Is Google Cash A Scam?
Sean Kells
ReviewAroo.com
You may have recently come across advertising on Facebook promoting a system known as Google Cash which claims that anyone can make great money working minutes a day from home using “Google”. I had seen the ads hundreds of times and, knowing what I know about making money online, Google Cash sounded like it just might be the grand-daddy stinker of all money making scams. So, I put on my Sherlock Holmes hat, grabbed my pipe and headed out into the darkness to investigate whether Google Cash was all it was cracked up to be or just the latest in online thievery….
Google Cash Blogs
When you click on the Google Cash ad I just mentioned, you are taken to what appears to be someone’s personal blog style website which tells a typical rags-to-riches story about how our blogger friend was newly married, just lost his job and was down on his luck until he discovered Google Cash. The story is accompanied by a check for $5,000 and a claim that he makes “$5,000+ every month posting links on Google.” 
Doesn’t Google Cash sound just a little too good to be true?
That’s because, unfortunately, it is…
These “make money with Google”/”Google Cash” websites are all complete scams. After giving you a sales pitch, they tell you to click to order our free “Google Starter Kit” ($1.95 for shipping) so that you too can make $5,000 a month “posting links on Google”. And to make matters worse, there are dozens of these blog sites out there, all using the photo of the exact same check right down to the date and check number. Even the comments at the end of the blog are the same! All that changes is the name and photo of the scam artist.
When you click to order your Google Cash Starter Kit, you are taken to one of a few different scam sites advertising the “Google Money Tree“, “Google ATM“, “Google Money System“. Really, they are all just different names for the same Google Cash system.
You then sign up and give your credit card number to pay for that $1.95 shipping charge.
Here’s where the big rip-off comes in…
It turns out that the offer is a 7 day “free trial”, a fact that is buried in the small print. After that, the program starts charging you over 70 bucks every month unless you cancel your membership!
So, how do people make money with this system? By signing up with Google Cash, creating their own fake blog site and then recruiting more victims to sign up for the “free” Google Cash Kit. Each time someone gets sucked in, the scam recruiter gets to share in that $70 charge that the victim ends up getting on their credit card bill. Nice, huh?
Now, in fairness to these guys, when you sign up for your Google Cash Kit, you DO receive some educational materials. However, the information really is substandard. (And let’s not forget the small fact that they used a scam blog to suck you into ordering the product in the first place.)
I can’t say without absolute certainty, but I would venture to guess that almost no one using the Google Cash Kit is making any money whatsoever, other than the nice commission that they take from helping perpetrate the Google Cash Scam onto even more victims.
If you want to see the Google Cash Scam in action, check out the video below. It’s got thousands of views so far and a lot of comments from people who’ve either fallen victim to the scam or who were prevented from ordering just in time.
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By the way, you absolutely CAN make money using Google but it doesn’t involve any kind of system and you don’t have to scam others to do it. Google advertising is one component of a fascinating and legitimate online money making practice known as “affiliate marketing”, which, despite all the hype and claims to the contrary, is the ONLY way to make money online. And that’s what we teach here at ReviewAroo Internet Marketing College absolutely free.
The Google Cash Scam in action.
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Hey this is a very interesting article! Thanks!
I fell for this and didn’t even realize it until the $79.95 charge came through my bank. In fact, I kept checking my mailbox waiting for a package…when I called to check on the charge and say where’s the package…they said that the website that I was given access to was the “how to course”!
I was stunned because the website was just a bunch of low value info adsense instructions straight from the google site and then links to a hosting vendor…blah blah…needless to say, they DID NOT overdeliver!
ok good stuff
I fell for this but haven’t reached my trial period yet. I tried calling the number from the email with no answer. It only rings and rings. How do I stop them from billing my credit card if I can’t get them to answer?
Hey Lashawn, keep records of the dates and times of your phone calls and also send them emails if you can find an email address. In the emails, mention the times and dates that you called to cancel your account and state again that you want your account canceled immediately.
Then call your credit card company and explain the situation to them. The charge might go through, but, if you can prove that you tried to cancel (with your emails), the credit card company should reverse it.
Sean
hey guys i was about to be traped in this scam but foetunitly i saw the $79 charge on the top of the page with small prints, so decided not go any further because at first the shipping charge was $2.99 n then $79 so i said to my selfe forget about this, so guys be aware of such idiotic scams, in the real world there is no such legal way to make an easy money. jus take my words
good luck guys, have fun
I filled in the first part (name, address, email, phone #) but then realized it was a scam. I did NOT give my credit information/bank account etc. I still want to know if they will do anything with my email address, home address or phone number. For some reason this worries me. They can’t tap into bank or credit accounts with just my name and email can they?? This has me freaked out.
Hey! I just found a new version of this scam, look at http://www.the-tribune-weekly.com. I received an email from bettykirsch@bkqcareers.com with the subject line “Job Opportunity Featured in Local Paper”, and it had that link in it. The second you look at the site, you can tell something smells funny. This is bald-faced deception, and it really pisses me off!
@Drew I think these guys are more petty thieves than hardcore computer hackers, so I don’t think you have much to worry about. At worst, they could sell your info to telemarketers, or try to call/email you themselves. So no matter how nicely they ask, don’t give em your financial info! Then you should be fine.
Hey Lawshawn, that number you’re calling will NEVER be answered. I got sucked in and have found other numbers on complaints sites but as I am in Australia I have difficulty with the time zones. Anyway, try these numbers, I hope they help you, 1-800-235-1364, 1-866-716-1124
That bettykirshner@bkqcareers.com is a total scam! She got my email address from an add I placed on Craigslist. If you post ads on services like Craigslist, be warned that if you put your email address in the ad you`ll get scammers sending you emails. Use the anonymous contact feature so they wont have access to your email account.
thank you for helping stop in the scam
i think as much as we want to make some money ,we must take our time and learn the right way the affiliate marketing so we can learn in time not to get scam bad karma
PS WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS
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