Where Did My Story Go?: Google AdSense Scam

After taking the time to write chapter by chapter and promote this blog extensively, I built up a readership quite quickly...apparently too quickly for Google AdSense who feels that the level of readership was somehow artificially inflated.  As SOON as I reached the threshold amount of receiving a payout from them, they disabled my account and confiscated all monies earned thus far from Ads shown on the blog.  Now, they received legitimate readership and their advertisers were able to get their message out and be seen by almost 20,000 people who may not have otherwise seen their ad and there is no way to verify any number of sales these companies may have made from these people.

I can't take the readership back away from the advertisers and can't have people send their purchases back for refunds...the advertisers received the fair value of their advertisments but I receive no compensation whatsoever.  What I can do, however, is ask any of the loyal readers out there to leave a comment verifying that you are actual people.  Thanks for your support.

Here is the automated e-mail from AdSense (as no details are provided, I have to wonder if this is just a scam on their part to avoid paying bloggers that reach the threshold):

Subject: Google AdSense Account Disabled

This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.

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Hello,

After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense account.

Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.

Please understand that we need to take such steps to maintain the effectiveness of Google's advertising system, particularly the advertiser-publisher relationship. We understand the inconvenience that this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

If you have any questions or concerns about the actions we've taken, how you can appeal this decision, or invalid activity in general, you can find more information by visiting http://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team