Free Laptop Nation, another scam?
I was listening to the radio on the way to the grocery store this past weekend and heard another amazing commercial telling me that I can get a free laptop by going to the website: Free Laptop Nation! I was like, no way, there going to just give me a free laptop? I wrote a blog post about a sister site of free laptop nation called, I want My Free Laptop .com. That post has been blowing up with people wondering if the site is really a scam or not, the post has over 36 posts, most from people saying they are poor or in college and really want their free laptop that these commercials are offering.
These sites are typical 1990's internet schemes, and I can't believe they are still around and actually advertising on the radio. The general theme is that they have many offers that you can complete, from signing up for credit cards, to signing up for subscription offers. For everything that you sign up for, most of which cost you money, they get a commission. They then use that commission to buy you a laptop and keep the remaining commission left over. However, it takes a massive amount of offers to actually qualify for them to send you a free laptop.
Free laptops sound nice and dandy, but it would probably be easier for you to get a job and buy a nice $600 laptop from dell.com. The site is usually a scam and please don't write comments asking where you can get a free laptop, because you simple can't. There is no such thing as a free laptop, sorry to inform you.
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They do it in 3 stages, so you do not know what comes next. You can only cancel 2 of the items, and still be eligible for the free laptop. By the time you buy all these items, you could have bought a nice laptop, and not waited months for it.
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What you said is real, there´s no such thing as free laptops, maybe you can get it, but the price you´ll have to pay for telephone calls or letters is a waste of money. Nice post telling the truth, because I think many people thought it was real.
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Thanks for sharing! I heard this commercial and your analysis sounds right. Not only that, what if they are collecting personal data that could end up with identity theft? Best, Chuck
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Cheech posted on 07/30/2010 @ 6:03:01 pm
Everyone needs to shut up about Nigeria. We get too much shit from a) people who come from countries who have scams like these ANYWAY b) greedy ass motherfuckers who shoulda known better. Don't be an imbecile, and don't blame us good Nigerians when you get sucked in by bad ones. kthanksbye
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Tiffany posted on 07/08/2010 @ 4:17:28 pm
All i can say is that i am so glad i GOOGLED this before i actually went to the site. I was pretty sure it was a scam, i've learned by being gulible in the past and i am so glad i decided to check first. yay me! Sorry to all those who found this site after they got scammed. And no you're not stupid, nieve maybe, but not stupid. It happens to the best and worst of us.
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rick posted on 05/02/2010 @ 4:49:32 pm
I'm not a gullible person, so I give these guys credit for being clever in the way they suck you in. Here's how it happened to me: went to the website, skeptical, and read everything I could looking for the catch. OK, so what they claim is you have to fill out a survey, then take advantage of some offers they have, and that's it, tell them where to whip your new laptop. I did the survey, then on to the offers page. Here's where they get you. The page says to "begin qualifying" for the free laptop, just complete any 2 of the following offers. I looked them over, one for netflix, which I like but wasn't currently a member. OK, sign up for the $5/mo plan. One more. Gevalia coffee, ok, pay $10 and you get 2lbs of good coffee, some mugs, etc... and then you can cancel before the next month. Sweet, movies and coffee, and now a free laptop. WRONG! Click to complete your qualification. NOW, you must complete 9 more offers. If I knew I had to complete 11 offers, I would not have bothered, because most aren't anything I want and they would add up. Probably less than the cost of a laptop, but who knows what they're really gonna send you, some bare bones dog that you have to pay more to upgrade. So now I'm done, but I'm out $15 and they've made a profit without having to give anything away (EXCEPT MY FRIGGIN EMAIL ADDY TO A BUNCH OF SPAMMERS!) I used a throwaway addy, so no biggee, but you can see how this would really hurt someone who can't really afford $15 or isn't very web savvy (not that I am, just more than many.) That's how it's done, folks. It isn't some obvious scam that anyone should know better, but the onld saying IS true, if you seems to good to be true... Lesson learned, at least I will get something for my $15, and I wrote an email to the radio station asking if this the kind of people they associate with.
shannie posted on 04/27/2010 @ 1:37:00 pm
Just want to comment that maybe some of the people looking for free laptops are looking because the are not able to purchases on for whatever reason, doesnt have to be because they arent working and trying maybe they simply cant afford it, did that cross this jerks mind?????
simon posted on 04/04/2010 @ 11:17:08 am
I like reading the comments from the idiots who say they got a laptop and that it wasn't a scam.go on youtube and search Nigerian loan scams,pretty crazy stuff.
Centurion13 posted on 03/26/2010 @ 7:29:20 am
I noticed the radio advertising included the word 'deserve'. A tip to the wise, folks - if the pitch includes the phrase 'the laptop I deserve' or 'the laptop you deserve', it is a scam. They are trying to instill a false sense of entitlement in you. Unfortunately, that is pretty easy to do with today's society. Furthermore, they refused in the ad spot to identify what you would have to do.
