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Pacific Webworks is among numerous unnamed defendants accused of attempting to lure people to purchase work-at-home kits for thousands of dollars. The scams have provoked a wealth of consumer complaints and several efforts by Google to shut down these operations."Misleading ads try to take advantage of consumers in the midst of a difficult economy, and as the economic situation has worsened, the problem has only grown," writes Google on its company blog.
Google will also attempt to remove URLs from its search engine and will permanently disable AdWorld accounts that break the industry- leader's terms of use rules.
The Internet company has launched an information campaign to help inform users of the risks involved with e-commerce and online scams by highlighting the need for consumers to remain vigilant of online security fraud.
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Frankly it warms my heart to see a major a channel of distribution like a Google seeking to reduce the access the scammer organizations have to the public. I am sure there will be attacks on google for what ever big decision or big move it makes, but I definitely voice my approval for this one, and I hope that it serves google's business interests and yields more profit for google than loss.