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The Fake News Phenomenon Continues…

August 23, 2010 By Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) 20 Comments

Over the years I’ve tracked literally thousands of fake news sites and fake blogs. At one point it seemed like they were going to go away…but now it doesn’t seem like they ever will.

In fact most marketers using fake blogs seem to believe that placing the word “Advertorial” at the top of a page means that they can then do whatever the heck they want…including:

  • Including lots of fake comments in a comments section.
  • Claiming that their fake story was seen on ABC, CNBC, CNN and other major media outlets
  • Putting advertising sections WITHIN the advertorial (huh?)
  • Putting real news video footage within their fake news stories

Of course many of them just don’t use an advertorial disclaimer at all. Just like products such as Bloggers Payday one thing’s about 99% certain (OK maybe 100%)…you should more than likely AVOID any “business opportunity” that these fake news sites promote.

The following video shows how widespread and bizarre the fake news phenomenon continues to be:

The following graph from Compete.com shows the relative traffic levels of the fake news sites NewsDaily7.com, News-11-Today.com as compared to the Federal Trade Commission website, FTC.gov (Even though the fake news sites appear to be buying a lot of traffic – and probably some really cheap traffic).  Attorney Michael Webster who specializes in Misleading Advertising Law has suggested that, “suggested that anytime a scheme is more popular than the regulator who oversees it and hundreds if not thousands things like it: RUN AWAY. Don’t stop to think, just RUN AWAY.”  That might not always be true of course, but my guess is that MOST of the time it will be.

NewsDaily7.com, News-11-Today.com, & FTC.gov at Compete

NewsDaily7.com, News-11-Today.com, & FTC.gov at Compete

The following is a list of the sites covered in the video – these are just a handful of the total number of fake news sites being promoted right now:

