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Old 08-18-2004, 01:18 PM   #1
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To good to be true?


I was just reading this on wired.com:

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125...w=wn_tophead_2

Do you think they are being scammed running this article? It cant be true surely!

Cheers,

Mark
 
Old 08-18-2004, 01:58 PM   #2
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"We're a marketing firm," said Jewell. "We're sending these people to our advertisers. We cringe when we hear 'pyramid' or 'scheme.' We're more closely associated with viral marketing, with the subservient chicken, than Amway."
this says it all, I think they are just collecting a database of email addresses
to sell................which only means one thing......... A mailbox full of SPAM
 
  


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