Evil. Evil. Spam Them to Death
Normally I ignore pop-up ads, but today one sprung up saying, "Win a free Ipod Mini." Supposedly this pop-up was sponsored by Fedex and Amazon.com, two brands with a lot to gain. Curious, I decided to click through.
Oooh boy. First there's a survey asking if you wanted an information on a hundred thousand offers of the kind you normally get spam for: free university degrees, home mortgages, etc. Then, finally, after the whole shebang is done, you're handed this page, on which you must sign up for at least five of the "listed offers below." Do so, and you might get an Ipod Mini, if supplies have lasted. No note I could find of how many are supplied.
OK, OK, I know: it's not shocking that something like this exists on the web, given that it's pretty clearly an attempt to sucker a lot of very gullible people. But it's still pretty obnoxious to see what's on the other side of some popup ads. I wonder if the original ad really had anything to do with Amazon, or if they just stole the logo.