This article is from Trend Micro.
Have you come across the website CashAndGo[.]co and wondered if it’s to be trusted or not?
Well, we’ve got good news because the site is 100% legitimate! It’s not run by
scammers. Whether the claims of people making thousands and thousands of dollars using the
service are realistic (or even 100% true) is not something that we can be sure of, however.
CashAndGo[.]co
You might have seen the abundance of posts about Cash & Go on social media and been
intrigued by the prospect of making some quick cash.
“Real money real fast”?
Sounds great!
After checking the CashAndGo[.]co website you were probably even more interested after
reading “Get paid to invite friends, test out free apps and games, and more! Earn $50.00 for
every user you refer!” Surely too good to be true, no?!
Well, unlike most things that seem too good to be true, Cash & Go is actually legit! People are
using the site to earn real money.
Almost $1200 made!
We’ve done the research: The site is relatively new.
Although we are not saying it applies to Cash & Go, trusting new websites or companies with
large amounts of money is generally unadvisable. Cash & Go is quite new, too — the site was
created in early January of this year. However, if you do choose to use Cash & Go, you can be
confident that it is not a service run by scammers.
Cash & Go is legit, there’s no question about that, but there are many websites out
there that are not what they claim to be. Here are a few things to watch out for:
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