Comments on: Google Cash Scam http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/ Questions & Answers about work at home jobs & businesses Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: SteveC http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-13690 SteveC Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:10:59 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-13690 @<a href="#comment-13501">Diana</a>: Yeah, when I signed up the Web site only stated it would cost $1.97 for shipping. There was never any fine print anywhere that stated there would be an ongiong charge of any kind (the first of which was $70 and change). I don't recall how I got the refund for the $1.97 but I called my bank and requested (argued with them) to have the $70+ charge removed. They promptly took care of this as I stated that I didn't approve the additional charge and reported it as fraudulent activity. I then had my card cancelled and re-issued and the only actual charge I was stuck with was an international transaction fee by my bank. I have not been charged anything since. The new OnLineCashSuccessKit for placing links on Google does state the ongoing charges, if you get out your magnifying glass you will see this, and I think I even recall reading on the site that the tesimonials were just examples (not real). @Diana:
Yeah, when I signed up the Web site only stated it would cost $1.97 for shipping. There was never any fine print anywhere that stated there would be an ongiong charge of any kind (the first of which was $70 and change). I don't recall how I got the refund for the $1.97 but I called my bank and requested (argued with them) to have the $70+ charge removed. They promptly took care of this as I stated that I didn't approve the additional charge and reported it as fraudulent activity. I then had my card cancelled and re-issued and the only actual charge I was stuck with was an international transaction fee by my bank. I have not been charged anything since. The new OnLineCashSuccessKit for placing links on Google does state the ongoing charges, if you get out your magnifying glass you will see this, and I think I even recall reading on the site that the tesimonials were just examples (not real).

]]> By: Diana http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-13501 Diana Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:46:08 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-13501 For all those who have been taken in by this scam (as I was taken in three months ago), BEWARE: Once you cancel your debit cards AT THE BANK (which I did, one hour after ordering the 1.97 packet from Google Fortune," which was advertised on Time.com, and after I received an email cancel confirmation from the scammer, citing that my account would not be charged- a week later I was STILL charged 1.97, which led me to cancel my debit cards through the bank), the scammer can still somehow manage to charge your CANCELED DEBIT CARDS AT THE BANK, for months after YOU STOPPED ALL TRANSACTIONS ON THAT CANCELED CARD with your bank. This scam is twofold; the only reason the scammer gets away with it is that the banks (for some scary reason) continue to permit monthly charges that were set up prior to cancellation to be stolen from your completely, non-existent, destroyed and deleted old debit card. I have filed 6 or seven monthly affidavits since the original fiasco, and the NON-EXISTENT debit card still manages to be charged, every month, now 69.97, each and every month. After calling several supervisors at Citizen's Bank, I was told that there are FULL-TIME personnel dealing with this kind of fraudulent activity, which the banks promote, and which they assure you that, once you fill out the nineteenth affidavit, they will remove the fraudulent charges every month, but without doing anything to delete the old card from their system so it can't be charged; this means that the bank allows canceled cards to be charged (because the revolving charges were set up by the scammer immediately upon the original transaction, and even before the consumer knew it would be a monthly charge). If consumers can no longer be assured that a canceled debit card is truly a canceled debit card, through their own banks, then this country is not only in big trouble, it's already beyond salvaging. Even if you've already assumed that the bank has canceled your debit card off their system, or even if the bank sends you new ones after a large-scale fraud or breach has occurred, check your statements, EVERY DAY. Report ALL fraudulent charges right away, after the cancellation, (especially because the statement won't tell you if the charges to your account are coming from a canceled card or a new one), fill out the affidavits, and prepare to have no choice but to call your bank every day for weeks, and to become very angry and aggressive. For some reason, the banks permit the scammers to set things up so that the consumer can be charged for months fraudulently, long after they have canceled their compromised card, and all the bank will tell you is to fill out monthly affidavits, until such time that the bank decides to stop the activity from within their own system. In addition, be prepared to receive multiple calls from the bank; some of these will be from the scammer. Call the bank ONLY using the number that is in the phone book, and report all other calls coming from automated bank calls to the Do Not Call List. In addition, when you call, the bank representatives will not only know that this happens all the time, but they will try to tell you that the only way to stop the problem is to call the scammer to stop charging your canceled debit card, and to file your affidavit, so that you get your money back, which the bank is legally required to do, but only if you notice the fraudulent activity, and only if you fill out the affidavits, and if you submit all the voluminous proof, each and every time. The bank won't take responsibility for the canceled debit problem, unless you talk to multiple representatives supervisors repeatedly, and even after they assure you the card has been deleted off their system, the scammer will still keep on charging the canceled card. Even worse, one supervisor told me that many people try to cancel their checking accounts as a means of stopping the fraudulent activity the bank allowed. When this happens, the scammer still charges the deleted card, and you will get overdraft fees as well as the original charges! Until the banks decide that it is in their best financial interest to fix this problem at their end, these problems are unsolvable. This scam, and the bank's utter stupidity, have added up to an unrelenting nightmare for months. I'm hoping that people will not assume that once they cancel their cards, that the scammer can't still hurt them, with the bank's full encouragement and permission. I was told that, not only DOES this happen, that many full-time people work only to replenish accounts with moneys taken from accounts fraudulently, and that the bank doesn't do anything to stop it for months after the fact. Good luck! For all those who have been taken in by this scam (as I was taken in three months ago),

