| There has been much discussion recently about the | | | | become a customer or not! |
| so called free iPad offers on Facebook that claim to | | | | Using your online social network of friends, colleagues |
| give away iPads to people who sign up as an official | | | | and family you can very quickly refer a large number |
| beta tester. | | | | of others to try out a new service, and you will |
| In truth, these offers are scams, designed simply to | | | | quickly earn enough commission for a free iPad. |
| trick people into signing up for premium rate mobile | | | | There are many websites that offer this service for |
| phone services that end up costing you hundreds | | | | you. Just be sure to follow the steps below to make |
| before you even realise what has happened. | | | | sure you join a real giveaway site and avoid getting |
| As noted by the security firm Sophos, 'Facebook | | | | scammed. |
| pages with names such as "iPad Researchers Wanted | | | | How to tell the real from the fake |
| - Get An iPad Early And Keep It!" and "The Mega iPad | | | | This is really quite simple; |
| Giveaway!" prey on the public's desire to own an | | | | 1. Don't jump straight in without reading the small |
| iPad'. | | | | print, or how it works information |
| The Real Free iPad Method | | | | 2. No one will let you keep an iPad just for testing it. |
| Just because these recent scams have tricked a | | | | Apple have their own teams of testers who know |
| large number of people, that doesn't mean all of the | | | | what they are looking for - and get paid quite well |
| websites offering free iPads are scams - and if you | | | | for it! |
| believe they are, then you are missing out on what | | | | 3. If you are asked for your mobile phone number, it |
| many are discovering to be a very lucrative hobby. | | | | is probably a bit fishy |
| The real offer is actually very simple. If you have | | | | 4. Check the name of the company, look it up on the |
| ever received cash back from a company for | | | | internet. There are many well established companies |
| referring a friend, you have already taken part in | | | | that will provide proof they actually pay up and send |
| such a scheme, just on a smaller scale. | | | | you the free item |
| In this case, all you need to do is keep on referring | | | | 5. Stick with sites that make their commissions |
| friends (why stop at just 1?), to a choice a | | | | through affiliate marketing - this is the only way you |
| companies. These companies pay a commission for | | | | will get anything for free - because it has already |
| every person you send their way, whether they | | | | been paid for with commission. |