  • www. 100khomejobs .com
  • www. 100konlinejobs .com
  • www. 24hourwallstreetnews .com
  • www. 3newsinsider .com
  • www. 37actionnews .com
  • www. 6newsonline .info
  • www. 7newsdaily7 .com
  • www. 9newstonight .com
  • www. a1reviews .net
  • www. aboutmoneymaker .com
  • www. americanjobsweekly .com
  • www. americanmorningfix .com
  • www. athomemoms .com
  • www. businessgazette .net
  • www. california-chronicle .com
  • www. canadafinancenews .com
  • www. career-digest-weekly .info
  • www. careernewsinsider .com
  • www. careertrendnews .com
  • www. cashmagnet .com
  • www. certifiedjobs .net
  • www. cflnewstribune .com
  • www. channel4reports .com
  • www. channel9investigates .com
  • www. chroniclenews .info
  • www. chicago-sentinel .com
  • www. citypressnews .com
  • www. cnbc20 .com
  • www. cnbc20 .org
  • www. consumer-reports-weekly .com
  • www. consumer-weekly .com
  • www. consumer-weekly .net
  • www. consumerhealthnewsonline .com
  • www. consumernews24 .com
  • www. consumers-daily .com
  • www. consumerstips-weekly .com
  • www. consumertipsonline .net
  • www. consumertribune .com
  • www. consumerworldnews .com
  • www. daily-gazette .com
  • www. daily-news-herald .com
  • www. daily-news-now .com
  • www. daily6news .com
  • www. dailynews17 .com
  • www. dailynews2 .com
  • www. dailynewsjournal .us
  • www. dailywebnews .net
  • www. dailyjobreports .com
  • www. dearborndailynews .com
  • www. detroit-sentinel .com
  • www. detroittribunenews .com
  • www. discountes .com
  • www. dropsomepuonds .com
  • www. entrepreneurobserver .com
  • www. eveningnewsjob .com
  • www. financedailyny .com
  • www. floristweekly .com
  • www. gazette-daily .com
  • www. gazettenews .net
  • www. globaljobnews .com
  • www. globalmarketingoffers .org
  • www. googlejobsearch .com
  • www. gulfcoastnews9 .com
  • www. helpofhealth .com
  • www. hobbynewsnow .com
  • www. home-job-report .com
  • www. home-job-report .net
  • www. home-job-report .org
  • www. homejob-review .com
  • www. homejoboptions .com
  • www. homejobsnews .com
  • www. honestjobsonline .com
  • www. houstonfinancenews .com
  • www. imvunewsreports .com
  • www. insidemoney .net
  • www. insiderbusinessnews .com
  • www. insidernewsteam .com
  • www. internetjobnews .net
  • www. interenetnews6 .com
  • www. ionline6news .com
  • www. jcg3news .com
  • www. jobsathomeplus .com
  • www. joblistingnews .com
  • www. jobnews6 .com
  • www. jobopeningsnews .com
  • www. jobpositionsearch .com
  • www. jobsalertweekly .com
  • www. jobsnewshome .com
  • www. jobtribunes .com
  • www. ktvu7news .com
  • www. la-businessnews .com
  • www. la-sentinel .com
  • www. lasentinelnews .com
  • www. legitcareeronline .com
  • www. legitimatehomejobs .org
  • www. localgazettenews .com
  • www. localjobnews .net
  • www. localnews22 .com
  • www. localnews45 .info
  • www. localnewstodayonline .com
  • www. madisonchronicle .com
  • www. manage-finances .com
  • www. manhattanbusinessreport .com
  • www. melbournemetronews .com
  • www. miamicitypost .com
  • www. money2news .com
  • www. mountainnewstoday .com
  • www. myworkathomestart .com
  • www. new-yorkcitynews .com
  • www. new7tv .info
  • www. news-11-today .com
  • www. news-11today .com
  • www. news-6-insider .com
  • www. news-channel9 .com
  • www. news-7daily .com
  • www. news10-today .com
  • www. news12report .com
  • www. news12reports .com
  • www. news13jobreports .com
  • www. news13jobstoday .com
  • www. news13report .com
  • www. news3health .com
  • www. news6alerts .com
  • www. news6online .info
  • www. news6reports .net
  • www. news7income .com
  • www. news7localreport .com
  • www. news7newyork .com
  • www. news7tribune .com
  • www. news8report .com
  • www. news9courier .com
  • www. news9network .com
  • www. news9now .net
  • www. news9online .org
  • www. news9tonight .com
  • www. newsdaily7 .com
  • www. newsdaily7 .net
  • www. newsforce7 .com
  • www. newsnetaustralia .com
  • www. newsreportdaily .com
  • www. newstodayat5 .com
  • www. newstoday28 .com
  • www. newstv6 .com
  • www. newyork-tribune .com
  • www. newyorktribunedaily .com
  • www. newyorkweeklynews .com
  • www. northwest-news .com
  • www. ny-sentinel .com
  • www. ny-weekly .com
  • www. nygazettejournal .com
  • www. nyguardian .com
  • www. nynewsdigest .com
  • www. omgnews .info
  • www. onlinecashbooster .com
  • www. onlinecashreviews .com
  • www. onlinejobnewsletter .com
  • www. onlinejobreport .com
  • www. onlinejobreports .com
  • www. onlinejobsnews .com
  • www. onlinemoneystash .com
  • www. onlinenews10 .com
  • www. onlinenews12 .com
  • www. onlinenews4 .com
  • www. onlinenews6 .com
  • www. onlinenews6 .net
  • www. onlinenews7 .com
  • www. onlinenewsat6 .com
  • www. onlinenewstribune .com
  • www. orlando-tribune .com
  • www. pacouriernews .com
  • www. princetonbusinessreview .net
  • www. readlatestnewsonline .com
  • www. readthetimesnews .com
  • www. reia9news .com
  • www. reviewstimes .com
  • www. riversidedailytribune .com
  • www. san-diego-today .com
  • www. sanjose-herald .com
  • www. sandiegobusinessobserver .com
  • www. sbscnews .com
  • www. search-engine-job .com
  • www. skilltrends .com
  • www. skilltrends .org
  • www. startworkfromhomejob .com
  • www. texasfinancenews .com
  • www. the-losangeles-gazette .com
  • www. theconsumerherald .com
  • www. theconsumerherald11 .net
  • www. theconsumertips .com
  • www. thedailyfinancialtimes .com
  • www. thedailywork .com
  • www. theentrepreneurweekly .com
  • www. tribune-gazzette .com
  • www. thehomebizcentral .info
  • www. thelosangelesjournal .com
  • www. thenewyorkdailynews .info
  • www. theposttribunenews .tv
  • www. thewebnewsdaily .com
  • www. todayseconomist .com
  • www. tonyscashkit .com
  • www. top3homebizreview .com
  • www. tylerneill .com
  • www. usa-sentinel .com
  • www. us-news-magazine .net
  • www. usadailyjobnews .com
  • www. usconsumerdigest .com
  • www. usdreamjobs .com
  • www. usfinancejournal .com
  • www. usafinancialreporting .com
  • www. usnews8 .com
  • www. wallstreetgazettenews .com
  • www. wallstreetnews9 .com
  • www. wallstreetnews9 .tv
  • www. washington-tribune-news .com
  • www. washingtonnewsdaily .com
  • www. washingtonpostdaily .com
  • www. web-newsdaily .com
  • www. webnewsdaily .org
  • www. weekly-news .org
  • www. weeklyconsumernewsletter .com
  • www. weeklynewsonline .com
  • www. workathomecareernews .com
  • www. workathomecareertrends .com
  • www. workathomejobnews .org
  • www. workathomejobnews6 .com
  • www. workathomeobserver .com
  • www. workathomereviewnews .com
  • www. workathomethemagazine .com
  • www. workfromhomenews6 .com
  • www. workfromhomenews9 .com
  • www. world13news .com
  • www. world3news .com
  • www. worldwidenewspost .biz
  • www. ws7news .com
  • www. ws8today .com
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NewsDaily7.com hijacks BizyMoms.com quality score on Adwords

