Avoid Google Money Kit Trial Scams
If you're here its probably because you're looking for info on the "free" Google Money Kit, or Google Success Kit program that has been all over the Internet lately. These ads are literally everywhere, Google, Yahoo, Bing, all of the news sites like MSNBC and ABC. I've even seen these ads on job sites! This is the latest scam to hit the Internet, and it is literally everywhere. It has gotten so large the Federal Trade Commission & State Attorney Generals are getting involved! Over the course of 9 months I have purchased virtually every "free" make money using Google CD on the Internet.
You have seen the ads, they look like this:
- I Make $5000 A Month Posting Links On Google!
- Make $100/hr Using Google!
- I Made $7500 Posting Links Using Google, THIS WORKS!
I won't list many more, but you get the idea. I decided to get to the bottom of this latest "make money online" scam and find out what it was all about.
So can you make money using Google?
Yes and No. Yes Google does have a system called Adsense which allows website owners to place ads on their site and earn money when people click on those ads. That is what the Google cash kit teaches you how to do. In a nutshell they show you how to setup a blog, write blog posts and get people to read it and ultimately click on your ads. That's pretty much it. Thats how this whole "Free Google CD" business works. The problem with that is it takes a little time to setup a successful blog and get people interested enough to come back and read. Many people make their living blogging, but it didn't happen overnight.
These websites claim you can do all this and start earning $5000 a month in just a week, which is an outright lie. To make matters worse these Google scammers use fake pictures of checks that look like they came from Google and pictures of people they stole off someone's FaceBook account just to push this stuff on unsuspecting people! But wait, there's more to this scam than just the horrible training material and shady sales tactics.
What most people don't realize is when they sign up for their "free" Google Cash Kit CD they gave that company permission to bill them anywhere from $60-120 a month, EVERY month until they cancel. That's right, its at the bottom of the page in really small print in a light grey color. Now I feel there is nothing wrong with getting billed every month if it is for a useful service, but after you get your free CD there is no more! Why do they need to bill you $60-120 for continuing service when they don't give you anything for that fee?
Here's where it really gets dirty, and the main reason the government has started to step in. If you don't want to be billed every month you have to call a special 1-800 number to cancel your Google Fast Cash "trial" membership. In most cases when I called the 1-800 number to cancel it was busy or disconnected. Sometimes it will go to a voicemail box, but I never once got a call back. The worst one I experienced was a company that left me on hold eternally! I waited in some instances over 2 hours before hanging up. This is how you know it is a scam. At this point the only way to stop the charges is to file a chargeback with your bank, or cancel your credit card.
What can be done about this scam?
If you are a victim of the free "make money on google" trial kit, try and contact the company first. More than likely you won't be able to reach anyone but you have to try it. Next, contact your bank and explain the situation, more than likely they will also try and contact the company. If they still can't be reached have your bank file a chargeback and issue you a new credit card number. This is usually pretty easy, and it should only take a few days to get your new card. At this point Google and the FTC are working together to shut these operations down. Google does not endorse any of these products and they are using their name and trademark to dupe innocent customers, and Google seems to be taking it very seriously. I expect to see some lawsuits filed by Google very soon against these scammers.
Usually I try and recommend some good programs I found during my investigation but I didn't find a single good Easy Google Cash program out there. They were all 100% scams, which is a shame. As always I will keep you updated on my findings.
Regards,
Frank Matthews
Scammer-Alert.com
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