Any time I get an email offering me a free anything just for clicking on a link, I get suspicious.
I know. Iām just paranoid that way, but it usually saves me a lot of heartache down the road.
Not five minutes ago I got an email from āJā who sent me a free coffee from Qualia coffee courtesy of āThe Home Run Team.ā All I had to do was click on the link!
The first flag was that I never even heard of Qualia coffee. The second flag was the guy (or gal) who supposedly sent me the email had an email address that I didnāt recognize.
So I instantly googled āQualia Home Run scamā and I discovered that, guess what? Itās essentially a scam!
Whatever you do, please donāt click on the link or youāll be started down a process that ultimately ends up launching a program that contacts every member in your email address book with the same slimy deal ā and thatās really no way to treat your friends, people. Youāll also be asked to give your credit card number. (Why would you need to do that for a free coffee?)
Iāll spare you the dirty details, but the bottom line is you should just stay away from this ādealā ā whether you might ultimately end up with a free coffee or not.
If youāre interested in reading a little more on this topic, click on this helpful link: Whatās the Deal with Home Run?
We now return you to our regularly scheduled programā¦
Thanks for the heads up, Len!
BTW, Googling the phrase Len Penzo Scam turns up 57,800 resultsā¦ Makes you wonder š
Interesting, thanks for the tip, Tom! That actually returns slightly more results than āLen Penzo sucksā. Whatās really scary is I occupy the top three positions on the first page for āLen Penzo sucksā but the other seven positions are occupied by some of my other so-called blogger friends. (Yeah, Iām talkinā to you Wisebread and Barbara Friedberg!) š LOL
I got the same email. I was wondering who this personās parents were that they gave them a single letter for their name. Then I wondered how they planned on sending me a coffee through my iphone. Bizarre attempt.
And no doubt Len, you do suck :>
Len, Of course if you are offered something for free, it will be crap. In fact, we are still waiting for our āfreeā mp3 players from our āscamā internet marketing seminar! At least we got dinner š
I agree, Barb. There really is no such thing as a free lunch (or dinner)! š
Folks HOmerun and Qualia has used my name twice to spam my contact list under my name despite multiple attempts writing their main office to remove me and my lists. I have now countered with a BOYCOTT QUALIA group on facebook. Lets give Qualia a piece of our mind for using this kind of advertising.