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Generally speaking, any site which offers you $80+ per hour for "working at home", and does not require any qualifications is probably a scam. If they back up their extravagant claims with concocted newspaper articles, phony testimonials and solemn declarations that it "is not a scam", you can put away the glasses ... It's a scam! ... You can bank on it! Or more correctly, someone else will be banking on it!
The details of the bogus newspaper site were as follows:
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NSLOOKUP DETAILS: ---------------- > set type=soa > usa-daily-news.com Server: 192.168.1.3 Address: 192.168.1.3#53 Non-authoritative answer: usa-daily-news.com origin = dns1.registrar-servers.com mail addr = hostmaster.registrar-servers.com serial = 2008080808 refresh = 10001 retry = 1801 expire = 604801 minimum = 3601 Authoritative answers can be found from: usa-daily-news.com nameserver = dns3.registrar-servers.com. usa-daily-news.com nameserver = dns1.registrar-servers.com. usa-daily-news.com nameserver = dns2.registrar-servers.com. dns1.registrar-servers.com internet address = 74.81.64.51 dns2.registrar-servers.com internet address = 209.249.221.130 dns3.registrar-servers.com internet address = 72.34.41.47 WHOIS DETAILS: ------------- Registration Service Provided By: NameCheap.com Contact: support@NameCheap.com Visit: http://www.namecheap.com/ Domain name: usa-daily-news.com Registrant Contact: WhoisGuard WhoisGuard Protected () Fax: 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #110 - 732 Westchester, CA 90045 US Administrative Contact: WhoisGuard WhoisGuard Protected (c58b9e11e58a48c28b99e24eb8d9db9a.protect@whoisguard.com) +1.6613102107 Fax: +1.6613102107 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #110 - 732 Westchester, CA 90045 US Technical Contact: WhoisGuard WhoisGuard Protected (c58b9e11e58a48c28b99e24eb8d9db9a.protect@whoisguard.com) +1.6613102107 Fax: +1.6613102107 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #110 - 732 Westchester, CA 90045 US Status: Locked Name Servers: dns1.registrar-servers.com dns2.registrar-servers.com dns3.registrar-servers.com |
Details for the scammer site were as follows:
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NSLOOKUP DETAILS: ---------------- > set type=soa > yoursearchprofits.com Server: 192.168.1.3 Address: 192.168.1.3#53 Non-authoritative answer: yoursearchprofits.com origin = ns61.domaincontrol.com mail addr = dns.jomax.net serial = 2008122200 refresh = 28800 retry = 7200 expire = 604800 minimum = 86400 Authoritative answers can be found from: yoursearchprofits.com nameserver = ns62.domaincontrol.com. yoursearchprofits.com nameserver = ns61.domaincontrol.com. WHOIS DETAILS: ------------- Registrant: Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: YOURSEARCHPROFITS.COM Created on: 22-Dec-08 Expires on: 22-Dec-10 Last Updated on: 22-Dec-08 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration YOURSEARCHPROFITS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598 Technical Contact: Private, Registration YOURSEARCHPROFITS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598 Domain servers in listed order: NS61.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS62.DOMAINCONTROL.COM |
A quick Google search for "Google Money Scam" reveal that there are lot of these going around. Certainly, someone is spending lots of money on advertising the scheme, which appears to be a credit card scam.
Probably Google will "twig" and remove the advertisements soon. However a new variant of this site may spring up to take its place. You may see one of them as an Adwords link at the top of this article.
There are already reports that Google has started suspending the accounts of offenders. But for the time being Google will be playing catch-up. They may eventually come up with a content filter to stop the scammer ads permanently.
There is some criticism of Google about these scams, i.e. some bloggers maintain that Google should do something to prevent these advertisements being distributed on the advertising channel. However most of this criticism is ill-informed. The Google Adwords processes are largely automated. And the counter-measures, if and when they are deployed by Google, will also be automated.
The scam will continue until someone can figure out who is behind this and nail them. It would be good for public morale if some law enforcement agencies somewhere in the world could successfully prosecute scammers like these. The sites, fake newspaper articles and fake testimonials have been designed with fraudulent intent and they must be breaking several laws.
Update: The Adwords links for these scams have started to dwindle. Probably Google has started to filter them. However filtering can only be a piecemeal Whack A Mole fix for the problem. As long as scammers feel that they are immune from prosecution the scams will keep on coming. Of course if one was to be philosophical about this, such schemes could be regarded as a Tax On Stupidity. How could we not be in favour or it?