Centurion13 posted on 03/26/2010 @ 7:29:08 am
I noticed the radio advertising included the word 'deserve'. A tip to the wise, folks - if the pitch includes the phrase 'the laptop I deserve' or 'the laptop you deserve', it is a scam. They are trying to instill a false sense of entitlement in you. Unfortunately, that is pretty easy to do with today's society. Furthermore, they refused in the ad spot to identify what you would have to do.
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free laptop posted on 03/13/2010 @ 8:28:03 am
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moni081 posted on 02/22/2010 @ 4:23:53 pm
this stinks! i never fall for online scams, but i hear it on out biggest radio station Z100 100.3. and i figured that it had to be real if they endorsed it.... the website is www.freeuslaptop.com, i wanted a free sony vaio soooo bad!! it so bad that people pray on other people's hopes...
MOLLIE posted on 01/21/2010 @ 8:29:16 pm
I checked these out for my daughter always the optomist she was sure they would not advertise it on radio and TV if it wasn't true! I would like to know who is going to prosecute these guys and if anyone plans on boycotting the participating companies?
M posted on 01/19/2010 @ 7:47:44 am
"laption top please send to me. please thank you call me back. bryeon, uganda." "i need a laptop for my music package pls, get me one.nigeria" I determine they will send a cheque for $6,500 and I keep the difference right?
Riggse posted on 01/15/2010 @ 1:37:44 pm
First...If you were scamed by this, free laptop site or any other get this free site, you deserve it for being stupid Second...If you think you get things for free, you are stupid. third...if you believe the guys on here who have good things to say about these site aren affiliated with these sites....yur stupid! Free = scam (note* that i use the term scam loosely)
cheap computers posted on 01/12/2010 @ 1:19:41 am
However, it takes a massive amount of offers to actually qualify for them to send you a free laptop.
hansen_mommy posted on 01/05/2010 @ 10:51:23 am
I fell for the $1,000 in groceries scam I heard on the radio. I called ored payed shipping $7 and repeatedly asked is there a catch? Is it a check? How does it work? She said its a servay and its on a debit card. LIES! I had a funny feeling and called back asking to talk to the maneger and he said that its not a debit card its access to a web site for cupons. Ok I like cupons and access to manufacture cupon for a whole year is still good. Except there is no web site! No cupons even! Scam!
james z wilson posted on 07/04/2009 @ 8:18:05 am
This is totally terrible that people still go behind stuff like this.
roosterrhema posted on 04/08/2009 @ 3:42:20 pm
I wanted to believe it, I really did.
chanvirgo70 posted on 03/11/2009 @ 7:38:15 am
Thank you
Ray posted on 02/28/2009 @ 2:45:59 pm
Think for just for a sec: why would anyone that does not know or care for you would like to give you a laptop?. Get a job, work, save and then buy the laptop... OR Believe a nonsense and follow into this scam, and loose some money because your brain prefers to believe a website instead of common sense
Jacq posted on 02/24/2009 @ 2:21:22 am
Everyone should be alert and definitely research online using search engines like Scam Search to find out.
rocker314 posted on 02/23/2009 @ 12:04:13 pm
You may check out Scam Search to find out. There had been a lot of scams and they will always find ways to get people.
James posted on 02/11/2009 @ 9:10:23 pm
I got curious after reading this blog, and I went to Amazing Free Laptop.com just to look... I went straight to their Contact Us page so I could tell them that their website LOOKED LIKE an obvious scam... they want you to give you ALL YOUR INFO to them, AND turn off all spam filters so that you can "receive their reply"... I mean seriously, even their SUPPORT PAGE IS A SCAM... plus, when I tried to click off the page, Internet Explorer went haywire and then had to close on me... Wow, way too obvious a scam website...
Jessica posted on 02/10/2009 @ 3:07:06 pm
My little sister did this a few years ago for a free ipod and she was like 10 years old and filled out everything even got my moms credit card number and pretended she was 18 so she could get it. She signed up for some columbiahouse movie thing and they sent us 3 movies for 5$ each so my mom decided it was ok but then they charged us $100 for not following the contract and buying more movies, which we didnt know we had to do! My mom told them what happened and they wouldn't do anything about it so we paid it, bought way over priced movies and got rid of them and never did get that ipod! But there are ways to get around it if you just cancel everything before they charge it. Best advice DO NOT DO IT!
