Is this a scam?

Bettyboop · 10 February 2009 at 9:58PM

http://www.mikesgmoney.com/u

I was in my Facebook account earlier and on the right was a link about making money on google.

Perhaps the more experienced money savers could take a look and let me know what you think? Thanks.

Liz3yy · 10 February 2009 at 10:12PM

When I see ads like this I always tell myself....

If it looks too good to be true then it probably is

Millburn_farm · 11 February 2009 at 12:03AM

ermmmmmmm your asking; you know (((hug)))

I help run a support group; we are very small and get about £15 a YEAR in links money; and that's some work

If you have a million friends who will always link to sites via your site full of links; links you update almost daily; you will make a pound or three

this is my charity search engine
http://www.everyclick.com/?tab=everyclick (you get to choose which charity

)

This ios what my charity has earn't from me and everyone else in the last couple of yrs
You've helped raise £3,232.65 for ME Research UK

ermmmmm bit different from 1 month he reports

I noticed comments had been shut down (spam)

mymoneyfish · 11 February 2009 at 10:21AM

My guess is that it's a scam - he'll be making something from the kits he's selling.

Some clues:

1.If he had found a goldmine, would he be rushing to share it? Okay, some people would but why create competition for yourself?

2. Anyone can create a fake cheque with some basic graphics software. It proves nothing.

3. The 'In the news' section is an attempt validate his claim by showing some logos of recognised newspapers and a couple of generic quotes. Of course hundreds of thousands of dollars are being paid out to entrepreneurs by Google Adsense, but it's being shared out between hundreds of thousands of people. That's not a lot each.

4. Comments - big clue! They are all written in the same style with same punctuation and lack of capitals - so all written by the same person! And comments are closed because he doesn't want negatives posted.

He's unlikely to be called Mike Kinston or live in St Albans. Another clue - Kinston is a very unusual, if not unique, surname. He probably meant to type Kingston. Would you mistype your own name and not check it?

Hope this helps!

Paulos77 · 12 February 2009 at 1:01PM

Stay clear of this. I fell for it.. dont ask why cause I normally stay well clear of things like this but though I seen it on facebook and though I'd see what it is about. It was actually only last saturday I thought Id give it a go.

The page I was on was slightly different to that you posted but looks like the same thing. It takes you to a page which says get this now for only £1 something, only shipping cost. Then when you pay it says it will be shipped to your door with in 10 days, but not only that this is only a 7 day triial and you will be charged $36.00 a month unless you cancel. (Im still trying to figure out who I contact to say to cancel this) . So you get a 7 day trial yet it takes 10 days to be delivered!!.

I read some of the comments on this guys page and all were positive giving hints as to what to do when you start. I left a comment saying exactly what I though and suprise suprise it wasnt added!.

Stay well clear of this. I only hope I can figure out how to cancel before they start taking those mothly payments

BILLIE · 12 February 2009 at 1:13PM

Paulos77 I got caught to - I managed to find an email address and sent them an email explaining I couldn't understand why a free trial only cost postage and packaging would end up cost me in excess of £35!! They replied and asked me to return the item and they would then make a refund, even if it was returned after the trial period. This then cost me £20 to return!! They did make the refund as promised, but I was out of pocket because of having to return the goods. :mad: Fingers burnt and I won't fall for it again. What I find amazing is that these "adverts" are on the side of reputable sites so how do they get there. Good luck in your quest to stop it - must admit I also wrote to my credit card company asking them to put a stop on payments being made but never heard from them.

Paulos77 · 12 February 2009 at 3:05PM

Thanks Bille.

Do you remember what email address you found to contact them. Also was it the £35 from your card that they refunded or was it just the postage and packing they refunded?

Im was going to ask my credit card company to try and put a stop to the payments too.

nzseries1 · 24 February 2009 at 12:08PM

It's officially a scam!
See this news story:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4858437a28.html

competitionscafe · 25 February 2009 at 5:38AM

Yes, total scam. See:
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/emillionaire-institutekevin-got-his-green-c163463.html

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/base/thread?tid=731ed5d8320c6794&hl=en

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=emillionaire+scam&btnG=Search&meta=

http://wafflesatnoon.com/

http://electronplumber.com/kevin-gets-money-yet-another-facebook-ad-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-118

alanac511 · 9 May 2009 at 5:50PM

Realy hope someone can help i stupidly signed up 4 the one advertised on face book and have just noticed that the past 2 months they have taken £33 from my account - i called the bank and cancelled my card however i cant get in touch with the company and dont no what to do. will cancelling my card be enough? or will they still be able to take out the money.

Thanks in advance for any response - realy worried!

competitionscafe · 9 May 2009 at 7:48PM

alanac511 wrote: »

Realy hope someone can help i stupidly signed up 4 the one advertised on face book and have just noticed that the past 2 months they have taken £33 from my account - i called the bank and cancelled my card however i cant get in touch with the company and dont no what to do. will cancelling my card be enough? or will they still be able to take out the money.

Thanks in advance for any response - realy worried!

There are several different versions of this scam (Google Treasure Chest, Google Money Tree, My Google Payday, emillionaire, Google ATM etc etc ) - what was the name next to the charge on your statement?

Some numbers listed here if that helps?
http://strangelyperfect.tv/3401/google-treasure-chest-phone-and-address-list/

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