[pchelpers] "free" iPod offer (was: Junk mail controls /Thunderbird)

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Hi Ellen

> I just got a pop-up (in spite of  my blocker) offering a free i-pod
> nano. I went to Apple & saw it exists $199, 1000 songs, tiny. has
> anyone heard of www.freeipodnano.com or www.freepay.com ? I think
> they were the offerer. anyone know if they're legit? I'm curious, but
> not THAT curious.

Apparently you are still using the old-fashioned, clumsy, unsafe, and 
even dangerous Internet Explorer since you need a separate popup 
blocker. You might consider instead using a better browser such as 
Firefox www.mozilla.org because it has an *integrated* popup blocker 
that is better than any of the separate popup blocker programs. Opera 
www.opera.com isn't bad either.

As for "free" expensive products and giveaways in general, the basic 
rule is that they are always scams of some sort, and the degree of 
scumminess and fraud increases in proportion to the value of the product 
being given away. As far as i understood the procedure for getting or 
trying to get this particular expensive product, you not only end up 
giving away your email address and getting tons of spam, but you also 
have to get a certain number of other people to do the same. So it adds 
the elements of a chain letter into the scam.



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