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Old 11-02-2009, 10:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Google "Work from Home Program" scam

This is a new one on me - don't know if anyone else has heard of it!

Purports that Google are recruiting Americans to work from home - you have to send off $2.95 to get a kit - and get paid huge amounts of money to work from home.

The email links to a phony online newspaper with phony online comments.

Be warned!
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Old 11-02-2009, 10:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Yeah this one has been around for a while. Total scam.
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I was blown when that I saw an ad for this on the website for The Toronto Star. I couldn't believe a major news outlet was allowing these kind of ads to run. I've seen thousands of these scammy offers and it even had me going for a while because of how real the page looked (in the sense that the made the ad look like a real newspaper website).
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No one who is hiring will ask you for money.
How do you recognize a scam?
If it is too good to be true, probably it is.
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Old 11-05-2009, 07:59 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Sounds like the Google Cash scam. I believe they put you on an autorebill thing for like $60 per month and make it difficult to cancel. Pretty shameful, and unfortunately quite a few affiliates promote it I believe.
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Sounds like the Google Cash scam. I believe they put you on an autorebill thing for like $60 per month and make it difficult to cancel. Pretty shameful, and unfortunately quite a few affiliates promote it I believe.
It's true. I joined a few monthes ago, and did not make any money. They charge you $63 per month. I would not advice to join.
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The ads really don't look that real if you look closely. It's unfortunate people are still falling for these types of scams.

I read somewhere this Google Work From Home scam is also part of a computer adware / spyware-type virus, so if you're getting these when you go online, your PC might be infected.
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