John posted on 02/03/2009 @ 10:58:30 pm
It's a scam, they charged my credit card for $9.00!
loloherv posted on 02/03/2009 @ 5:46:16 am
this site does work but you want get charged on your debit or credit card if you cancel within those 14 or 30 days. you have to remember to call and cancel. I waited on the very day before my time was up to cancel and by then I had my laptop. I canceled on of the offers and cancel the rest of them. It only takes you 30 min of your time to cancel and never be charged.
jace posted on 01/24/2009 @ 9:18:16 am
isnt there a way to contact the people that try to scam you then you can get it for free. i know my mom did and got a hundred dollar gift card to some place
jace posted on 01/24/2009 @ 9:15:05 am
isnt there a way to contact the people that try to scam you then you can get it for free. i know my mom did and got a hundred dollar gift card to some place
Marcus posted on 01/20/2009 @ 9:20:16 pm
You spelled "simply" wrong at the end. Thanks for saving me from visiting the website though.
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tobysobel posted on 01/14/2009 @ 7:46:25 am
I too feel this is a scam I got only charges on my debit card with loads of overdraft and no laptop I never respond to such things and now i really got scammed WATCH OUT FOR THOSE FREEBIES!!!!!
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me me posted on 01/05/2009 @ 6:30:23 am
no such thing as free.people believe anything.
kirbman25 posted on 10/29/2008 @ 3:02:02 pm
they put you on so many spam lists your email will never be the same
rainyee day posted on 10/09/2008 @ 3:30:29 pm
you know what, i think you are right. evertime that i try to get free things like laptops online, they always want me to complete offers and answer surveys. it's ridiculous how many people actually believe that you can get a free laptop[online]! wow. the only things that you can get free online are samples. and even those sometimes require some type of credit card info. thankyou to the people that warm us about online scams. you are right, the people trying to scam us should be ashamed. little kids fill out these things thinking "look how proud mommy and daddy will be once we win this." believe it when you hear it NO ELECTRONICS IN AMERICA ONLINE ARE FREE. EVER!
sanimoyo posted on 09/22/2008 @ 10:22:46 am
Like they say in economics, there is nothing like a free lunch.
Rob posted on 08/08/2008 @ 5:43:05 am
You have to buy items from 12 companies to get your free laptop. They do it in 3 stages, so you do not know what comes next. You can only cancel 2 of the items, and still be eligible for the free laptop. By the time you buy all these items, you could have bought a nice laptop, and not waited months for it. My wife attempted to get the free laptop, but when the buying hit the 2nd stage, she looked further into it, and backed out.
payday loan posted on 07/09/2008 @ 8:55:03 am
I don't think I ever joined "Free Offer" websites. However, I do know one person who did. Unfortunately, he won once out of many many attempts. There should be a website that actually investigates good offer websites and advertises them.
HJR posted on 06/22/2008 @ 2:52:41 pm
People, use your brain...NOTHING IS FREE!
posted on 05/30/2008 @ 4:26:43 pm
hi i think its true and not a scam
V1 posted on 05/13/2008 @ 7:00:24 pm
@TK Where did your brother get the free-ish laptop from? was it freelaptopnation?
danktransactions posted on 04/28/2008 @ 12:33:26 am
That's peculiar. I get so tired of being bombarded with scams and non dank transactions trying to get my money and give me nothing. Funny to think how many people respond to that crap. They must be getting enough people to sign up to warrant running the ads. The masses are asses.
kathyjean posted on 04/05/2008 @ 11:03:23 am
thanks for the oppotuneity to say that iam glad that i checked this out first people should be ashamed to try to rip other people who try to do the right thing again thanks
C.G. posted on 04/01/2008 @ 8:56:51 am
I knew that this had to be too good to be true. It's the scams where they tell you they give you free ringtones , only to find that you are saddled with a huge bill. Thanks for calling a spade a spade.
bryeon posted on 03/15/2008 @ 2:18:09 pm
laption top please send to me. please thank you call me back. bryeon, uganda.
lee posted on 03/13/2008 @ 5:46:57 am
i wont a free laptop please
Doodon posted on 03/10/2008 @ 1:23:41 pm
I heard the commercial for freelaptopnation.com yesterday when i was working on my truck, so I had to check it out. when i went there, my McAfee went bolistic. It said there are like 30 pop-ups, a billion (bad)cookies and if you enter your email, you should be getting about 58 SPAM emails a day, or something along those lines.... So ya, just from that I think it is a scam.
TK posted on 03/02/2008 @ 4:29:32 pm
My brother processed something like this. But he filled out 16 online surveys and had to pay the shipping and handling. He got himself a new acer laptop and also did the same for a Phillips mp3 player. I guess it just depends on what the offers are. Some of the offers are okay but some aren't. Basically if you want a free laptop you just have to remind yourself 30 days or less from the time you started the survey you paid out you need to cancel so that you won't get charged.
PSR PAUL posted on 02/19/2008 @ 2:40:40 am
i need a laptop for my music package pls, get me one.nigeria



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