{"id":675,"date":"2009-12-09T02:06:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T07:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/?p=675"},"modified":"2009-12-09T02:06:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T07:06:17","slug":"more-news-about-google-money-scams-and-work-from-home-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/2009\/more-news-about-google-money-scams-and-work-from-home-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"More news about Google money scams and work from home scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen advertisements, web sites, or emails saying that Google is hiring &#8211; paying people thousands of dollars to work from home.  It&#8217;s not true, and the companies behind these ads are using Google&#8217;s name without permission.  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been trying to get word out, and we&#8217;ve got a new post on the Official Google Blog about how the company is <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/fighting-fraud-online-taking-google.html\">fighting fraud by taking &#8220;Google Money&#8221; scammers to court<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The story has really been taking off.  Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/12\/08\/earlyshow\/leisure\/gamesgadgetsgizmos\/main5937505.shtml\">a story from CBS News<\/a> (I&#8217;m featured near the end):<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a6vjTLfeOfk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a6vjTLfeOfk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Another story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?nid=148&#038;sid=8957958\">from a local NBC affiliate in Utah<\/a> goes in to a little more detail on one of the companies named in the suit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; outline: 0;\" id=\"kslvid8957958\">\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pandora.bonnint.net\/video\/embed-p.php?id=8957958\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; outline: 0; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: .75em; text-align: center; width: 424px;\">Video Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksl.com\">KSL.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/epArchive\/R912081557\">a story from KQED radio news<\/a> &#8211; this is pretty exciting for me, since I listen to NPR on my way to and from work every day:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"335\" height=\"85\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/assets\/flash\/kqedplayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"file=http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/radio\/archives\/R912081557.xml\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/assets\/flash\/kqedplayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"335\" height=\"85\" flashvars=\"file=http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/radio\/archives\/R912081557.xml\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>In general, if it looks to good to be true, it probably is.  If you see an offer promising thousands of dollars for very little effort or investment, be skeptical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen advertisements, web sites, or emails saying that Google is hiring &#8211; paying people thousands of dollars to work from home. It&#8217;s not true, and the companies behind these ads are using Google&#8217;s name without permission. 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