Lies, damn lies and FaCEBOOK
Jun. 19th, 2008 02:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
green_amberHope springs eternal doesn't it?
I get a message saying "You have a greeting card!" I get a message to dowwnload stuff. It's almost certainly malware but.. I then get a message saying "You have won a Wii!" OK It's email gathering for spam. Still one hopesa teent teeny bit ..
So here's the tiny message terms and conditions.
*Subject to our Terms & Conditions, receipt of your gift requires compliance with our eligibility requirements including; age and residency requirements, registration with a valid email address and password, shipping address and phone number, completion of one sponsor offer, and referring between 5 and 15 friends (5 for a Level 1 gift, 8 for a Level 2 gift, 10 for a Level 3 gift, 15 for a Level 4 gift) who have to sign up and complete one sponsor offer. Only one account per person and shipping address.
Available offers will vary and some sponsor offers may require purchases to qualify.
Members have 120 days to complete all necessary requirements to be eligible for a free Gaming Console
© Copyright 2008 gaming.freepay.com.
How can you EVER tell if these things might be legit? i actually have a Wii, but that's a big draw for a lot of people.
In other news..
[Poll #1207393]
I get a message saying "You have a greeting card!" I get a message to dowwnload stuff. It's almost certainly malware but.. I then get a message saying "You have won a Wii!" OK It's email gathering for spam. Still one hopesa teent teeny bit ..
So here's the tiny message terms and conditions.
*Subject to our Terms & Conditions, receipt of your gift requires compliance with our eligibility requirements including; age and residency requirements, registration with a valid email address and password, shipping address and phone number, completion of one sponsor offer, and referring between 5 and 15 friends (5 for a Level 1 gift, 8 for a Level 2 gift, 10 for a Level 3 gift, 15 for a Level 4 gift) who have to sign up and complete one sponsor offer. Only one account per person and shipping address.
Available offers will vary and some sponsor offers may require purchases to qualify.
Members have 120 days to complete all necessary requirements to be eligible for a free Gaming Console
© Copyright 2008 gaming.freepay.com.
How can you EVER tell if these things might be legit? i actually have a Wii, but that's a big draw for a lot of people.
In other news..
[Poll #1207393]
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Date: 2008-06-19 07:54 pm (UTC)Easy! They never are. At absolute best they're being pushed by well-meaning but profoundly misguided souls.