Comments on: Google Treasure Chest – Phone and Address List

By: White Knight SEO-ers ride in on broken horses…

White Knight SEO-ers ride in on broken horses… — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:48:04 +0000

[...] 05/02/2009 (StrangelyPerfect.TV): Google Treasure Chest – Phone and Address List [...]

By: Strangely

Strangely — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:53:59 +0000

Comments are now closed on this posting as Google Treasure Chest is dead. However, the problem has not gone away - the menace continues.

For further information, all chat on this and subsequent scams is now here: Google Revolution, Different Name, Same Scam! and here: More on Google Profits and Pacific Webworks/

By: Strangely

Strangely — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:50:54 +0000

@Teresa

Contact gymbrat29 who has posted on various forums and websites that are reporting problems similar to yours.

See http://strangelyperfect.tv/3401/google-treasure-chest-phone-and-address-list/#comment-1704 above. If you google for gymbrat29 you’ll find all the forums that she’s contacted asking for fellow sufferers.

I’m surprised that your CC can’t help. It could be that you’ve phrased your complaint incorrectly or that the CC company is connected to the Sioux Falls mob – see http://strangelyperfect.tv/3533/robert-g-allen-grants-and-a-credit-card-slimeball/, whose selling tactics are as equally odious as the scammers.

Check Peggy’s website for a good methodology to apply when speaking or writing to official bodies or finance companies. See http://scam-googletreasurechest.blogspot.com/search/label/Recovering%20my%20money

The trick seems…
…to be forceful and absolutely certain that you are right.
…to NOT take no for an answer.

This was Peggy’s approach, and she, like yourself, was initially rebuffed by officialdom!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:18:37 +0000

I have initiated everything I can think of FTC, BBB, Postal inspectors, and attorney generals in Wyo and Ut. Gotten nowhere and no refund. Called numerous times, emailed again nothing. I have tried with the cc but they keep believing these wicked people. So my thought is that it is time to go after them legally. I am so willing to get a lawyer and anyone else who wishes to join in the go old fashion linching. Seems to be the only final step to go. My family can not afford this loss of money at this time. I see that on Scott Hunter's site many details have been edited since April and no state you have 6 days to review the material and cancel. Heck it took longer than 6 days to get the stupid "free" CD which has now cost me$146.39. So I say we all need to get together via email and persist as a team against this type of crime and have some sort of law made!

By: Strangely

Strangely — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:45:02 +0000

Yeah. I noticed it had completely ceased a few days ago. Initially, it had just stopped 'trading' (call that hawking for new suckers)

By: Not Kevin

Not Kevin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:30:40 +0000

Looks like googletreasurechest.com is down.

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googletreasurechest.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.

By: More on Google Profits and Pacific Webworks | Strangely Perfect

More on Google Profits and Pacific Webworks | Strangely Perfect — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:38:24 +0000

[...] listed as the main contact point for Google Treasure Chest, etc, many times. See here and here for two of my posts. Now check this google search for the phone number 801-578-9020. There are [...]

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By: Strangely

Strangely — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:36:11 +0000

@rella

Make sure you instigate a chargeback via your card company. Don’t rely on the phone palaver ESPECIALLY as you appear not to have not signed up for anything. Watch the video from Chris Malta to see the why’s and how-tos of chargebacks. It’s basically putting the onus on the scammer to prove to your card company that they have a valid charge to make. This costs them money if they can’t prove it, so of course they cave in – despite all the warning threats etc.

http://www.chrismalta.com/scamtip1.asp

If you are absolutely sure you haven’t visited the site, clean out your computer and run your anti-virus on it…

This means empty your browser cache and get rid of all the cookies. Clean the temp folder(s) as well. then run anti-virus.

If you don’t know what this means or how to do it, then get back to me and I’ll walk you through it

Good Luck.
Rees

By: rella

rella — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:48:20 +0000

I just discovered on my debit card a charge for, you guessed it $72.21 on May 26. I have read all of these posts and am very thankful I had the good sense to check this out. It looks like I have a long and painful journey ahead of me, but because of all your experiances, It may go a bit easier for me. Unlike many of you, I never even signed up for anything. So how they got got my # is beyond me. I will call the bank immediatly and change my card. What an inconvience to have to go through all that. I have a lot of my bills paid through my card and will now have to change everything. I did try the support@googletreasurechest.com and it got me nowhere. I will try the refund # of 866-957-0020 and see whewre that gats me. Thanks again to all of you for helping me to get through this. Sorry for all of you that jerks like this have to exsist. What happened to the good ole days…..

By: Strangely

Strangely — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:23:44 +0000

@Sarah

I share your pain! What you must do is to immediately contact your credit card company and cancel your card. File a fraud charge/claim and let the card company sort it. The message I’m now getting is that all card companies should be aware of this scam and similar.
For a bit more irony (which I spotted as you’ll see my comments in brackets) check my post http://strangelyperfect.tv/3126/drill-down-through-bsadnpanthersslcom/ which lists a load of similar, related schemes all run or sourced from the same pot.
It’s the nature of a con to come right at you with a con. It makes it so less believable as a con. We WANT to believe it’s all true and the conman just helps us…

In the same way, many now suck you into their website with words like “My-internet-payday, scam analysed” or even…wait for it…”Google Treasure Chest, scam”. Then in the process of ‘analysing’ the scam, they’ll happen to mention “Google Money Tree, on the other hand, is great and a sound investment”. Of course it’s all the same scammy pipe dream.

Penny has a ncie list of thiongs to do here: http://strangelyperfect.tv/3401/google-treasure-chest-phone-and-address-list/#comment-1508 , which is as succinct as anywhere. Don’t forget to check the video lionk at the top of the page where Chris Malta gives you the correct words to use when speaking to your credit card company.

…er. That’s all and good luck!