My Facebook ads now come disproportionately from a single source, a site promising that for only $1.95 they will ship you a kit to help you get thousands from Government Grants. Remind you of that guy with the question mark suit on late night infomercials yelling about free government money?
Supposedly the advertisements come from a “blog” set up by a guy named Jeff Donahue (or is it Kevin Hoeffer?). However, this site is little more than a giant scam.
Google it and you’ll get a few sites warning about these scams: [Updated]
My favorite part is how this guy must (apparently) have an identical twin: Jeff Donahue Kevin Hoeffer
Jeff, meet Kevin. Kevin, meet Jeff. Wait a minute….!
All I can say is shame on Facebook. I know they need advertisers, but couldn’t they have done their homework on this one? And no matter how many times I click “dislike this ad” and no matter which reason I give, they keep coming back in more and more ferocity! I would have thought that the feedback from ads would help Facebook target their ads better, but something is seriously screwed up. Even worse, Facebook is helping this scam reach millions.
The fact that this guy is recommending use of government grants and bailout funds only aims to strike a harmony with the discord people feel about how poorly managed the economy has been to date. Its designed to make you think you can make easy money, requires little to no effort, and to reassure you by making you think you are owed the money because it comes from the government as either a grant or stimulus. You won’t earn this money, there is no such thing as free cash, and this scam only perpetuates abuse upon an already abused system. This guy is simply a leech upon an already morally debunk behavior.
So, do check out Wafflesatnoon.com‘s Scam Alert Website Lists; they have done an excellent job keeping track of this scam (and the numerous copycat websites & domains), along with others scams you might be more aware of than you’d like. You might even recognize the other Facebook ad scams and junk ads (How many triangles! Are you smarter than “X” celebrity! Make $5,000 advertizing on Google!).
Facebook Advertising Internet Scams
Posted: 3rd February 2009 by David in CommentaryTags: Business, Facebook
My Facebook ads now come disproportionately from a single source, a site promising that for only $1.95 they will ship you a kit to help you get thousands from Government Grants. Remind you of that guy with the question mark suit on late night infomercials yelling about free government money?
Supposedly the advertisements come from a “blog” set up by a guy named Jeff Donahue (or is it Kevin Hoeffer?). However, this site is little more than a giant scam.
Google it and you’ll get a few sites warning about these scams: [Updated]
My favorite part is how this guy must (apparently) have an identical twin:
Jeff Donahue
Kevin Hoeffer
Jeff, meet Kevin. Kevin, meet Jeff. Wait a minute….!
All I can say is shame on Facebook. I know they need advertisers, but couldn’t they have done their homework on this one? And no matter how many times I click “dislike this ad” and no matter which reason I give, they keep coming back in more and more ferocity! I would have thought that the feedback from ads would help Facebook target their ads better, but something is seriously screwed up. Even worse, Facebook is helping this scam reach millions.
The fact that this guy is recommending use of government grants and bailout funds only aims to strike a harmony with the discord people feel about how poorly managed the economy has been to date. Its designed to make you think you can make easy money, requires little to no effort, and to reassure you by making you think you are owed the money because it comes from the government as either a grant or stimulus. You won’t earn this money, there is no such thing as free cash, and this scam only perpetuates abuse upon an already abused system. This guy is simply a leech upon an already morally debunk behavior.
So, do check out Wafflesatnoon.com‘s Scam Alert Website Lists; they have done an excellent job keeping track of this scam (and the numerous copycat websites & domains), along with others scams you might be more aware of than you’d like. You might even recognize the other Facebook ad scams and junk ads (How many triangles! Are you smarter than “X” celebrity! Make $5,000 advertizing on Google!).
Also, check out RipoffReport.com for first hand consumer reports on vairous rip-offs (the following link is to a listing of Grant Writing & Research rip-off section).