"the allure of money" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the attraction or power that money has, usually over someone's actions or decisions. For example: "The allure of money was too strong for him, and he made some bad investments that cost him dearly."
There will be tough business deals and the allure of money; most will yield to it.
The allure of money in China has discouraged world criticism that could have been a force for more democracy.
He was a free spirit who survived on cornmeal, beans and wild dreams, aloof to the allure of money and possessions.
After an initially appalled rejection, the villagers start to appear with new clothes and consumer goods, their loyalty eroded by the allure of money.
Elsewhere, at this vulnerable, mutable, pivotal moment, undergraduates must rely on their own wavering resolve to resist peer pressure, the herd instinct, the allure of money, flattery, prestige and security.
But when he was 44, the allure of making money for money's sake began to wane.
Seth's voice-over at the start of the film conjures instant Microsoft millionaires and lottery winners, and he cites Notorious B.I.G., the avatar of hip-hop in its high-living, money-loving "playa" mode, on the allure of easy money.
The allure of big money grows stronger.
"It's the allure of the money," said Thom Barnhart, a guidance counselor at Sidney High.
After accepting the presidency of the N.C.A.A. in April, Emmert watched as conferences pondered extensive expansion, with geography and traditional rivalries seemingly giving way to the allure of television money and championship games.
Despite the proximity of Edinburgh, only the dimmest echoes were heard in Fife of the decade-long boom in the UK; and perhaps that has forced its business leaders to think beyond the allure of the money men.
