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Is this a scam?


Question Posted Friday August 11 2006, 8:13 pm

I saw this bulletin posted on Myspace titled "do you like polos???" and it said, "Hey! I have a friend who works at Lacoste and she just told me about a new promotion they're having!!! They're trying to gain popularity with the MySpace audience so they're giving away two free polos to MySpace users at their site! Just fill out some quick stuff... and enjoy their famous polos!" Is this REAL or do you have to actually buy the polos? Is there a catch and is it safe to do?

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BecauseYouLivex3 answered Saturday August 12 2006, 12:15 am:
Yeah ive seen one of those bullitins tonight when I was looking on MySpace. It's deff. a scam. Because they'll never just give away 2 polos for free & theres no way of even getting them. Thats to fake. & Chances are its a virus. Some of those bulltins are just vires. Hope I helped <3

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devilspawn_666 answered Friday August 11 2006, 11:07 pm:
I've never participated in anything like this, but I will offer this bit of advice to you: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Most of the bullitens like that are complete scams and they want you to do something ridiculous like spend all kinds of money at a certain store or recruit 25 friends to join a website. This probably isn't safe to do especially if they're asking for your email address and other personal information. If you give them you email, be prepared for TONS of junk mail.

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MummuM answered Friday August 11 2006, 10:56 pm:
Most of them crazy bulletins people post are scams. Don't give them any e-mails or personal information. It can give you viruses and loads of junk/scam mail. It's even possible for the person to take all the information you sent out and use it to hack into your MySpace account. &hearts;

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LoveNJstyle answered Friday August 11 2006, 10:48 pm:
that's a virus, don't click it. <3

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orphans answered Friday August 11 2006, 10:05 pm:
There is ALWAYS a catch to those things. Don't do it.

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xO_b_r_i_a_n_a_Ox answered Friday August 11 2006, 10:01 pm:
no. one of my friends posted one of those. it's fake. don't click it it probably has a virus or something in it.

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duudee_advicer answered Friday August 11 2006, 9:58 pm:
About 99.9% of those are scams.
Don't give them any info.
They'll just send you stupid junk mail
that can give you viruses or hack into your
bank accts. <3

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babiigirl answered Friday August 11 2006, 9:52 pm:
I dont know if that one in general is a scam but ill tell you this. Do not put your email on those stupid things. I did and i get over a hundred scam emails a day.

kim:)

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