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Tips For Safe Freebie Hunting

With the ever increasing use of free stuff as a form of promotion by businesses, there is also an rising number of scammer who prey on the needs and wants of Net surfers signing up for freebies. Therefore this editorial will try to lend some helpful tips in getting free samples without compromising your online security. There is nothing worse than finding out that you have a criminal record for something you have not committed. Or finding your savings account empty because some scammer has somehow left a Trojan horse virus on your computer, stealing your passwords to your bank accounts.

You should be wary about where you give out your personal information online. The first tip I offer is that the most personal details that should be given out is your name (preferably Christian only), postal address and email address. If any free samples call for your credit card number or phone number, you should be especially cautious. Your credit card could be scammed very quickly and you may start receiving unwanted telemarketing calls from companies you inadvertently have allowed to contact through the terms and conditions.

When submitting your email address, do not use your regular email address. Before starting to look for freebies, you should sign up a ?spam? Gmail account that you will use only for your freebie and samples. This way you can check the email account when you want to and not be bombarded with spam email in your personal email account. Gmail though has some great anti spam features within the account which prevent most of the spam getting through. Whilst this may seem like a common sense tip to you there are many times we see a free sample or a freebie or even a free font on a website and without thinking we have entered in our regular When submitting your email address, do not use your work email address. Before starting to look for free stuff, you should sign up a ?spam? Gmail account that you will use only for your freebie and samples. This way you can check the email account when you want to and not be bombarded with spam email in your personal email account. Gmail though has some great anti spam features within the account which stop most of the spam getting through. Whilst this may seem like a common sense tip to you there are many times we see a free sample or a freebie or even a free font on a site and without thinking we have entered in our regular email account. It pays to be aware at all times.

Some of the companies offering you free items do sell your email address to marketing companies. It is always good to check out their terms and conditions and decide whether or not you are comfortable with what they are doing with your details.

One of the best ways to avoid any sort of scamming is to find the freebie site that best matches your needs and you are most comfortable with that do not have scams or affiliate links on their site. Some of the free sites available on the Net are just there to make money for the site owner without any regard for the surfer. It is best to avoid these sites and stick to ones that bring daily updated free stuff. These sites include: FreeStuff4Free.com and Shop4Freebies. Check these sites out before going to any other sites. These two have a great reputation for bringing genuine freebies to surfers. If these don?t suit, then use Google for find your free stuff. All the best in your quest to finding and enjoying freebies.

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Posted in Articles · February 14th, 2010 · Comments (0)