{"id":1386,"date":"2010-11-20T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T04:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2011-08-28T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-28T20:24:39","slug":"consumer-alert-qualia-free-coffee-e-mail-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1386-consumer-alert-qualia-free-coffee-e-mail-scam.html","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Alert: Qualia Free Coffee E-mail is a Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1387 aligncenter\" title=\"Qualia\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Qualia.png\" alt=\"Qualia\" width=\"428\" height=\"388\" \/>Any time I get an email offering me a free anything just for clicking on a link, I get suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>I know.  I&#8217;m just paranoid that way, but it usually saves me a lot of heartache down the road.<\/p>\n<p>Not five minutes ago I got an email from &#8220;J&#8221; who sent me a free coffee from Qualia coffee courtesy of &#8220;The Home Run Team.&#8221;  All I had to do was click on the link!<\/p>\n<p>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 didn&#8217;t recognize.<\/p>\n<p>So I instantly googled &#8220;Qualia Home Run scam&#8221; and I discovered that, guess what?  It&#8217;s essentially a scam!<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you do, please don&#8217;t click on the link or you&#8217;ll 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 &#8211; and that&#8217;s really no way to treat your friends, people.  You&#8217;ll also be asked to give your credit card number.  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