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| on a frequent basis, then you must have bumped in | | | | there comes the potential for some scam artists to |
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| email inboxes are being spammed, Tweeter is | | | | innocent online visitors. They put up such offers with |
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| are floating around the web promoting these free | | | | user email that later can be used for sending out |
| giveaways as well. | | | | marketing emails. |
| The obvious question that comes to mind is that, are | | | | How to know which offers are for real? |
| these free giveaway offers for real? | | | | Do a little research on the site you are signing up |
| Not only these offers got pretty much all online | | | | with for your free laptops. Try to find out as to |
| visitors' attention, they also attracted popular news | | | | whether the site in question is legitimate or not. A |
| medias and news anchors as well. Due to the | | | | simple Google search will probably get some |
| massive popularity of these free laptops giveaways, | | | | information on them. Another way to make sure that |
| news anchors from BBC News, CBC News, G8, etc | | | | you are signing up with legitimate offers in by visiting |
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| the bottom of it and to educate the users at the | | | | There are some independent review sites out there |
| same time. While interviewing some free giveaway | | | | that review pretty much all products and services. |
| site operators and some real online visitors who | | | | Free laptop review sites collect information on many |
| actually signed up for these offers, it was found that | | | | of those giveaway sites and only list the popular and |
| people some of those offers were actually real. | | | | legitimate offers on their sites so that visitors can be |
| While real giveaway sites are giving away free | | | | benefited. |
| laptops and people who are signing up with the | | | | |