Is Google allowing scammers to market themselves via Google AdWords? It seems unbelievable, but when I was searching for “paypal scam” while researching a recent story, some very odd results popped up.
Right there, in the sponsored link ads:
Work at home scams
Revealed! Learn which programs
Really work. Minimal start-up fee.
Unbelievable. But here is photographic evidence … or at least screen-shot evidence:
They don’t show up when you just search for “Paypal.” Nor did they show up when I just searched for “scam.” Someone obviously wants their ads to appear only when a Google visitor is searching for both paypal and scam.
That someone apparently includes Derek Hart, a 24-year-old “retiree.” He’s selling a multiple income stream that involves “NO Cold Calling, NO Selling, NO Talking to Family & Friends, NO Answering questions, NO Speaking to prospects, and absolutely NO telephone calls.”
I don’t know if it’s really a Paypal scam or not – but my guess is that it is some kind of scam.
[tags] google, paypal, scam, mlm, quick rich quick, john koetsier [/tags]