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01-18-2006, 08:06 AM
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Is this real or a scam?
I recently received an e-mail from PCMech with an offer to buy a packet of CD's on building and repairing your own computer with a special discount for PCMech subscribers. It looks legit, but when I came here to find more information, I can't find anything mentioning this offer. When I clicked on the link provided it took me to some site I never heard of before. The bottom of the e-mail has my subscriber name from PCMech with a link bringing here if I want to check on my account.
Is this offer coming from PCMech?
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01-18-2006, 08:46 AM
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Let me get Dris involved.
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01-18-2006, 08:54 AM
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It is coming from PCMech, but it is not our product. The product's creator worked with us to announce the product to our mailing list. As usual, the list remained in-house and we did the sending ourselves.
We do these types of mailings every so often for promotional purposes. |
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01-18-2006, 03:38 PM
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OK, Thanks. The bottom of the page giving my information with the link to PCMech made me think it was probably on the level. There was stil enough questions in my mind though that told me I would be better served checking it out. I get very convincing e-mails from scammers that go as far as copying the home page of a site like e-bay and citibanl for example, so when you click the link it even looks like them. You can't be too careful these days.
Has anyone used this product in order to review it? |
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01-19-2006, 01:25 PM
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Which product?
It is always better to be safe than sorry 
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01-19-2006, 03:54 PM
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Whoooops. Sorry. I guess I should post the link http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/sc_ca...26508541779801.
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