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"Free SMS Invitation.. :S"

Just got an email which seems personalised, but I don't know who the hell from...

From : Daniel Thomas
Sent : 26 January 2005 09:20:42
To : <******@hotmail.com>
Subject : Daniel Thomas's invitation

Hi ******,

I reserved you a free SMS.ac account-- now you can send free text (SMS) messages
to mobile phones.

All you need to do is click on the link to complete your sign-up. Don't worry
it's quick. :-).
[URL]http://link removed[/URL]

If you are already a member, click on the link and sign-in. As soon as you
sign-in, you and I will be automatically placed in each other's "friends" list
and address books.
[URL]http://link removed[/URL]

Let's catch up using text (SMS) messages!

Thanks,
Daniel

Anyone else had it? I ain't clicking the links in case it's all dodgy. Wouldn't mind the free texts though.

the phrase is actually to do with opportunity cost - which is the benefits forgone of the next best alternative. In this case, by eating in Makky D's you couldnt eat at BK for example.

Any good which doesnt have an opportunity cost is a free good, for exaample the air

Curry_Man wrote:
> When you recieve these sorts of things, there are two 'rules of thumb'
> you should apply.
>
> 1. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
> 2. If something looks too good to be true, then it usually is.
>
> Delete.

Aye, but I've used free SMS sites in the past, but they have since closed - so the concept is not unknown, just the genuine-ness of this site.

And I used to get free lunch - when I worked in the 5-star restaurant known as McDonalds :D

When you recieve these sorts of things, there are two 'rules of thumb' you should apply.

1. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
2. If something looks too good to be true, then it usually is.

Delete.

i've had that too, i've heard of a similar scam using free txts as bait, so i deleted it

Just got an email which seems personalised, but I don't know who the hell from...

From : Daniel Thomas
Sent : 26 January 2005 09:20:42
To : <******@hotmail.com>
Subject : Daniel Thomas's invitation

Hi ******,

I reserved you a free SMS.ac account-- now you can send free text (SMS) messages
to mobile phones.

All you need to do is click on the link to complete your sign-up. Don't worry
it's quick. :-).
[URL]http://link removed[/URL]

If you are already a member, click on the link and sign-in. As soon as you
sign-in, you and I will be automatically placed in each other's "friends" list
and address books.
[URL]http://link removed[/URL]

Let's catch up using text (SMS) messages!

Thanks,
Daniel

Anyone else had it? I ain't clicking the links in case it's all dodgy. Wouldn't mind the free texts though.