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Offline Barry Scott

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« on: August 15, 2005, 19:51:34 »
Has anyone used <link removed - ed, contact Barry if you really want it>.  It is a scheme where you load a page and it keeps loading different sites within itself, you earn a commission as a referral.  Referring friends will also earn you extra.  I use a tabbed browser so it can do it's thing in the background without affecting me.

I am not endorsing this as I have only just signed up, hence the referral to my account.  Wondering if anyone has had any good/bad experience with this site.
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2005, 20:03:30 »
well... in my humble opinion...

I would be very skeptical of anything where it is less than immediately obvious exactly where the money comes from, in this case *even* if the intentions and motives of the company in question are as white as the driven snow then you will be giving them significant quantities of quasi personal data.

in my professional, rather than personal opinion I would avoid it, like the plague... or perhaps someone elses plauge...

of course, you pay your money, you take your choice and quite possibly someone else takes your money too....
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2005, 20:06:19 »
i'm with Daz on this

there is no easy mony i wish there was i wouldn't be in the mire i'm in now all i can say be careful

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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2005, 20:26:57 »
I have to agree, why sign up I hear you say, cause I am a sucker for a get rich quick scheme.

Actually I normally avoid these like the plague but my mate has been posting me links to this for ages so I thought I'll try it.  I'll let you all know when my paypal account is hijacked :D.
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2005, 20:36:02 »
Teehee, joking asside... theft of paypal details isn't of course the only bit of information that can be ascertained.

I would advise thinking carefully about what information you share and with whom you share it.  Data tracking is a very interesting subject and oddly enough your movements are worth a lot of money in some quarters.  That's assuming it's only your movements that are being tracked ;)
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2005, 20:41:38 »
Tell me about it.  Recently one of my cards went missing in the post and someone went on a shopping spree.

DISCLAIMER: I am definitely not saying that some post men sit there opening the mail and taking anything they want to sell on or use.
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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2005, 22:18:47 »
It seems the answer is SCAM, see here.  My friend will be at $25 soon so we will see.
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