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By: El Plumber (admin)

El Plumber (admin) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:29:25 +0000

Oh, I’m sorry Andrea. There isn’t much more to tell that isn’t in the article above. We’ve love to hear your story though. Did you know you were signing up for those monthly charges or not?

By: andrea

andrea — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:42:33 +0000

i too sogned up please tell me more info

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:29 +0000

i fell for this too hoping to make a bit of extra money, i signed up for the ‘KIT’ at the cost of $1 but after a couple of days doing this i checked my bank and noticed that a company – xmhealth + beauty was in the process of taking money out of my account. i contacted my bank and canceled my card and they will be filing a fraud claim once the money has cleared out and i will get my money back. i’ve been lucky to be getting my money back, but its absoultly disgusting that someone can do this and disgrace GOOGLE’s name like this too. i will definatley read more carefully about anything that wants card details online in the future

By: El Plumber (admin)

El Plumber (admin) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:51:40 +0000

Rose, like I said to Simon, it’s really hard to say. These companies and fake advertisement sites keep changing names really quickly. I suspect that it’s less likely that they’re going out of business and more likely that they’re trying to keep moving because they have something to hide.

That being said, it’s impossible to say if the site you signed up for is a real company that just has questionable business practices about disclosure of long term charges or if you just gave your card number and personal information to someone that is going to sell your personal information to the highest bidder on the black market.

Canceling the card is a good first step. Keep a close eye on your credit for fraud and identity theft using an id protection service like the one we list above in the article is another. If your really feeling angry, contact your local hard hitting eyewitness news station about doing a story on these companies, and or contact a fraud lawyer about the possibility of filing a lawsuit against them.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:51:22 +0000

I’ve fallen for it too and after googling “Google Profit House,” I’ve became worried when reading blogs and posts. I immediately canceled my card, which I rarely use, and the $1 that was charged to my card was thankfully still pending. I was told by my bank that the transaction was made by some “health and beauty company,” which was strangely weird. I hope I won’t see further transactions made by the co. Should I still be worried hereafter?

By: El Plumber (admin)

El Plumber (admin) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:38:04 +0000

It hard to say simon. Many other people have reported being charged the full “amount” that they don’t disclose to you almost immediately, others report calling to cancel and still getting charged. Reporting your card stolen immediately, disputing any charges, and keeping a close eye on your credit reports for identity theft seems to be the general opinion as the way to go here.

By: simon

simon — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:12:15 +0000

help ive just fallen for this!! if i cancel my card tomorrow will i still get charged loads off this fake company ???

By: Edward

Edward — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:59:20 +0000

These are stock photos — aspiring models pose for a flat fee for a photographer, who hawks the image to companies too cheap to hire their own photographer. The images are intentionally generic, and can be sold repeatedly to different companies. (Jean Steadman here could just as well be promoting Clearasil as googling her way to a million.) I remember once seeing the exact same image of a happy, relieved-looking woman in ads for low-interest loans, and for laxatives. It didn’t last long, but it was amusing.

By: Jet

Jet — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:15:21 +0000

Who are these people on these fake Websites? Are they actors, models, and/or spokesperson for a company? They may be real people making lots of money online. However, these people are using professional language to claim they are being rich.

By: AJ Simkatu

AJ Simkatu — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:30:03 +0000

Mike Steadman from Eudora, KS says for just $1 he will give me instructions on how to open up a Twitter account (as if that’s difficult) and then he’ll give a list of links to start posting and then I’ll soon be making over $300/day.

I’m not quite sure why Mike Steadman is so willing to give all this money away to strangers on the Internet for just $1, when it’s pretty obvious that if the program worked he could just use his own (or hundreds or thousands of his own) Twitter accounts to “post links”.

Oh well, there’s a sucker born every minute.