The links to the website do vary. If you do follow one of the scam links, you will be likely be forwarded to another domain like biznews7-dot-org. The biznews7 site appears to be a legitimate news portal. The news of the day revolves around the headline, “Jobs: Is Working Online At Home The Next Gold Rush?”

The fake article is sprinkled with quotes expressing how easy it is working from home, and the money that can be made with “easy Google profit”. Be warned, there is more to the site than the pitch.

The code running it is designed to auto-customize just for the person reading, adding a bit of local feel thanks to JavaScript pulling data from GeoIP. The GeoIP code will alter the title of the portal, in our case it became localized to Indiana, as well as tagging various parts of the headline story with a local city and state.

Example:

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“For Maria González it sure is. Maria, a mother from Indianapolis IN is thriving, in the middle of an economic recession working in the comfort of her own home.”

Additionally, besides using GeoIP, the site also cites an additional source of information to spin the notion that Google is looking for at home workers and has the money to fund the opportunities.

This scam has had some success because it’s been around for a while, and recently it has shown an increase again for whatever reason. It is spreading via comments on Facebook, and has been showing up on forums and as comment spam.

Any ad you encounter that claims Google will pay you to “post links on Google” or “get paid to post links on Google” or any variation of the search terms shown below IS A SCAM!

Any ad that claims making money from home or making money online is easy – don’t believe them.

I’ve been working from home since 1999 and there have been many weeks I have put in 60+ hours creating content, working on my blogs layout, researching topics, researching affiliates and much more.

In a nutshell, working from home IS HARD WORK!

If by SOME chance you have enrolled in the Google Link Scam I would HIGHLY recommend you CANCEL your credit card or debit card. Once these scammers have your number, it’s hard to tell what they will do with it.

This Google LINKS SCAM should NOT be confused with Google Adsense or Google Adwords – those are both legitimate money making and marketing opportunities available through Google and their website.

If you are EVER uncertain of a website or offer and can’t tell if it’s a scam or not – feel free to leave a comment on my blog or drop me an email – I’m happy to take a couple of minutes of my time to save you money and heartache.

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This list is likely incomplete – so if you know of a keyword or phrase that may be overlooked, please do add it to the comments section – we’ll gladly update the list and needed.

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