free word clouds

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by uca, Jul 27, 2007.

  1. #1
    Why do free word clouds send us to Paypal anyway?

    And after getting our emails?

    Should we be worried?

    It happened to me a few times now, I wonder if someone can tell me what's going on...

    :)
     
    uca, Jul 27, 2007 IP
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    Jerlene.net Prominent Member

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    It's coded into the script so that in the future the owner can make it a paid word cloud. Once you get to the PayPal page though, you can just close the window(if it's a free word cloud site).
     
    Jerlene.net, Jul 28, 2007 IP
  3. uca

    uca Well-Known Member

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    It looks like some sites, ask you your details, and then make the catch obvious.

    It looks kind of fishy to me, it looks like they at last want your email...

    Probably not, but you never know with all these spammers around...:(
     
    uca, Jul 28, 2007 IP
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    As far as I know they don't send confirmation emails so you can just put in a fake email address a lot of the times
     
    Jerlene.net, Jul 28, 2007 IP
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    uca Well-Known Member

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    That's a cool tip!

    Thank you! :D
     
    uca, Jul 29, 2007 IP
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    You dont need to worry if you dont pay.
     
    login, Jul 29, 2007 IP