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Quick Cash on Craigslist Scam

They’re testing the waters again with a new one. I ran across a new “make money” offer I hadn’t seen yet. Instead of making money on Google, this one promises “QuickCash from Craigslist.” Hmmm. Sure sounds familiar. It’s like they just took out “Google” and substituted it with “Craigslist.” Brilliant minds at work once again. I was browsing helium.com and saw the usual low quality ad with the headline “Make $3500 Working From Home.” … Read entire article »

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The Fake Google-Grant Guys

I had so much fun with the Acai/Cleanse fake diet girls that I thought I’d compile a similar photo album of our favorite Google/Grant scam photo models. Because there were so many, I decided to put them into a few categories. It is a good visual of just how ridiculous these scams are, reusing the names and faces over and over in fake personal blogs. Let’s start with the big guns… … Read entire article »

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Connecting The Dots – Google/Grant Scams Part 2

This is a sort of addendum to my Google/Grants scam list. That page contains a list of the sites pushing these products, and a short description. I recommend it if you haven’t see it yet. The lists on this page are a sort of reverse-lookup of these sites. The first two lists are what the blogs themselves say you are getting. The first list is the “government grants” list, while the second list is the “make money from Google” list. The names are what the blogs use to describe it, and after each product, I list the websites I found using that description. The final list is what you will find when clicking on these links. … Read entire article »

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The Newest Phony Blog – Stretch Marks

I’ve started seeing a new fake blog being advertised the past couple days.  This one has all of the hallmarks of the phony blog, including the exact same picture of the “Huff” persona from the fake Acai/Cleanse blogs. But today’s new scam isn’t for Acai/Cleanse, Google Cash, or the rest I’ve talked about so far. This one is for stretch marks. … Read entire article »

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My Car Insurance Reviews

The following reviews are based on my personal experiences. Your experience with these companies may be different. I’ve had three different car insurance companies in the last year: AIG, Progressive, and Travelers. Here’s a quick rundown of my experience with each one: … Read entire article »

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The Anti-Scam Scam

One of the most ingenious scams is to create an anti-scam website, and promote only “approved” products… which themselves are scams or of dubious credibility. The concept isn’t new, and shouldn’t be surprising. … Read entire article »

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What is the Next Big Scam?

The net is rife with scams such as government grants, making money on Google, teeth whitening, and the Acai/Cleanse scams. There are also endless phony “review” sites for the products above. But that leads me to wonder, what will the next big scam be, and can we see signs of it already? First of all, most of the people creating these sites are lazy. That’s right, I said LAZY. Otherwise, why else would there be dozens of “Kevin Hoeffer” clone sites with the same color scheme, same layout, same text, and same comments? … Read entire article »

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Government Grants Scam Revisited

After seeing yet another variation of the “Government Grants” scam being advertised on Fox News today, I thought I’d point out a couple of obvious items as a sort of supplement to my original post on the matter. … Read entire article »

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