BEWARE:
Once you cancel your debit cards AT THE BANK (which I did, one hour after ordering the 1.97 packet from Google Fortune," which was advertised on Time.com, and after I received an email cancel confirmation from the scammer, citing that my account would not be charged- a week later I was STILL charged 1.97, which led me to cancel my debit cards through the bank), the scammer can still somehow manage to charge your CANCELED DEBIT CARDS AT THE BANK, for months after YOU STOPPED ALL TRANSACTIONS ON THAT CANCELED CARD with your bank. This scam is twofold; the only reason the scammer gets away with it is that the banks (for some scary reason) continue to permit monthly charges that were set up prior to cancellation to be stolen from your completely, non-existent, destroyed and deleted old debit card. I have filed 6 or seven monthly affidavits since the original fiasco, and the NON-EXISTENT debit card still manages to be charged, every month, now 69.97, each and every month. After calling several supervisors at Citizen's Bank, I was told that there are FULL-TIME personnel dealing with this kind of fraudulent activity, which the banks promote, and which they assure you that, once you fill out the nineteenth affidavit, they will remove the fraudulent charges every month, but without doing anything to delete the old card from their system so it can't be charged; this means that the bank allows canceled cards to be charged (because the revolving charges were set up by the scammer immediately upon the original transaction, and even before the consumer knew it would be a monthly charge).
If consumers can no longer be assured that a canceled debit card is truly a canceled debit card, through their own banks, then this country is not only in big trouble, it's already beyond salvaging. Even if you've already assumed that the bank has canceled your debit card off their system, or even if the bank sends you new ones after a large-scale fraud or breach has occurred, check your statements, EVERY DAY. Report ALL fraudulent charges right away, after the cancellation, (especially because the statement won't tell you if the charges to your account are coming from a canceled card or a new one), fill out the affidavits, and prepare to have no choice but to call your bank every day for weeks, and to become very angry and aggressive. For some reason, the banks permit the scammers to set things up so that the consumer can be charged for months fraudulently, long after they have canceled their compromised card, and all the bank will tell you is to fill out monthly affidavits, until such time that the bank decides to stop the activity from within their own system. In addition, be prepared to receive multiple calls from the bank; some of these will be from the scammer. Call the bank ONLY using the number that is in the phone book, and report all other calls coming from automated bank calls to the Do Not Call List.
In addition, when you call, the bank representatives will not only know that this happens all the time, but they will try to tell you that the only way to stop the problem is to call the scammer to stop charging your canceled debit card, and to file your affidavit, so that you get your money back, which the bank is legally required to do, but only if you notice the fraudulent activity, and only if you fill out the affidavits, and if you submit all the voluminous proof, each and every time. The bank won't take responsibility for the canceled debit problem, unless you talk to multiple representatives supervisors repeatedly, and even after they assure you the card has been deleted off their system, the scammer will still keep on charging the canceled card. Even worse, one supervisor told me that many people try to cancel their checking accounts as a means of stopping the fraudulent activity the bank allowed. When this happens, the scammer still charges the deleted card, and you will get overdraft fees as well as the original charges! Until the banks decide that it is in their best financial interest to fix this problem at their end, these problems are unsolvable. This scam, and the bank's utter stupidity, have added up to an unrelenting nightmare for months. I'm hoping that people will not assume that once they cancel their cards, that the scammer can't still hurt them, with the bank's full encouragement and permission. I was told that, not only DOES this happen, that many full-time people work only to replenish accounts with moneys taken from accounts fraudulently, and that the bank doesn't do anything to stop it for months after the fact.

