Can anyone tell me what's the Oprah Paypal $5 program? Is it a spam? WHEN WAS IT ON OPRAH, and 20/20?
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Sounds like spam to me. Word to the wise.... anything that is too good to be true or makes it super easy to get money is a scam. Don't fall for it.\n\nPaypal is real, I use it to make ebay payments all the time. But this program is just like the letters you receive in the mail from the "retired lawyers" wanting you to send $1 to everyone on the mailing list. Don't do it, you're too smart for that!
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Someone keeps posting that cash crate thing in here all the time, so I went and checked it out before I gave them my personal information...seems a lot of people in there are complaining that they spent hours and hours in there and are lucky if they make a buck-fifty--that doesn't sound very rewarding for all that time spent in there, but they seem to get paid... (but still, that buck-fifty was more valuable than the points system in here).  I guess it would have to be an individual decision whether their personal info and getting spammed is worth it or not.  I get spammed 10 times more now since I have been on Yahoo answers...
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Over the past 3 weeks I have received roughly 3000 mails asking for help to move millions.\nAfrica does not have as much money to pay the % I have been offered in the last 6 months!\ndo an internet search for "419"\nEducate yourself and do not get caught ;)
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I heard that they were going to. That was a loooooong time ago. I was still in hs. I was bout ...19 ? 18 ? 17 ? They haven't done it yet. I'm 26 now. Where did you hear that ? WHY would they start charging $ ? Hotmail hasn't e-mailed me... I check my e-mail everyday pretty much too.
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IGNORE SWEETY\n\nThis is a comment from a website he has linked to -\n\nThis work at home "opportunity" is an utter crock. Naturally the person spamming it doesn't give the details.\n\nYes, you get paid to post. How much? About 1/3rd of a penny per post. That's correct, post 300 messages and you might get as much as a dollar if they are "quality" messages.\n\nYou do the math.\n\nSo why is this goofball recommending it? Because he gets 20% of whatever you make. You slave away for 100 hours to make $10 and he gets $2. He he can talk 1000 people into wasting 100 hours of their life for $10/ea then he makes $2000. How does he con 1000 people into signing up? He spams 100's of messages a day on message boards.\n\nIt's a scam, complete and total scam. There is no actual payment schedule, they tell you they aren't under any obligation to pay you anything and most people never make more than $10 after wasting literally 100 hours or more.
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Well atleast you earned your $1 for referrel.\n\nBut I am reporting you for spamming. Sorry!
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What's the complaint about?\n\nThere are a lot of bogus emails going around about Paypal, that are fakes.\n\nIf you have a problem with Paypal service, contact their customer service department.\n\nIf it's a problem with buying or selling something on EBay, contact EBay customer service.
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It's a scam. There is a yahoo auction, similar to EBAy but there's no yahoo lottery, that I'm aware of.
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I have the same question.  I received something from them asking to "be of service".  It sounds like a money laundering scheme.  I have not been able to find anything on them.  It sounds too good to be true! The person that send it to me was named Art but in everything else is the same.
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I've looked all over her website (www.oprah.com)... I don't see anything about it.  Maybe it is the old sweepstakes (when she gave out the cars a couple years ago), because there is nothing currently going on.
