Too good to be true?

Dj-Zero · 18th September 2005, 03:55 AM

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1. Enter your email address and register your details and a real address
(so they can send you the Sentia™ 3200 Alienware Gaming Laptop)

2. You must complete an offer to be eligible for the free Sentia™ 3200 Alienware
Gaming Laptop - the best one to go for
(if you're not interested in any of them
and just want the Sentia™ 3200 Alienware Gaming Laptop) is the Screenselect - as
they are only free trials!

Then wait 1-7 days for your free Sentia™ 3200 Alienware Gaming Laptop account
status to say "Your offer has been
completed", then cancel the DVD trial
anytime before a month or you are sent your 5th rental - whichever is sooner.

Just remember - it's best to keep at least 20 dvds in your 'waiting list' all
the time
(in order for your account to remain active), so just add random movies until
the trial ends.

3. Refer some friends to do the same.....

4. They will deliver the
Sentia™ 3200 Alienware Gaming Laptop FREE!

Worried it is a scam? Then don't. Even the BBC have tried them!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ht/3683524.stm

paul engage · 18th September 2005, 07:05 AM

that bbc link is dead.. hmm

thomasjmaccoll · 18th September 2005, 11:34 AM

it sounds the exact same as these free ipod things: you forward it to your friends, i think the company makes money off ads in the emails, once this equals the money for an ipod/laptop + probably some profit, they send one to the first person on the list, so if it takes 1000 emails to be sent before they send one to one person, if you're the 1000th, there'll need to be 1000000 emails etc... it's basically a scam.

(this is all a slightly uneducated estimation gathered from things i think i picked up around the place...)

RealR · 18th September 2005, 12:25 PM

Not only do you need to sign up to an offer but other folk need to too.

Edit: plus the "free one" has gone leaving just some more pricey ones. I conteomplated going for weight watchers (lol for me) being the cheapest but chances are i wont get 25 people to sign up to the stuff.

Keerin · 18th September 2005, 01:28 PM

its a pyramid scheme basically.

its obvious how it works, but its dangerous.

Dj-Zero · 18th September 2005, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasjmaccoll

it sounds the exact same as these free ipod things: you forward it to your friends, i think the company makes money off ads in the emails, once this equals the money for an ipod/laptop + probably some profit, they send one to the first person on the list, so if it takes 1000 emails to be sent before they send one to one person, if you're the 1000th, there'll need to be 1000000 emails etc... it's basically a scam.

(this is all a slightly uneducated estimation gathered from things i think i picked up around the place...)

Apparently what you do is sign up to try a trial offer, the easiest one is online DVD rentals, once they send you the 5 free ones you cancel it and don't pay a penny, get 5 friends to do the same and you get it. For your 5 friends to get one, each of them has to get 5 friends to try it.

earmuffin · 18th September 2005, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Develion

Not only do you need to sign up to an offer but other folk need to too.

yeah thanks for that twinkletoes.
it's like a cross between a cult and spam

RealR · 18th September 2005, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dj-Zero

Apparently what you do is sign up to try a trial offer, the easiest one is online DVD rentals, once they send you the 5 free ones you cancel it and don't pay a penny, get 5 friends to do the same and you get it. For your 5 friends to get one, each of them has to get 5 friends to try it.

thats not on the list no more.

murphy10fs · 21st September 2005, 08:44 PM

A friend of mine signed me up and EVENTUALLY he got a new ipod, there's a UK based information site that explains all... www.ipods scam.co.uk.
He had to wait about 2 months but got a 60gb Photo Ipod worth about 270 notes, and all it cost him was a tenner bet with a bookie as well as sucking my cock so I could look like an asshole on the internet

have a read www.ipod scam.co.uk.

[this moron was permabanned for posting to ipod scam sites]

Recipe For Hate · 21st September 2005, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murphy10fs

A friend of mine signed me up and EVENTUALLY he got a new ipod, there's a UK based information site that explains all... www.ipod scam.co.uk.
He had to wait about 2 months but got a 60gb Photo Ipod worth about 270 notes, and all it cost him was a tenner bet with a bookie.

have a read www.ipod scam.co.uk.

wow if this random new person with 0 post counts says we can all get free ipods lets go!!!

ArchFlameTera · 21st September 2005, 09:44 PM

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AlanG · 23rd September 2005, 03:34 PM

I for one am getting sick of havign to clear up these threads of pyramid scams involving ipods and other expensive sought after equipment that you will get for free if you just click this link!!1111111

TOP TIP

If you see something saying you will be given 1million pounds, an ipod, a car or a fucking blow job for clicking a link it is a SCAM to steal your money and or harvest yoru email address for spam.

18th September 2005, 12:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
RealR Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,133 Band: They are make believe	Not only do you need to sign up to an offer but other folk need to too. Edit: plus the "free one" has gone leaving just some more pricey ones. I conteomplated going for weight watchers (lol for me) being the cheapest but chances are i wont get 25 people to sign up to the stuff. Last edited by RealR : 18th September 2005 at 12:40 PM.

18th September 2005, 01:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Keerin UGS Site Writer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: probably work Posts: 6,116 Band: Welcome Home, Explorer; Vulsellum; Altruist	its a pyramid scheme basically. its obvious how it works, but its dangerous. __________________ Welcome Home, Explorer \|Vulsellum\|Scum Killer http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6/scan0002.jpg

21st September 2005, 08:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
murphy10fs Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 0	It actually works A friend of mine signed me up and EVENTUALLY he got a new ipod, there's a UK based information site that explains all... www.ipods scam.co.uk. He had to wait about 2 months but got a 60gb Photo Ipod worth about 270 notes, and all it cost him was a tenner bet with a bookie as well as sucking my cock so I could look like an asshole on the internet have a read www.ipod scam.co.uk. [this moron was permabanned for posting to ipod scam sites] Last edited by AlanG : 23rd September 2005 at 03:30 PM.

23rd September 2005, 03:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,309	I for one am getting sick of havign to clear up these threads of pyramid scams involving ipods and other expensive sought after equipment that you will get for free if you just click this link!!1111111 TOP TIP If you see something saying you will be given 1million pounds, an ipod, a car or a fucking blow job for clicking a link it is a SCAM to steal your money and or harvest yoru email address for spam. __________________ Ernie Ross - "I'm not a rent-a-quote MP" 10 Sep 04 Ernie Ross being a rent-a-quote MP 23 Jul 04 Last edited by AlanG : 23rd September 2005 at 03:38 PM.

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18th September 2005, 07:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
paul engage Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,963	that bbc link is dead.. hmm

18th September 2005, 11:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
thomasjmaccoll Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 47 millbank, cupar, fife Posts: 1,109	it sounds the exact same as these free ipod things: you forward it to your friends, i think the company makes money off ads in the emails, once this equals the money for an ipod/laptop + probably some profit, they send one to the first person on the list, so if it takes 1000 emails to be sent before they send one to one person, if you're the 1000th, there'll need to be 1000000 emails etc... it's basically a scam. (this is all a slightly uneducated estimation gathered from things i think i picked up around the place...)

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ArchFlameTera Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dundonia!!!!!!!!! Posts: 4,688 Band: A Parting Shot (erratic grind madness) + Vulsellum (old school death metal)	..........