Is this legit?

[Brett Favre]

http://www.360elite4free.com/index.php?ref=4140403

 

Some site called http://www.trainn.org/ is behind this..

[At Home]

Hey, welcome to the internet. You've probably familiarized yourself with your home page, maybe even set up an email account. The internet is a great place to download viruses, porn, and pixelated b-rate movies. You'll soon become very good friends with all three. Now, despite what you may be thinking-- that the internet is a perfect place-- it does have its bad sides. One of the most notorious staples of the internet's bad side is "pop-ups" and other advertisements that, as you can guess, pop up over the websites that you're browsing. When one pops up, it'll say something along the lines of "Free iPod Nano!" to which you'll think "Wow, great! A free iPod Nano! I've always wanted one of those, but didn't want to pay; this is the perfect solution!" Well, friend, put the brakes on! These pop-ups are no perfect solution. Most times, they're actually scams! They'll get your credit and private information, and then use it to totally "pwn" you later on in life. Avoid them at all costs! After all, would you believe it if some guy came out off the street and said "hey, friend, here's a free iPod Nano! All you have to do is give me all your credit and private information and your wife's maiden name"?

 

Happy surfing, and be careful!

[Vanhalen]

:D :D : D

[Dobbs 3K]

Remember, nothing material worth having is really free.

 

Great post, though, pbone.

[DrVenkman PhD]

Hey pbone amused me. Well done.

[Guest Smues]

Cena's Writer just got pbown'd

[Brett Favre]

burn

[Dobbs 3K]

I love the fanciful idea in all these spam and chain e-mail scams that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are these benevolent figures that want everyone to have free products for doing basically nothing, even though they're selling them for hundreds of dollars in retail stores.

[Jingus]

pbown'd

[Guest Vitamin X]

I love the fanciful idea in all these spam and chain e-mail scams that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are these benevolent figures that want everyone to have free products for doing basically nothing, even though they're selling them for hundreds of dollars in retail stores.

 

The actual idea behind these is that the companies sponsoring them are making up for the cost of giving away these "free" products by signing people (and usually 2 of their friends) up for products which will make them a customer. A couple years ago I believe Downhome had the iPod thing going on here at this very board, and it does work so it's not particularly a scam, but the way that they look is pretty sketchy.

 

I do like the coining of the term "pbown'd" though.

[theintensifier]

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