Internet Money Tree Complaints

Update 4/29/2009 – On April 24, 2009 the Texas Attorney General filed charges against the owners of Google Money Tree for operating a fraudulent Work-At-Home Scheme:

AUSTIN – Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged two Utah-based defendants with operating a fraudulent work-at-home scheme. The state’s enforcement action names Infusion Media Inc. and Jonathan D. Eborn, whose “GoogleMoneyTree.com” promised six-figure earnings for conducting specialized Google and Yahoo Internet searches

According to investigators, the defendants promised big payouts in order to convince Web users to spend $3.88 on shipping and handling for a “free kit” that supposedly would show them how to make money from home. Those who purchased the kit were later surprised to discover they were being charged $72 a month by the defendants.”

“According to the state’s enforcement action, GoogleMoneyTree failed to clearly inform purchasers that they had been enrolled in monthly memberships and had only seven days to cancel their trial membership. Purchasers who failed to cancel within seven days were automatically charged $72 on their credit card statements each month. In addition to the unexpected credit card charges, customer complaints obtained by state investigators indicate that GoogleMoneyTree failed to actually send the “free kit” and refused to honor customer refunds.

The state is seeking an injunction, civil penalties of up to $20,000 per violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, as well as restitution for purchasers. Texans who believe they have been misled by similar business practices may file complaints with the Office of the Attorney General toll-free at (800) 252-8011 or file complaints online at www.texasattorneygeneral.gov.”

Update 2/6/2009: Since this was originally posted Google Money Tree – also known as Internet Money Tree -  has made significant improvements (in my opinion) to their sales process.

If you are going to post a comment – and are able to do so – please post the original date that you ordered Internet Money Tree as it would be interesting – and could be helpful – to match those dates up with the version of the Internet Money Tree sales page that was current at the time.

Note: This is NOT an endorsement of Internet Money Tree, but an acknowledgement of improvements (again, in my opinion) that were made to their sales process.

End 2/6/2009 update.

Hey Internet Money Tree – you can run, but you cannot hide.  Whassa matter l’il Money Tree – did you get tired of people screaming and yelling at you in our discussion about the notorious Google Money Tree version of yourself?

Remember what Gertrude Stein once wrote…

“A rose is a rose is a rose”

Or in your case:

“A skunk is a skunk is a skunk”

Most of you can skip this paragraph: (For all you poetry fanatics and English Lit majors who are planning to come down on me for misinterpreting Gertrude Stein’s phrase…according to this article in WikiPedia I’m in good company. :-)

Basically Internet Money Tree – I’m PRETTY sure that YOU STINK.

But I’m going to walk through your order process and see what you’re up to these days and how the InternetMoneyTree ordering process works:

Note: I’m hunting down the original sales page for InternetMoneyTree.com and will continue writing this after I find it. If you happen to know where it is, please let me know – or if you know where you saw it advertised.