#108927 - headspin - Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:13 am
http://www.thisdsliteisfree.com
Does anyone know if this site is for real? What do you have to do to get a free DS Lite?
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#108928 - Kir - Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:57 am
Just another scam , filling your mailbox with tons of spam.
Forget about it - remember, you can only get free cheese in mousetraps :)
#108929 - headspin - Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:06 am
Have you tried it though? I remember the IPod mini thing wasn't a scam. The reason why I posted this is becasue a global moderator on another favourite forum of mine has a link to this site in his signature. Unless he's the one pulling the scam it would seem strange for a moderator to advertise a bogus scam in his sig.
If the idea is you give your e-mail address for them to spam and you get a free DS Lite, I still think that it's a good deal. Just don't give them your primary e-mail address.
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#108930 - josath - Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:26 am
generally, it's more along the lines of:
1) give them your info
2) complete 1-3 'offers' (like signing up for credit cards, joining various memberships like netflix, or aol, etc)
3) get 2-7 of your friends to also complete 1 & 2.
The middleman (omgfreestuff.com) gets money for each 'offer' they complete, and they make enough money that they can buy you a ds lite (ipod, tv, etc), and still make a tidy profit.
#108931 - OOPMan - Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:56 am
| headspin wrote: |
Have you tried it though? I remember the IPod mini thing wasn't a scam. The reason why I posted this is becasue a global moderator on another favourite forum of mine has a link to this site in his signature. Unless he's the one pulling the scam it would seem strange for a moderator to advertise a bogus scam in his sig.
If the idea is you give your e-mail address for them to spam and you get a free DS Lite, I still think that it's a good deal. Just don't give them your primary e-mail address. |
Let me see...
Here's what I'd do if I was a spammer...
Get someone's email address and spam them. And not give them a DS Lite. Once I have their address I don't need to give them anything.
Seems like a logical thoughtpath to me...
Nothing in life is free. Well, almost nothing anyway...
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#108941 - keldon - Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:44 am
Well I've just signed up with username as bitchmofo .. password as bitchmofo .. email as [user]bitchmofo [server]spambob [server extension] com (just to prevent the email being picked up by a spambot)
Let's see how much spam this unknown person gets.
#108953 - sgeos - Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:58 pm
The pyramid subscription sounds the most reasonable to me.
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#108962 - Dwedit - Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:45 pm
From what I hear, some of the free xxxx schemes are legitimate, but it is a pyramid scheme. You must get people to sign up along with you, and if they want to get the free xxxx, they must sign up a bunch of people as well. You'll run out of people before everyone interested gets their free xxxx.
You also have to give up lots of personal information, which spammers love.
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#108971 - OOPMan - Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:16 pm
And it's a pyramid scheme. Those are illegal in many countries and rightly so, since the people at the bottom can usually least afford to be, gullibility aside...
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#109736 - Dan2552 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:17 pm
I watched a program about pyramid schemes once a couple of years ago. Basically, there's someone in the end that always loses out.
#109767 - keldon - Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:03 am
| keldon wrote: |
Well I've just signed up with username as bitchmofo .. password as bitchmofo .. email as [user]bitchmofo [server]spambob [server extension] com (just to prevent the email being picked up by a spambot)
Let's see how much spam this unknown person gets. |
No fair, I have received no spam in my spambob email address. I want spam!
#116634 - Dox-999 - Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:03 pm
IF everyone at this forum did an offer like that or this: [spam url removed by mod] then we might end up with free stuff but other wise it's basicly impossible, you would have to enusure that (if the number of referals is 4) at least 16 people end up receiving and passing on the offer