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Yep! I already got (and DELETED) something very similar...
In my case, it was a "free iPhone" via a $600 gift certificate to the "Apple Store" IF I clicked the link and answered a survey, then participated in a program that required me to subscribe to a certain number of "free services" and, oh, there also "might be a purchase required," lol.

I'm probably getting this because sometime in the past I DID actually bite on one of these "get stuff free for filling out surveys" emails and jumped through their hoops for several hours and actually bought a couple of magazine subscriptions before I finally got fed up with it and clicked out of it. This one didn't even go to my SPAM folder, which sort of surprised me, but the next one likely will, as I believe I blocked the address and then marked the email as SPAM.

The funniest thing is A BIG PART of the email -- especially at the end -- is all about how they're involved in the "CAN SPAM act." BS!!! MOST of the SPAM I get has, at the very end of the email, a business address in Bucharest, Romania... I ALWAYS look for the Bucharest address, and ANYTIME I see that the email gets deleted.

Unless a sales email comes from a seller I've done business with in the past, I don't click on it, and regret the one time I stupidly did.
Jeff

P.S. the email address that sent me the "free iPhone" promotion was: Applephone@likereseat.com
Posted by: Jeff Hayes   Posted on: 07/02/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Yep! I already got (and DELETED) something very similar...  Jeff Hayes | 07/02/07

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