I was trying to promote my Zazzle store on CraigsList. I posted several in different areas, hoping that I could get some visits. Then I got the following email:
"Hey,
Hi I want to inform you that pres obama is handing over millions of government grant money in the minneapolis area right now to help citizens and help jumpstart our economy. Have a peek by clicking here (which was a link to http://www.cnnfastupdate.com/) Do not miss out on all the money, it won't last long!"
Now looking at it a red flag should of appeared with the bad grammar and uncapitalized words like 'obama.' Still, I thought about it, and came back to it later. I decided I had a business online, so why not try to get money to promote it with? So I clicked on it and it brought me to www.cnnfastupdate.com, which looked like a legitimate site because it had the CNN logo. It also has "As seen on " and a bunch of logos to various networks. So it looked good. The $1.95 they charged made me think ripoff right away. But I really needed money and I had a gift card from Christmas so I clicked on the site and payed the $1.95.
When I filled it all out, it brought me to a blank page. I clicked back and tried signing in again but it didn't recognize my username and password. I never got an email confirmation that told me my username and password, so I couldn't see if it was different than what I entered. I didn't get anything. I didn't want to pay the $1.95 again, and I tried the phone # and it was disconnected. I sent an email and never got a reply.
I checked the card balance and the $1.95 was taken off. But I still couldn't log in. All I wanted was grant money to promote my webstore www.zazzle.com/djskagnetti*. I feel really dumb now, I should of seen all the signs. But I was blind with the 'Free Money' bug, free grant money sounds great, but it never seems to be free. Don't fall for this one!
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