Good luck!

]]> By: D (Internet Expert) http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-13223 D (Internet Expert) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:35:23 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-13223 The best way to avoid another cash scam like "Google Cash", is look at the URL of the site. If the URL doesn't have "https",(the "s" meaning secure server) when the site ask you to input your name, address, SS#, and/or credit card DON'T DO IT. The best way to avoid another cash scam like "Google Cash", is look at the URL of the site. If the URL doesn't have "https",(the "s" meaning secure server) when the site ask you to input your name, address, SS#, and/or credit card DON'T DO IT.

]]> By: Val http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-13000 Val Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:19:40 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-13000 Change your card number. That is the only answer I can come up with Grant. Anything else is to time consuming. You will have to pay the inital $1.97 you paid, but they will not get you for anything else. It is a really easy trap to fall into and I am sorry your wife was one of the victems. There is another linked to this and it is called On Line Cash Success Kit and it is only $1.00, but there are real charges goint with that too. Good luck Change your card number. That is the only answer I can come up with Grant. Anything else is to time consuming. You will have to pay the inital $1.97 you paid, but they will not get you for anything else. It is a really easy trap to fall into and I am sorry your wife was one of the victems. There is another linked to this and it is called On Line Cash Success Kit and it is only $1.00, but there are real charges goint with that too. Good luck

]]> By: Lawrence http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-12794 Lawrence Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:34:11 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-12794 Oh wow there goes my money. Oh wow there goes my money.

]]> By: Jocelyn http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-12770 Jocelyn Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-12770 I just realized the same thing happened to me. I looked into in and was going to sign up for the $1 info kit....and then closed the window when I realized they were asking permission to take $70. Now I have a VISA bill where they deducted both the $1 ans the $70...and I didn't even click that I confirmed this amount. On top of that...I never received ANYTHING from them. I feel so ripped off. Did you ever get it cancelled or any money refunded???? I just realized the same thing happened to me. I looked into in and was going to sign up for the $1 info kit….and then closed the window when I realized they were asking permission to take $70. Now I have a VISA bill where they deducted both the $1 ans the $70…and I didn't even click that I confirmed this amount. On top of that…I never received ANYTHING from them. I feel so ripped off. Did you ever get it cancelled or any money refunded????

]]> By: Kady http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-12724 Kady Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:38:13 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-12724 Paul thank you for putting the websites on here. I was going to try this, but I wanted to read more about it. Turns out one of those website's was the one I was looking at. My question is, do you know any site I can look at and make money off the internet? Thats not a scam. Once again thanks so much! Paul thank you for putting the websites on here. I was going to try this, but I wanted to read more about it. Turns out one of those website's was the one I was looking at. My question is, do you know any site I can look at and make money off the internet? Thats not a scam. Once again thanks so much!

]]> By: Kady http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-12723 Kady Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:33:52 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-12723 I was going to do this, but I thought I should do some reading on it first. Thank you Paul for putting the adresses on here, one of them was the one I was going to join. My teacher said there are really things I can do on the internet to get paid for, do you have any sugestions? I was going to do this, but I thought I should do some reading on it first. Thank you Paul for putting the adresses on here, one of them was the one I was going to join. My teacher said there are really things I can do on the internet to get paid for, do you have any sugestions?

]]> By: Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-12715 Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:05 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-12715 Angel, let us know what happens. If you feel like you were duped, you might consider filing complaints with the following: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/">FTC Complaint Assistant</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ic3.gov">Internet Crime Complaint Center</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://complaint.bbb.org/">BBB Complaint form</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.naag.org/attorneys_general.php">Attorneys Generals offices"</a> - your state and the state that the company operates out of. </li> </ul> Angel, let us know what happens.

If you feel like you were duped, you might consider filing complaints with the following:

]]> By: Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/2008/12/04/google-cash-scam/#comment-12716 Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:29:05 +0000 http://www.workathometruth.com/blog/?p=738#comment-12716 Angel, let us know what happens. If you feel like you were duped, you might consider filing complaints with the following: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/">FTC Complaint Assistant</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ic3.gov">Internet Crime Complaint Center</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://complaint.bbb.org/">BBB Complaint form</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.naag.org/attorneys_general.php">Attorneys Generals offices"</a> - your state and the state that the company operates out of. </li> </ul> Angel, let us know what happens.

If you feel like you were duped, you might consider filing complaints with the following:

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