Thanks for the info.

If anyone sees spam on the G&G site please report it so we can act on it.

While I haven't taken (or had) the time to do a real search, it seems like this particular ad family has been removed from at least some of the sites where it appeared yesterday (when I first posted the notice here).

I did contact sites that were victims of impersonation before I said anything here. So maybe some of the collective effort has finally killed at least one bad advertising idea. Only time will tell.

Hi Matt,
Thank you for your site. Unfortunately, I didn't read it until after I purchased the Google At Home Business Kit several hours ago. I saw the ad on my google homepage the last few days (funny, it's not there anymore) about a Christian mother named Beth who was making 5K a month. The site posted pics of her w/ her grandmother, and seemed to be endorsed by NBC as well. I did a little research, but apparently not enough. I read through all the information regarding the at home business opportunity and read "Beths" testimonial. I am also an educated at home mom feeling the effects of the economy and was willing to work hard at home to add extra income for my family. Who could turn down an opportunity to work from home for a start up fee of $2.95. Nothing else was mentioned about money, if it was more than an additional nominal fee, my radar would've been up immediately. After I purchased the kit, I saw at the bottom, in very small wording, that this is a trial 7 day offer. After 7 days, your credit card will be charged $69.00 a month for use of the software!! It also stated that my info/account could be transferred to a third party for collection. In addition, you are not able to cancel your "subscription" on line, the only way to cancel is to write directly to Google ATM? Hmmmm, didn't sit well with me and Caveat Emptor, buyer beware. I immediately called the 800 number listed ready for battle, and was pleasantly surprised to speak w/ an agent who sounded young enough to be my daughter, but who canceled my purchase and gave me her name and cxl #. I wasted my afternoon, trying to find a way to work from home, and finding out what I really knew all along, that nothing in life is free. I am fine, but the ones I'm worried about are the people who don't see the small print, and can't get their websites up and running and are being charged $69.00 a month. Could you please get this message out there to those who are way worse off then me? Thank you and God Bless, Stacy Sheehan

Just goes to show: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I'm glad you spotted the scam before it was too late.

What is the 800 number? I also did the same thing and need to cancel immediately!

Angela, the number is 800-497-4988. Call ASAP! Glad I was able to help someone, I'm still so mad about it. Good Luck,
Stacy

I found this site because I was hunting down information on "Christian Mom makes $5000 from home" site which I suspected of being a scam, hiding behind a Christian ID.

I just want you all to know that there really are good Christian based internet business out there. I'm involved in one, but have also been scammed.

Thoroughly check out any business before you send them money, but don't lose hope there are some good ones.

Many Blessings

Jerry

Yes, there are a great many good things that Christians (or anyone else) can do at home to make a pretty good income -- or even a great income. Working with Google AdSense on your own website, in fact, can be a lot of fun and a nice way to make some money. All you need is a site that has some genuinely interesting or useful content.

And that's not all. Making things out of cast-off items, building wood furniture for the garden (this time of the year) or the home, or for daycare centers, for local retailers, etc. can be a great way to make money. Another is to produce decorations from paper (pulp or pressed), or to produce paintings on canvas for corporate halls, lobbies and meeting room walls, or to combine woodworking with painting to make fashionable "privacy" screen dividers for rooms, cafes, offices, churches (Sunday school areas) and so on.

Working with metal, casting or welding, all kinds of crafts, sewing, repairing, and customizing products to add value are also ways people work from home. Other people do house painting (interior as well as exterior), make awnings for commercial buildings, make children's toys, wind chimes, pet accessories, or almost anything you might imagine.

Many of these products and services can then be marketed by a website to reach local or international customers, so that if you have a geek in the family who loves to tinker online and someone who needs to work with their hands, you may very well have a winning combination for a home-based business.

In other words, there is really no limit to what a person can do to make a fun and profitable career at home. And that's why scam offers are offensive to me. They do two bad things: defraud someone of their money and time, plus they also discourage others who want to know if people can really make money at home. These days, with computer and software technology where it is, not to mention cell phones and other innovations, many, many people are making money from home, using both traditional and newer skills.

My personal belief is that America needs to get with the program and start making things again. We need to produce things, improve things, build things and not just use stuff produced overseas. Every nation needs to have its own real, tangible products that it can trade with other people both near and far away. If each home in America was involved in producing real goods, or in improving raw goods to some extent, there would be little or no economic trouble right now. Politicians cannot fix what is wrong with our economy. It is up to the people to make all the real and lasting changes.

Just my 2 cents worth (adjusting for recessed inflation), you understand.

I enjoyed your comment Jim, and you are absolutely correct. We do need to starting making things again, here in the US. If you have a talent, skill or idea, you should put it to work...it could benefit many people. Even getting a few people together, to share their talents, skills and knowlegde could be a win-win. Hmmm, my wheels are turning now, thanks!!

We recently were hit by these ads on our blog site. We have taken down our AdSense until we can make sure that all of these can be removed from our network.

Thanks for the heads up!

yikes!! im so glad i found this - i ordered this a month and half ago and never recieved anything...i figured by now it was a scam but i had no idea that they would charge me 69 a month. ive looked on my bank statements and cannot find a 2.95 charge or a 69 charge???? - i called the 800 number above and it is not the right number anymore? any word of advice? did i get lucky and my payment didnt go through?

I just signed up for this thing soo the people can leave me alone and now im like what did i get myself into. I want to cancel it! how can I cancel?? i hope they don't use my accoun for anything.. im sooo scared!