The affiliate marketers are on the prowl – flooding ad networks with “a mom’s trick” ads for snake oil, aka wrinkle cream. Don’t fall for these sites. Browse a few of them to see how they’re all using the same basic premise of a fake story of an ordinary mom who uses their two products to look younger. The names change, the products change, and the website’s willingness to admit the story is fake will vary as … Read entire article »

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 »

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 »

It’s hard to believe the swamp into which I have waded. I was just a blogger who happened to get tired of seeing all of those phony “Kevin Hoeffer” ads. Now I’ve discovered yet another set of sites and product scams, all remarkably similar to the previously listed scams on this site. This one is for teeth whitening products. I only have a couple so far but I’m sure the list will grow quickly, just as the others have. But since they are now advertising, I thought it best to get the latest scam alert out there. There are two versions of this scam. One that is hard to catch is the “fake reviews” type site, where they will review several products. Sometimes they only review their own, while other times … Read entire article »

Through my considerable efforts looking into the scams based around making money on Google, government grants, and the Acai weight loss products, I have found yet another group of websites that are advertising anti-aging products. I’m not saying that all anti-aging products are scams. Far from it. Many are great, but if you are wondering about a site and see it on this list, I highly recommend that you look elsewhere. How do I know these sites are scams? Keep reading. … Read entire article »

A Cyberworld Full of Fakes I am almost ashamed to admit that at 40 years old I still maintain a Myspace page. Almost. But anyway, today I noticed a huge ad with a picture of a 20-something cheesy guy claiming to have made over $5000 a month posting links on Google. It reminded me of those Don Lapre ads on TV back in the day… “I made a fortune placing tiny classified ads..” Of course the people bought that up hook, line, and sinker.. and never researched the scam artist that he was. But that was before the Internet was so prevalent. Nowadays you can find out if someone is the real deal almost instantly. Yet people still fall for the same things over and over. … Read entire article »