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theinternet · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject: GreenZap - Scam or not a Scam?

www.greenzap.com seems to be a scam.

i read this in my friend's blog:

Tyrell Smith · WUML Urban/HipHop Director Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 387

O man, Good Luck with that. Think of it this way. If theres a court settlement, you'll some money when they get sued.

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theinternet · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

ACTUALLY, ive done some more reading.

it seems that this thing might actually be legit.

theres a news release on yahoo.com about it and a $25 bonus for opening a bank account makes sense.

anyone whos curious, register:
www.greenzap.com/chriskiley

if its not a scam, you get $25 in an online paypal like acct plus $5 for everyone else you refer with your link.

if it IS a scam... well, you might get some junk mail. i dont think identity theft can happen on this much of a grand scale.

i personally am going to take the chance and get as many people to register as possible.
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jyllian · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

okay.
ah.
so the idea of strangers having your bank account information is really worth twenty-five dollars to you?
and screwing your friends is worth five dollars?

hey, maybe you don't realize this, but if people steal from you, you don't tend to get the stolen goods back.
even if you can prove that they stole it from you (ask anyone who's ever had their house broken into) – especially if the theft in question is of money, and on a large scale like this, where you opt-in willingly (that's why we have the phone fraud psa, folks – it's not just elderly people who are dumb about giving out their info).
if anything, you'll get ten bucks from a class action lawsuit in about two years, provided that the single-scumbag-in-basement-type who usually mastermind this kind of thing doesn't file for bankruptcy or leave the country first (if they aren't already outside the US in the first place).

let's even assume.
for the sake of argument.
that this is not a scam.
if that is the case, it will still be around in six months, and you can get $25 then.
sort of like the freeipods.com crap – or hell, even ebay and paypal in their days.

but seriously.
the slim chance that this might be a scam should be enough to ward off any half-wit from trying it.
"hey guys, i found this bottle of pills in the street! could be ecstasy, could be rat poison! i personally am going to take the chance and get as many people to take them as possible."

although i guess if getting $25 is worth that kind of risk to you, there's a good chance that your bank account information won't be particularly useful to anyone who tries to withdraw its contents, or lack thereof.

moral of the story: don't take pills you find in the street. procure pills from trusted drug dealers only.

captain_funkypants · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 1

i had my paypal account jacked. $1000 went byebye.
and thats with paypals insane security and alerts and tracking and bank blah blah blah blah. they got their shit together, this place doesnt. youd have to be a special kind of stupid to give any info to a company called greenzap anyways,
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theinternet · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject:

you dont give any bank info.

only your name, address, phone number and a couple other things.
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Duct Tape Boy · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:49 am Post subject:

VEE BELEEF IN NOSSING!
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PeterJohnNoonan · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:55 am Post subject:

This is how you fuck a stranger in the ass.
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jyllian · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:02 am Post subject:

theinternet · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:

found on a random message board after i google'd green zap

Tyrell Smith · WUML Urban/HipHop Director Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 387

Thats awful man.

theinternet · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

bastards.
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Wilty · WLTI/WJUL/WUML Alum Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 1006

Ponzi goes hi-tech! If I were you I'd contact the AG's office pronto!

KristyM · Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 856

Haha You listen to Google and not us!
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