FTC, Google Go After Scammers

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 9, 2009 @01:02AM from the cleaning-up-the-hood dept.

coondoggie notes that the Federal Trade Commission said it was going after three outfits that allegedly made robocalls to sell worthless credit-card interest-rate reduction programs for large up-front fees (as much as $1,495). And reader Cwix tips us that today Google filed a lawsuit against Pacific WebWorks and other unnamed defendants for allegedly using the company's name and logo to promote fraudulent work-at-home money-making schemes. "Kate Lister, author of Undress for Success — The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home, estimates that more than 95% of Google hits on the words 'work at home' are scams, link to scams, or other dead ends."

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so, is Google going to stop running scam ads? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-12-09 01:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

No, thought not.
Going to stop offering AdWords on those scam domain squatting pages?
No, thought not.
Going to give back the money to advertisers when they close down scam sites on which adverts have been displayed?
No, thought not.
Thank goodness there's helpful competition in Internet advertising brokerage.
No, thought not.