Free Laptop Scam
Have you ever been a victim of a free laptop scam? If not yet, then you’re lucky. A lot of scams and fraudulent free computer offers have proliferated on various websites today, and some of them are even found in the spam folder of your email account. But how do you exactly know that these advertisements and programs are indeed bogus? Below are some tips that can help you out:
First, a free laptop scam is composed of a truckload of advertising pages which redirect you from one place to another. You may find a very long sales page which at the end tells you to click on a button, but rather than taking you to a more pertinent page, you will just stumble upon another sales page that practically says the same thing. This not only becomes annoying since you’d feel you’re not going anywhere, you’d also notice that your computers speed slows down because of the fast turnaround of the pages you have clicked. Thus, if you happen to be redirected to two or more sales pages from an advertisement that offers a free computer, then expect that this is, in fact, a scam.
Other scams meanwhile provide good and legitimate-looking sales pages and websites, but once you have registered in these programs you will be bombarded with spam emails and other offers in which you have to subscribe to in order to qualify for a free laptop package. Some scams also offer free laptops but you would have to shoulder expensive shipping and handling costs which do not guarantee that your computer will arrive safe and sound. Some contest winners actually end up losers, as they not only paid for the shipping costs, but also received defective, broken computers in the end. Thus, when joining contests, be sure that you will not be required to pay for anything, as that no longer makes the laptop ‘free’.
Related posts: