Are There Any Real Get Rich Quick Schemes

September 13, 2009

We report on many sketchy make money online programs here at the Electron Plumber in the hopes that we will save some of you from getting scammed by the many wolves out there trying to trick you into giving them your money. And in almost every scam post, there is someone who asks in the [...]

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Is Google AdWork For Real?

August 20, 2009

[ad] I started seeing ads today for Google hiring people to work at home.  Every time I think these Google Money flogs and fake news sites can’t possibly get any more brazen, they just take it to a whole other level.  I sincerely hope that they’re foolish enough to be in the US when the [...]

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Online Jobs Journal and the Internet Biz Kit Scam

August 4, 2009

[ad] Is working at home online the next gold rush? Well, yes and no. In this case, it’s the next gold rush for the heartless affiliate running the fake Online Jobs Journal.  I like their tag line that you see about.  “Trusted Sources” with Trusted in bold.  I trust them because they told me so… [...]

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Shoemoney Free Internet Marketing Class

July 28, 2009

I received this comment from Chuck the other day about our article on Shoemoney’s free online marketing course that was far too long to reply to in the comments section, so I wanted to reply to it here in a post. Shoemoney!? You gotta be kidding me right? This is the same guy who had [...]

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How To Get A Free Single Use Credit Card

July 21, 2009

UPDATE:  Paypal discontinued their single use credit card number program.  Click here for a credit card with no fees that allows you to generate one time use credit card numbers. The PayPal system contains a method to generate a single use credit card number linked to your PayPal account.  Don’t want to read the rest?  [...]

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Google Adwords Account Unsuspended!

July 13, 2009

First, I’d like to thank everyone at Adwords support who helped to bring our Adwords account back to life.  I received very courteous and helpful messages from a few different folks from Google Adwords Support over the past weekend regarding the status of our Adwords account and their efforts to restore it. You can read [...]

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Google Whacked – Our Adwords Account Still Wrongly Suspended

July 9, 2009

UPDATE: Our Adwords account has been restored!  Click here to read about it: Google Adwords Account Unsuspended! Note:  We like to dot our i’s and cross all our t’s here at the Electron Plumber.  A reader pointed out that since we did not receive express permission from Google for posting their support email correspondence, it’s [...]

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Yourblogprofits and Yoursearchprofits.com

July 6, 2009

[ad] We’ve received some questions lately asking if sites called yourblogprofits.com and yoursearchprofits.com are scams.  And the answer, in my opinion, is that they might be.  They appear to trick you into thinking you are only paying $2.99 for a service when in fact there are hidden monthly charges in excess of $70 a month, [...]

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Google Finally Goes After Google Money Tree Scam Advertisers.

July 3, 2009

The method that I found out about this is a little odd, but I’m kind of glad in a way. A few weeks ago, I received some Adsense credit from a hosting account I had opened and decided to place some ads promoting the Electron Plumber.  I used one of the more popular keywords we [...]

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WordPress Comment Spam Stopped In Its Tracks! Best Plugin Ever.

June 28, 2009

It’s funny how you don’t miss something until it’s gone. In this case, I have been taking for granted the fact that a single plugin is devouring all our comment spam here at the Electron Plumber. Devouring it in the sense that the spam is blocked before it is accepted into the system, so not [...]

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