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Title: Website real or fake?
Post by: John2009 on May 31, 2009, 07:46:49 PM

A website named www.points2shop.com(nov iframe or hacked no worries) offers thinngs for free via activities. I read WOT and siteadivisor and they both siad the samethign, its legit but make a fake email address because lots of spam. Finjan gives it green. Thoughts on this?

Title: Re: Website real or fake?
Post by: DavidR on May 31, 2009, 08:26:02 PM

Nothing like this is truly free there is usually a payback in the form of gathering marketing information and possibly the delivery of target adverts.

You need to read their Privacy, Terms and Conditions, etc. before you even consider it.

Title: Re: Website real or fake?
Post by: polonus on May 31, 2009, 08:27:05 PM

Hi

They probably depend on Amazon related data. With the cookie you mean this:

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httpreferer
Value http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2Furl%3Fq%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.points2shop.com%2Fmembers%2Fproof%2F%26ei%3DPMkiSt_AEIyV-gb965S9CQ%26sa%3DX%26oi%3Dsmap%26resnum%3D1%26ct%3Dresult%26cd%3D3%26usg%3DAFQjCNE7fraOUmtBbAiDRSZwWTcLz2I2VQ I haven't seen link checker that flag this, while I suspect ad tracking on the site, not especially my kettle of fish,
links checked for bad stuff (none detected):
No zeroiframes detected!
Check took 5.59 seconds

(Level: 0) Url checked:
hxtp://www.points2shop.com/
Zeroiframes detected on this site: 0
No ad codes identified

(Level: 1) Url checked: (script source)
hxtp://www.points2shop.com/scripts/head.js
Zeroiframes detected on this site: 0
No ad codes identified

(Level: 1) Url checked: (script source)
hxtp://www.points2shop.com/scripts/dojo2/dojo/dojo.js
Zeroiframes detected on this site: 0
No ad codes identified

(Level: 2) Url checked: (iframe source)
hxtp://www.points2shop.com/scripts/dojo2/dojo/+burl++
Blank page / could not connect
No ad codes identified

(Level: 1) Url checked: (script source)
hxtp://www.points2shop.com/scripts/global.js?r=401
Zeroiframes detected on this site: 0
No ad codes identified

(Level: 1) Url checked: (script source)
hxttp://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js
Zeroiframes detected on this site: 0
No ad codes identified

What DavidR goes on about: I think you get 250 points for registering and verifying your phone not 250 points for each one. I f you just sign-up without confirming your phone number you will get zero points. So nothing for free, folks...
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polonus

Title: Re: Website real or fake?
Post by: John2009 on June 01, 2009, 12:34:36 AM

People say just create 2 emails, one for code prizes(Xbox points wii points) and one for junk mail you receive accepting the offers for points. You also put in your address. There is a forum on that website with pictures of the "prizes" people won.

Title: Re: Website real or fake?
Post by: DavidR on June 01, 2009, 01:02:22 AM

When you have to go to any length to avoid possibly marketing spam, do you want to deal with a company that does business in this way, I wouldn't.

So it looks like you have already made up your mind, your system your choice.

Title: Re: Website real or fake?
Post by: John2009 on June 01, 2009, 02:51:56 AM

I dont know really, I do need the stuff, but I will investigate further.