July 17, 2010 By Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) 5 Comments

I was doing some research on Google the other day when I noticed that NewsDaily7.com was using the BizyMoms.com site as its display URL in Google Adwords.

I know this situation well, because I’ve had it happen to ME on more than one occasion and it can be a real pain to get Adwords to stop someone from doing it. In one case it took me nearly 2 months to get Adwords to stop the rogue advertiser – and I’ve heard even worse accounts from people I know who’ve had this happen to.

You can see NewsDaily7.com hijacking BizyMoms.com for their Display URL in the video below.

NewsDaily7.com – a fake news site who’s other questionable practices I wrote up in this post called NewsDaily7.com and ProfitGuruOnTheWeb.com is likely hijacking the BizyMoms.com domain to help increase their Adwords Quality score. This used to be a major glitch in the Adwords system and it looks like it may still be there as I’ve seen an alarming number of other advertisers doing the same or similar things.

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MyProfitSite QuickShot review

September 2, 2009 By Paul (Founder, WorkAtHomeTruth) 67 Comments

MyProfitSite claims that Jeff Jackson is a former WalMart worker now banking 4.2 million in profit every single year.

Here are a few things that concern me about MyProfitSite:

MyProfitSite.com is hosted on the same IP as RipOff-Review.org which is recommending it.

The following sites, including MyProfitSite.com are hosted on IP 67.212.182.186:

24-7-trading.com
Adwordprofitkit.com
Best-10-work-from-home.org
Fastauctionincome.com
Free-site-offer.com
Get-merchant-account.com
Get-web-visitors.com
Globalmediaultd.com
Googlemoneypro.biz
Googlesuccesscenter.com
Googlkit.com
Grantconnectioncenter.com
Homecashcourse.com
Homejobdailynews.com
Idptcr.com
Instant-online-income.com
Instantprofitpackage.com
Internet-career-finder.com
Jeffjacksonmyprofitsite.com
M0nstertrax.com
Media-hub.tv
Monstermarketing.tv
Myp-site.com
Myprofitsite.com
Myprofitsitescam.com
Mypsit.com
News21today.com
Nitricoxidemax.com
Powermaxacai.com
Ripoff-review.com
Ripoff-review.org
Ripoff-reviews.org
Ripoffs-exposed.org
Scam-hotline.org
Survey-broker.com
Survey-income.com
Surveyincomeplus.com
Svyclb.com
Theinternetsuccesscenter.com
Theworkathomereview.org
Top-10-work-from-home.com
Tradingfromhome.com
Webprofitclub.com
Yourworkathometop10.com