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You shouldn't automatically dismiss every one of these sites as a scam.  Many of them, the Gratis company, for example, actually are legitimate programs that WILL send you the item once you complete their "offers."   Of course, afer all is said and done, you'd have been much better off simply going to the store and buying one.\n\nBy know, we should all know how these sites work.  I sure do, and I've got the 1672 items in my bulk mail folder to prove it.  They offer FREE iPods, laptops, TVs, gift cards, money via PayPal, and all sorts of other goodies, and all you have to do to recieve your FREE item is pay for a bunch of trials and product samples.  All of these offers that you must complete require credit cards, which is dumb, because if you can afford to maintain a credit card, you can probably afford to go buy whatever it is that they're giving away.  \n\nOnce you complete the offers that they ask you to participate in, after everything goes through, you recieve the product sample, credit card, free trial, or what-have-you, that you paid for, (keeping in mind that these kinds of things usually take anywhere from a few weeks to a LOT of weeks), AND you recieve credit for it (another few weeks), you must refer, usually, 5-or-so people, ALL of whom must complete an offer or two themselves (another few weeks for each of them), and then THEY must refer someone to complete an offer.\n\nThey'll also revoke any offer, or your whole account, if you don't follow their rules to a "T".  For example, if you post a link on your website instructing readers to sign up for a free trial so that you'll get your credit, but then tell them to cancel the trial before it expires and their cards will be charged, they won't make as much money, and won't take too kindly to your instructions.  You also must refer unique people, who then must refer unique people, meaning, you can't create multiple accounts and pose as your own referrals (which doesn't make sense to me, since they're getting the money anyway).\n\nObviously, very few people are going to put up with all of this nonsense, and these companies will have to send out very few of the products that they offer.  They make all their money from the people who sign up, pay for a few offers and then say "screw the whole thing."\n\nSo, all in all, you CAN get an iPod off of them for a few bucks, but you'll need a credit card, an incredible amount of patience and 10 other people who are actually going to go through with it.
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Never mind Oprah -- $10 is affordable for most of us!\n\nThanks for the site!
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I have been with eBay as a seller and buyer for 9 years and I never heard of this. Be cautious. I only accept Paypal myself .
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There are some but you also have to realize that the rates are as low as 5 to 10 cents per email unless there are specific or special emails that will pay more. You have to read a ton of emails to make the money that you may be looking into getting. Try this website I've been using it and I've received money via paypal. Although it says surveys it also does, emails, advertising and secret shopper opportunities.
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Other than being a scam that will send your e-mail to a gazillion different spammers, insuring that you will receive spam and viruses for the rest of your God-forsaken life, no.\n\nP.S.  Correction, in saying it is a "scam", I am referring to a Pyramid scheme where some will get ipods at the expense of those at the bottom of the pyramid.  i.e.\n\n"Here's a Public Service Announcement for you: there's a website called freeipod.com and it's totally legit. You fulfill the site's requirements, you get a free ipod. Now, here are the hoops you have to jump through to get it.\n\n1. SIGN UP. You need to register with these folks to begin with. Give them your name, address, phone number, etc. Then you must wade through a number of "special deals" they would like to email you. It's not necessary to take any of these special deals, so you can say no to every single one of them--all 14 or 25 or however many there are.\n\n2. COMPLETE AN OFFER. Nothing comes for free, so you've got to complete an offer to get partial credit for your free ipod. These things range from mortage and buyer insurance to Blockbuster and Columbia House memberships. They're usually free trial items that will turn into full price monthly billing items if you forget to cancel before the end of the month.\n\nSo let's say you fill out your offer and eventually cancel. What next?\n\n3. REFER FIVE FRIENDS. Here's where things start to get tricky. You need to refer five people to this site and get them to sign up. Wouldn't be so bad, except here comes step four:\n\n4. ALL FIVE FRIENDS MUST ALSO COMPLETE AN OFFER. More money, more free trial periods, and if your friends want anything out of this, they'll have to continue referring five additional UNIQUE friends.\n\nSo how does the company make its money giving away ipods? It doesn't, the people actually lose money--that's why they're banking on you having a fifth friend who won't sign up or refuse to complete an offer. That's how the company makes their cash.\n\nAnd here's the coup de gracie: you can NEVER cancel your freeipod.com account. They will OWN YOU FOR LIFE.\n\nSo, is it a scam? No, not really, but its a hassle, an invasion of privacy, and you're better off not bothering with it at all."\n\nSo, if you want to sell out your friends and give up a chunk of your privacy, by all means do it.  That is why people speak so positively about it.  They want you to join and help them get off the pyramid.  After that, they could care less about you.  I choose to just fork over the $300 if I really want one that bad.
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Sounds like someone running a scam.  They offer you a % of a multi-million dollar amount?  Delete the e-mail, record it as spam and go on about your business.