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This “Josh Made Cash” work at home make money ad that is now back on Facebook after a brief hiatus. I’ve been seeing these work from home with Easy Google Profit ads everywhere, especially the ones for joshmadecash.com and one Mr. Josh Parker touting the work at home part time job Google Biz Kit on his money blog. I first exposed this part-time home based job program last month. For a detailed primer, make sure you read our article on Google Money Tree, Earn Google Cash Kits – Facebook Part Time Job Scams to get an understanding for how this works before proceeding, then come back. I’ll wait…
Who is Josh? Did He Really Make Cash?
The teaser pages aren’t real blogs and only serve to give you confidence that the part time earn money online with Google offer is actually real. They were able to make $5000 a month working at home for Google, why can’t you! Of course, as you scan the list of names and sites below, you’ll see how these “blogs” are fake. How does it work and how do they get away with this?
Can You Make Money Working At Home For Google? Is it a scam?
First, lets define the terms:
- Rip-Off – Something not worth what you paid for it. Most eBooks and programs fall into this category in my opinion. They ask you to take a leap of faith that their get rich quick scheme is better than the rest and shell out $39 or $59 or $99 or $499 for what is typically a PDF or a couple of homemade videos of a rehashed make money working at home program, and enough people seem to do it to keep them in business. You know what you are getting into payment wise when you drop your credit card number, it’s just not a good deal.
- Scam – Involves being tricked somehow. A part time job working at home for Google Treasure Chest goes from a rip-off to a scam when the fine print is so fine that you do not know you’re paying $49 for it, and worse that they start charging your credit card monthly as well.
- Fraud – Involves actual theft. There was no fine print or your credit card number was stolen and used to buy expensive computer equipment in Minsk.
So where do these work at home ads fit? In my opinion, they certainly fit into the “Scam” category defined above. The fact that it’s not free and that they’ll start charging your credit card anywhere from $40 to $140 a month starting 7 days after you sign up is not made clear anywhere but buried deep in the fine print. If it can’t be sold with upfront pricing based on the merits of the program, then it’s a scam in my opinion.
Come back for a future article about exactly how and who is driving this advertising blitz for these working at home part time for Google offers. I have gone down this rabbit hole to the end and it’s a very interesting nest of marketing wolverines at the very bottom. Needless to say, there is now lots of fine print on some of the “blogs” that leads to the Google Biz Kits and Easy Google profit home based businesses:
Please Read Terms Carefully * I do NOT work for Google and Google is in no way associated with this website. Terms and Disclosures.The Google Startup kit mentioned above worked for me and for many other people, but results may vary by person. Also, keep in mind that I got the Google Startup trials for free, but there is a shipping fee and some advertisers have terms regarding continued billing after trial expires if you do not cancel. Some advertisers require trial to be canceled within seven or fourteen days of the trial period while some other advertisers give you thirty days to cancel the free trial. Please see terms per advertiser regarding the specific amount of days required to cancel your free trial before continued billing begins. The Google Startup kits I recommend usually retail for around seventy dollars. If you enjoy the products, simply do nothing. You will be billed at a discounted price, usually around fifty or sixty dollars at the end of the free trial period. By signing up YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CONSUMER TRANSACTION INVOLVES A NEGATIVE OPTION AND THAT YOU MAY BE LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF FUTURE GOODS AND SERVICES, UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, IF YOU FAIL TO NOTIFY THE SUPPLIER NOT TO SUPPLY THE GOODS OR SERVICES DESCRIBED. Thanks and good luck with filling your first application! By clicking the order button, I am ordering the Google Startup Kit and trial membership for $1.95 s&h, after the 7 day trial I will be charged $47 a month thereafter if I do not cancel. I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy / Terms and Conditions / Purchase Agreement . Charges will appear on credit/debit statements as “eMillionaire”. For questions, call 1-800-309-6980 Mon-Sat, 9am-9pm, EST. ** I do not work for Google and Google is in no way associated with this website.
joshmadecash.com – Josh Parker with the Google Biz Kit. Takes you to securecartcenter.com and Easy Google Profit.
scottsmoneyblog.com – Scott Hunter and the Google Cash Kit, which links to secure3.visualwebtools.com and the Home Business Kit For Google
jasongetsrich.com – Jason Hoeffer from Manchester and the Easy Google Profit Kit, which links to our old friend www.securecartcenter.com.
I’ll add more as I find them, as there appear to be hundreds of the sites out there.
What Should I Do If I Get Taken?
- Don’t feel bad! Seems like hundreds if not thousands of people have been taken in by these sort of “negative option” offers that trick you by not clearly disclosing you are signing up for monthly charges. You were tricked, it happens to the best of us.
- Call the number provided on the website that took you in IMMEDIATELY. Have more than one witness listen when you call and/or record the conversation if possible. Unfortunately many people have complained that they can never get anyone to talk to when they call. Finding that number is up to you, they seem to keep changing.
- Call/write your credit card company and dispute the charges.
- Monitor your credit accounts! You just gave some shady characters your name, address, phone number, credit card and secret 3 digit card number. Click here to sign up for Experian ID Protection monitoring. Unlike the Google Biz Kits, Experian clearly states that it’s actually free for 30 days, then only $9.95 a month to monitor your credit accounts for fraud and identity theft. I’d suggest signing up for AT LEAST the free month to make sure no one tries to change your address or open a new card using your current cards details.
I Didn’t Get Taken, But What Can I Do To Help?
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- Use the “Share This” links below to Digg or Twitter or Stumble or Reddit or Email or whatever service you use to share this so that other people might see it before they get scammed too!
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What about the legitimate pages (like Forbes) that these adds appear on? Don’t they screen their advertisers? Isn’t there a code of ethics or common sense that tells them these adds are bogus and we should not subject our readers to them?
Thanks Rick, I’ll go report them to Google! We use Google Adsense and a while ago Google did a Google Money Scam purge and removed all accounts and ads for these types of things from their system (which we actually accidentally were caught up in and they canceled our account, later reinstated when we complained loudly) so I stopped paying attention. Looks like they are creeping back in.
Just to let you know that the adverts on your page come up with links to these scams.
PS: Also, do file complaints to bbb.org, ftc.gov and ic3.gov. The more complaints filed, higher the chances for a positive resolution.
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