I’ve  mentioned before that the fewer sites that are hosted on the same IP – the more likely that the sites are owned by the same company or person.

So the issue here is that the site RipOff-Review.org has the following listed as it’s Top 3 recommended Work At Home Programs:

  1. MyProfitSite.com
  2. TradingFromHome.com
  3. Survey-Broker.com

Additionally, the following three sites share the same Google Analytics account (Google Analytics shows website owners how people found their site, and how they explored it:

  1. RipOff-Review.org
  2. TradingFromHome.com
  3. Survey-Broker.com

Each Google Analytics account uses a unique identifier. The above sites share the Google Analytics code “UA-4052966″. Normally each site would also append a different number, but in this case the person who operates the above 3 sites is using the same suffix for the Google Analytics code (UA-4052966-2) as you can see in the images below:

RipOff-Review.org Google analytics code

RipOff-Review.org Google analytics code

TradingFromHome.com Google analytics code

TradingFromHome.com Google analytics code

Survey-Broker.com Google analytics code
Survey-Broker.com Google analytics code

MyProfitSite.com and VerifiedSafePay.com

When I clicked to order MyProfitSite I was taking to an order page on a site called VerifiedSafePay.com.

The first thing I noticed was the non-clickable Authorize.net verified merchant seal. Now according to Authorize.net, to configure their Verified Merchant Seal a merchant does the following:

“Log into the Merchant Interface to configure the Web site domain(s) on which you would like to display the Verified Merchant Seal. Then copy and paste the generated seal HTML to the desired area(s) of your Web site(s). When a customer clicks on your Verified Merchant Seal, a site verification window appears showing that you are an active Authorize.Net merchant.”

Besides the fact that the Authorize.net seal on VerifiedSafePay.com is not clickable, it’s a bit strange that the VerifiedSafePay.com site would be hosting the Authorize.net Verified Merchant logo – which they are as you can see by the two images below:

vsp-authlogo-properties

VerifiedSafePay.com hosting Authorize.net image?

VerifiedSafePay.net hosting Authorize.net image

VerifiedSafePay.com hosting Authorize.net image

But before I go too far afield, let’s see what VerifiedSafePay.com has to say for itself:

“Verified Safe Pay Hub is an online payment site for select merchants that meet our good business practice standards. We make things easier for everyone by focusing on providing the best solutions, which is what we do best. ”

Hmmm. Not sure if I want to deal with merchants that meet YOUR good business practice standards.

Out of curiosity I bought a nameserver report from DomainTools.com to see what other domains were hosted on the same nameserver as VerifiedSafePays.com nameserver – i-tech-media.com:

