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CoolBee · 11-02-2009, 10:46 PM

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!

Daffy Duck · 11-02-2009, 10:58 PM

Yeah this one has been around for a while. Total scam.

JustinPopovic · 11-03-2009, 02:36 AM

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).

ar81 · 11-04-2009, 11:49 PM

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.

David Turnbull · 11-05-2009, 07:59 AM

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.

Oleg · 11-05-2009, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Turnbull

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.

Qwerty10 · 11-11-2009, 01:21 AM

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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CoolBee Family Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,044	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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11-02-2009, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Daffy Duck Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,001	Yeah this one has been around for a while. Total scam.

11-03-2009, 02:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
JustinPopovic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 245	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).

11-04-2009, 11:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
ar81 Family Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,756	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.

11-05-2009, 07:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
David Turnbull Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 41	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.

11-11-2009, 01:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
Qwerty10 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4	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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