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Lately, there has been some chatter surrounding a home business “opportunity” to make money with Google. There are a couple of scams associated with making money using Google. These scams include such titles as “Google hiring home workers” and mentioning that it is possible to make x amount of dollars with a system that helps you place links with Google Ads.
It is important to note that these are not sanctioned by Google. Lazy Man and Money has some insight into this Google scam. It is an interesting read. If you have some time, go read about it.
This is just another work from home scam that promises money for doing very little. And this scam is also being advertised on Twitter. (Watch out for Twitter work from home scams as well.) It is also on Facebook. Although through more sinister means. My cousin’s wife had her Facebook account hacked and messages with a “google4cash” Web site were being put up on her friends’ Facebook walls.
It just goes to show: You can’t be too careful when screening work from home jobs.
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Posted by: WAH Mom | September 9th, 2009 11:10 am |
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