24-7-TRADING.COM    PRIMARY
AUCTIONTOINCOME.COM    PRIMARY
BEST-10-WORK-FROM-HOME.ORG    PRIMARY
BEST10HOMEBUSINESS.ORG    PRIMARY
FREEWEBSITEHUB.COM    PRIMARY
GRANTCONNECTIONCENTER.COM    PRIMARY
HOMECASHCOURSE.COM    PRIMARY
HOMEJOBDAILYNEWS.COM    PRIMARY
I-TECH-MEDIA.COM    PRIMARY
INSTANT-TRAFFIC-NOW.COM    PRIMARY
INSTANTPROFITPACKAGE.COM    PRIMARY
LINDASMONEYTIPS.COM    PRIMARY
M0NSTERTRAX.COM    PRIMARY
MEDIA-HUB.BIZ    PRIMARY
MHTRAX6.COM    PRIMARY
MYFASTCASHKIT.COM    PRIMARY
MYPROFITSITE.COM    PRIMARY
RIPOFF-REVIEW.COM    PRIMARY
RIPOFF-REVIEW.ORG    PRIMARY
RIPOFF-REVIEWS.ORG    PRIMARY
RIPOFFS-EXPOSED.ORG    PRIMARY
SCAM-HOTLINE.ORG    PRIMARY
SURVEY-BROKER.COM    PRIMARY
THEWORKATHOMEREVIEW.ORG    PRIMARY
TOP-10-WORK-FROM-HOME.COM    PRIMARY
TRADINGFROMHOME.COM    PRIMARY
TWITTERPAYLOAD.COM    PRIMARY
VERIFIEDSAFEPAY.COM    PRIMARY
WARNING-WORKFROMHOME.COM    PRIMARY
YOURWORKATHOMETOP10.COM    PRIMARY
FASTAUCTIONINCOME.COM    SECONDARY

Amongst the other sites sharing the same name server with VerifiedSafePay.com are our old buddies:

  • MyProfitSite.com
  • TradingFromHome.com
  • Survey-Broker.com

Also, Best10HomeBusiness.org offers the follow as it’s top 3 “Certified” programs (whatever “certified” means):

  1. www. Trading From Home.com
  2. www. Home Cash Course.com
  3. www. Survey Broker.com

Another site that uses i-tech-media.com as it’s nameserver is HomeJobDailyNews.com which tells us the story of Connie Peterson and immediately relays the following quotation from her website:  “I get paid about $25 for every link I post on the Internet and I get paid every week… I make around $7200 a month right now”.

Hmm. Where have I heard that before?

Connie Peterson’s story is a bit confusing, though, because later on Connie says that she and her husband “Kevin” “happened upon a system called ” MyProfitSite” that taught them how to make money posting information online.”

Wow. Posting “information”. That sounds a LOT more complicated than posting “links” like she was first talking about.

I’m out. LOL.

Luckily there’s a woman at LindasTips.com who might have a good way to make money and even includes a close-up of a really blurry Google check. I was going to post a comment on her blog, but “Sadly” “Post comments have been disabled from malicious spam”.

I’m devastated.

Scam-Hotline.org "Certified" ClickBank report
Scam-Hotline.org “Certified” ClickBank report

Thankfully, I can take a look at one of the other sites using the i-tech-media.com name server and even hosted on our favorite I.P. – 67.212.182.186. Some guy named “William Tompkins” apparently has a “Certified Click Bank Report”.

I wonder what that means? Who certified it? Mickey Mouse?
Ugh. After I clicked to view the “Certified ClickBank Report” I just get a page at Scam-Hotline.org recommending the same three programs AGAIN…
Wait, why am I surprised about that. OK, I’m not.
Alrighty then…moving on down the ol’ i-tech-media.com name server list we have TheWorkAtHomeReview.org from “Mr. X – The Whistleblower” – and looks like based on Mr. X’s recommendations he should be blowing the whistle on himself!
Let’s see we have the following recommendations from TheWorkAtHomeReview.org:
  1. Dan David’s InstantProfitPackage.com
  2. Mackenzie Lee’s HomeCashCourse.com
  3. Alison Wright’s Survey-Broker.com

All of which reside on IP 67.212.182.186 along with TheWorkAtHomeReview.org

Warning-WorkFromHome.com throws in a minor wildcard by once again recommending TradingFromHome.com instead of HomeCashCourse:

  1. Dan David’s InstantProfitPackage.com
  2. Michael Chase’s TradingFromHome.com
  3. Alison Wright’s Survey-Broker.com

Last on the I-Tech-Media.com name server list is YourWorkAtHomeTop10.com which presents us with the following choices:

  1. Michael Chase’s TradingFromHome.com
  2. Mackenzie Lee’s HomeCashCourse.com
  3. Alison Wright’s Survey-Broker.com

Somehow I’m starting to sense a pattern here.



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