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Old 08-01-2006, 07:02 PM   #1
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"Free Stuff" Scammers

I just clicked for a "Free USA T-Shirt" from free-gif-club.com.

It was a total scam and here's how.

First, they present you with hundreds of free offers that you have to refuse. These are all free offers to be spammed. Each offer has to be refused and it takes about fiftenn minutes to refuse them all.

That's fine -- that's pretty common with free stuff.

Then, you get to the final screen and it says:

These gifts are free of charge, however, they do require a shipping and handling charge ($3.95 - $6.95 per product)

Somebody doesn't understand what "free" is supposed to mean.

I win though! I found their site with a Google AdSense ad -- it cost them money to annoy me and I didn't buy their stupid t-shirt. :twisted:
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