just wondering if it is a scam or virus.
2007-02-03 22:27:22 · 11 answers · asked by chez 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It's both an advertisement, and a scam.
If you were using Firefox (an alternative to Internet Explorer) and Adblock Plus (an add-on for Firefox), you wouldn't have to see any ads like that...
Firefox - http://getfirefox.com/
Adblock Plus - http://adblockplus.org/
2007-02-04 00:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by AmandaKerik 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right. I saw a thing on 20/20 as well as the nightly news warning of exactly those kinds of emails. Anything saying that you've won some kind of a lottery either from the UK or other were a scam!
2016-05-24 02:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of sites which give away free stuff like laptops but sometimes they are just scams and other times it really works, they do it for the advertisement.
2007-02-03 22:32:01 · answer #3 · answered by Questionfreak 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A general rule is if its to good to be true it probably is(to good to be true)I was on a site yesterday and it had said I won a Plasma TV after following the prompts I soon discovered it was probably dodgy. I had to apply for a subsription and of course send my credit card details. Yeah right!
2007-02-03 22:41:41 · answer #4 · answered by mel_leno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's a scam. Just think, if everyone applied, they would have to give millions of laptops away and firms can't afford that!!! You don't get laptops for free unless you win a competition.
2007-02-03 22:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by Carella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U should totally ignore it. They just want your information to send you stuff, probably bad.
2007-02-03 22:34:09 · answer #6 · answered by nb.frogger_138 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not. they want your email so that they can start sending spam and all kinds of junk to it.
2007-02-03 22:35:24 · answer #7 · answered by Hershee-Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
2007-02-03 22:37:32 · answer #8 · answered by Jolly1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not virus but scam...
2007-02-03 22:43:14 · answer #9 · answered by JayHawk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