Trend Micro also put out an interesting report recently about Estonian CyberCrime which bears a lot of similarities to many of the networked organizations and corporate entity locations used for many of the hidden negative option offers.

The Economist published this story recently about the results of a test done by Jason Sharman on financial anonymity and crime.

"He began by identifying on the internet players that offer to set up front companies, and solicited 45 bids. In 17 cases, these service providers kindly provided the requested shell without bothering to check on the actual identity of the client. And it was not expensive: $800 to $3000. Interestingly, only four of these providers were located in tax havens (TJN: we presume they mean "classic" tax havens of the popular imagination), while 13 were located in OECD countries claiming to keep to the rules of verification: seven in Great Britain, four in the United States, one in Spain, and one in Canada."

This is likely why you see so many UK and Nevada addresses associated with the Google Biz Kit scams.

Whether or not there are also ties to Estonian Crime rings in these situations as there are in the Trojan Horse download cases covered in the Trend Micro paper, I don't know.

I do recall over this past year quite a few people complaining about trojans and viruses on the discs they received in the mail from the companies.

I'm not placing your name, by the way. Did you contact me by email or in one of the blog discussions?

Bob, that's hilarious about Audrey.

What I don't understand is why people running these sites don't at least change the names of the people in the stories.

I love your line at Internet-Ads-Review.com where you say:

"Requires effort, you will have to work at least 15 to 30 minutes a day on this program".

Classic.

By the way, I thought your name was Mark L.

I'm really, really interested to find out exactly how you were making five gees a month and are now making more.

Please explain how you do it and if the explanation's succinct enough, I'll be happy to invest, but only if I can come in "under" you in your downline.

Tell me a story, please.

Bob

Wow!! Talk about incest!!

Contacted you some time ago and, thanks to your comments, didn't give those scammers one dime.

I'm reasonably sure SOMEONE'S making money on this site ….probably Brad, Kevin and many others.

Thanks, Paul.

There are tons of them listed in the article about

making money posting links on Google scam

Here are some of the more recent fake blogs that have popped up:

• Damons-Money.com | Damon Moss
• FreeCash4Job.com | Mitch Jackson
• GregBergon.com | Greg Bergon
• HotFreakinStuff.com | Tom Steinbach
• JakeGetGreens.com | Jacob Marcy
• JimMayHew.com | Jim Mayhew
• MakeMoneyWithCorey.com | Corey Kingston
• MKTFinanceNews.com | Amber Westman story
• MoneyIsBoss.com | Kevin Hoeffer
• PostAdsOnGoogle.com | Eric Hoeffner
• TrustedWorkAtHomeJobs.com | Scott Hunter
• YourRichesAwait.com | Jake

I would love to contact these scam artist and tell them that they are being reported to authorites for falisification of a business. I think Google should be after them, as well.

People like that need to be stopped. I wish I could find these people's email addresses and report them to fraud watch international.

how annoying!!!

I have a link that is for a $4 online web business and it really does work.. I know it's peanuts for most to even consider, but after joining it about a week ago, I have had 4 people sign up.. so I know it works. I know it's not thousands of dollars being earned but it is something…and in this economy, every little bit helps. At least I know it's not a scam.