I hope this helps some of you find success at home.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:37:41 +0000

I found the company name in the terms and conditions and if you put their name into google and do a search you get plenty of hits for people complaining about it being a scam.

Its unfortunate that so many work from home programs on the net are just rip off artists. It makes it hard for anyone looking for a legit opportunity.

By: David@Dinks Finance

David@Dinks Finance — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:22:53 +0000

Ugh I’ve seen this way too many times. Avoid it!!!

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:04:03 +0000

Erica, I think that’s to be expected when you put “Work at Home” in your title. Probably comes up on Google Blog Search.

Bunch of savages in this town.