Google Takes Aim at Work-from-Home Scams
Google is taking steps to protect its brand, filing a lawsuit in a federal court in Salt Lake City against Pacific WebWorks and other defendants over allegedly using its name to bait Web surfers into purchasing work-at-home kits, CNET reported. The suit alleges trademark infringement and dilution, unfair competition, federal cyberpiracy and violation of consumer sales practices.
Online ads, pop-up ads, or promotional e-mails offer information on how to make money by working at home. The ads typically feature the Google brand and include links to sites that contain what appear to be news articles, blog postings, social-networking posts, or testimonials from people claiming to have made thousands of dollars per month from the program, according to CNET.
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