joeblogg 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 yay. you can win a free ipod by shooting the gold ipod! its so easy to shoot you'd think everyone would get free ipods right. well obviously not because its a scam. you have to put in your phone number and then they send you text messages and charge it to your phone bill becuase they pay the service provider. they work together. its just one big scam. don't do it. i think its fun to shoot the ipod but i don't put in my phone number. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jelly 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 Haha, I've seen plenty of those , mostly having to do with iPods aswell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nabb 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 I tend not to click on ads unless the content advertised interests me. Or somehow the flash compels me (for example one of the Scion ads did this). Although sometimes I muck around on flash ads for fun - e.g. not shooting the gold iPod (which is pretty boring, because there's not many iPods to be shot), or getting one less than the required basketballs in the hoop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jelly 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 I recall some shoot the goose ones or use a slingshot to hit George Bush, those were fun to play around in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surbjit 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 I recall some shoot the goose ones or use a slingshot to hit George Bush, those were fun to play around in.Haha, I remember that one.Anyway back on topic, yes these are fake. I tend to play these games that come up on the side but never enter my telephone number for anything. The would use your telephone number to get survey companies to contact your home and make you complete surveys and keep phoning you once every often. So my advise never click on these sort of adverts that look interesting but just scam you in the process. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saitunes 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2008 I really hate any of those type ads, the 'shoot the gold ipod/iphone', the thing is they're not just on one or two sites. There's on pretty much every site. I have to admit, I turn on the pop-upblocker and shoot to my hearts content. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amarti64 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2008 You know what else really sucks? The ads with sound. The last thing I need to hear at two in the morning is "Congratulations! You've won a free Nintendo Wii! Now that I'm finished scaring the heck out of you, please click here so you can be bombarded with offers!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cangor 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2008 ^I totally agree on that hahaYou know what I think would make a great idea for a website? Someplace where it takes all these game ads where you have to shoot or hit or toss or whatever except they're not ads and when you click them they don't open up some spam offer, you just get to play then for fun.... Hey, shooting the ducks can get pretty interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDisturbedOne 1 Report post Posted October 31, 2008 Duh. You never put your real info in there! Most of the time you have to but ADT security or Dish TV and they get the money from there. They figure it's free since you get security or tv, but you are actually paying for the iPod. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onscreen 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2008 It is not a scam. First in the to-do list, always read the fine print on the bottom. That is what you need to really see instead of the attractive get-this-*insert an Apple product*-free! If you do not read everything shown on the site, that is you cheating yourself for "believing" such advertising. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDisturbedOne 1 Report post Posted November 1, 2008 The fine print usually says something about a lack of privacy policy, and how they "may" sell your information. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblogg 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2008 just do the ads for fun but don't actually give them any information and stuff. thats how you don't get tricked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jezstarr 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2008 haha I know what you mean, most of the time I'll shoot every other ipod but the gold ones. They gold ones look like crap anyway. There are so many of these scams it's not funny! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites