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Google Work At Home Scammer Settling Suit 
By: Jordan McCollum 2009-12-23 Earlier this month, Google revealed it was filing suit against Pacific WebWorks (and other yet-to-be-named parties) for infringing on its trademark. Pacific WebWorks was among... ... the companies running a Google Work from Home scam, advertising a way to make money off Google, to be learned through an inexpensive kit (and hidden, exorbitant recurring fee -- which always enhances my learning experience). Pacific WebWorks was also using Googles logo and representing its kit and other services as endorsed by the search giant. Pacific WebWorks issued a statement yesterday saying that they had reached an agreement in principle to settle and would be complying with Googles request for expedited discovery. So either they think theyre innocent or theyre ready to sweep this all under the rug as fast as possible. So, if theyre agreed and moving toward a settlement, why do we need discovery? Discovery is the phase of the trial where each of the parties share pertinent documents"so perhaps Google is demanding this to find the other companies it believes are running the scams. Google said earlier this month that, upon information and belief, the other scammers were materially connected with Pacific WebWorks. Does this mean that the Google work from home scams will stop? Maybe in this iteration"but the whole thing is just a play on an old theme. Read any classifieds section and youll see more of the same. Hopefully scammers will think twice about using Googles name and pretending to have its endorsement, but this scam will probably never go away completely. What do you think? Will the case really be over that quickly? Comments Tag: Google Work Add to  Del.icio.us |  Digg |  Reddit |  Furl Have a bookmark! -  About the Author: Jordan McCollum is a staff writer for the popular marketing blog Marketing Pilgrim. She has worked in search engine optimization with clients including 3M, Little Giant Ladders and ADP. After graduating from Brigham Young University, Jordan joined the SEO copywriting team at the Internet marketing firm 10x Marketing. After 10x closed its doors in December 2006, Jordan became a freelance writer and Internet marketing consultant specializing in SEO. She also has extensive experience with web analytics, conversion rate enhancement and e-mail marketing. |
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