Free Wii Deal
It’s actually not a free Wii that Amazon is offering through their customers vote homepage, but rather the free chance to buy one at its current price of $249. Besides the Nintendo Wii, also up for grabs are the Sony PS3 60GB and 20GB:
Currently the odds are 6 to 1 for the 20GB PS3, 30 to 1 for the 60GB PS3, and 16 to 1 for the Wii. I put my chance to order in on a Wii, and considered creating 15 more Amazon accounts, but decided against it. It’s in fate’s hands!
Canadian Inequity
That’s not when you put your money down for some property, Snoop. It’s 20% having 75% of the $$$.
LG Chocolate Touchscreen KE850
The current LG Chocolate phone kind sucks. It’s bulky but solid, with a slider that doesn’t do much. It’s got a nice rounded feel, and it’s decently small, but it feels like a Zune against the iPod. Besides its slider and form, I liked it. Now, here’s the Choco 2:
With its 400×240 touchscreen, camera, and great looks it might be a winner. The only problem is all the smudges that LCD will pick up over time. So much for the next-gen cellphones being … clean…
Soy Makes You Gay
Apparently Soy makes you gay. And I always thought being gay made you gay…
Facebook Fraud: Ponzi Scams!
The problem with opening up Facebook to the entire world is that spammers also live in the world, and therefore spammers can now use Facebook to do their evil bidding. Take, for example, Marvin Mooney, who created a so-called “Playstation 3 for Xmas” party. The description is quite innocuous, it reads:
Sweet - I scored a new PS3!
Come over and play. Sunday at 7PM
rinf [sic] me up to RSVP 817.235.2123
If you call the number, you find out that Marvin Mooney is really Cameron Dillon, who sent 844 people the following affiliate email:
Want a PS3 in Time for Christmas?
How about for FREE*!http://facebookPS3.myclicksmedia.com/
Particpate in our offer to Qualify.
*- Must be an active Facebook User*
*- Must be 18 or older*
*- Must be a US Resident*
*- Participation Required*Limited Offer so Participate now to Qualify.
GET A PLAYSTATION 3 FOR CHRISTMAS!
YOU ARE A QUALIFIED FACEBOOK USER SO ACT FAST!
This is yet another scam that operates by affiliate marketing. If Cameron gets a dozen people to sign up through that link, he’ll get a free ps3. For them to get one, they each need to scam another dozen people the same way. Eventually, the market wisens up to a new Ponzi scam, and people stop signing up. When that happens, everyone on the bottom has lost. The public is too knowledgeable for them to recoup their losses by enrolling them; without new members, it ends sadly.
