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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 8

Hi
Well i was looking for a mobile phone sim only deal and found one.
It's a vodafone sim with 2500 minutes and 2000 text.
When i emailed him to find out more about his, this is what he email me back:

Code:

Hi

This email is in response to your interest in signing up for sim card deal.

2500 minutes to any network
2000 free text a month
free 5mb web browsing
ONLY £9/MONTH

We are a medium sized mobile phone company in London offering this service to people nationwide.
As this is a limited offer we will be working on a first come-first serve basis.

As usual, a credit check will be conducted on every applicant and if successful we will dispatch sim card instantly after short application is completed.

To save time we have changed our signup process, every customer is now required to send us a credit check completed online by themselves ( takes 5 minutes to complete ). This reduces the length of time and speeds up the signup process heavily.

click here for credit check http://affiliates.millnicmedia.com/z/16445/CD9263/

Once this has been accomplished, email us a copy of your credit check form with your contact number attached and one of our employees will call you back to complete your signup details – all info is processed in store and confirmation of dispatch will be emailed shortly after.

Due to the huge response to our adds placed, we regret to inform we are no longer accepting phone orders; all orders are now only available to be placed online through email.

Kind regards

John Boyle
Business Sales
Sim card contracts
VodaStore
London

The link is an affiliate link, which means that he will get $23 if i do the credit check. But i dont mind doing that as long as it is not a scam.
What do you guy think?
Could this be a scam, or could it actually be real?

Thanks very much! Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

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The link is an affiliate link, which means that he will get $23 if i do the credit check.

Yes, it is an affiliate offer, someone on this page has the exact same text from that email and explains how they do it:

http://www.wikicipe.com/?p=11

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 8

OMG!

I was really about to do this Confused

I'm so happy that i found this website!
Thanks mate!
This saved me giving him free $23! Twisted Evil

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

Nothing wrong with people offering products affiliate offers, basically, people sign up to millnicmedia.com and get their affiliate ID, then they can offer products through that company and get a % of any sale they make.

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:50 am

LoLaPoPeR wrote:

This saved me giving him free $23!

Strange that it happens to be the same amount that it costs for a years worth of premium membership here at Eater!

Coincidence? I think not! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:16 am

^^^Just be glad we don't run a credit check on you before taking your money! Wink

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