[Fake Deal] Free Multi Pen

Ldavemu on 18/04/2011 - 20:47
Last edited 19/04/2011 - 10:25 by 2 other users

Moderator Comment: You might wish to read some of the comments below on pages 2 & 3 before taking up this offer. Its legitimacy is not known. At least that way you make a call being informed.

We are offering this free multi pen to everyone in Australia to support creativity and imagination! Request it for your children, or for yourself.

Retractable writing instrument combines three points in one comfortable utensil. With the simple twist of the barrel, change PhD Multi from black ballpoint to red ballpoint to mechanical pencil. Comfortable ergonomic triangular grip is endorsed by the American Physical Therapy Association. Lubriglide ink system provides smooth writing. Refillable.

General Discussion

Comments

      • Xanthorrhoea semipl… on 18/04/2011 - 22:33
        +5

        Thanks, I was busy refreshing this site and clicking the link. Sorry for &Company. :P

    • andy19363 on 18/04/2011 - 22:32
      +6

      They have everybody's personal details, so I'm sure we will find out soon…. :)

      • mxyzptik on 18/04/2011 - 22:33
        +6

        Michael Mouse & Don Duck don't mind.

  • MattyD on 18/04/2011 - 22:41
    +7

    Before this is officially declared OB'd, and we all get blown away for being off topic since about comment #2, can we get this archived somewhere under:

    Most. Fun. Topic. Ever.

    ?

    • MHLoppy on 18/04/2011 - 23:13
      +2

      Stuck into epic threads, I'll see what I can do about getting the actual page stuck somewhere too, but it's probably more of a mod's thing :)

  • codhopper on 18/04/2011 - 22:52
    +4

    I'm a little skeptical (I can steal enough pens from work) to fall for this deal. No privacy policy makes it a pretty hard target to get real details on people.

  • gstfree on 18/04/2011 - 22:53
    +6

    Looks like a scam

  • MattyD on 18/04/2011 - 23:01
    +3

    Didn't anyone get a neg?
    (braces for impact)

  • CVonC on 18/04/2011 - 23:07
    +3

    yey!

  • Redmo0n on 18/04/2011 - 23:09
    +5

    I clicked "Submit" without putting any details in and still got a thank you message, please wait up to 3 weeks etc.

    • MHLoppy on 18/04/2011 - 23:12
      +2

      lol

      • MattyD on 18/04/2011 - 23:26
        +4

        There you go: everyone in Australia is getting one…

  • watwatwat on 18/04/2011 - 23:18
    +15

    I will order 15 pens so i can finally join the pen15 club.

  • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2011 - 23:21
    +7

    To those above with off topic comments. Cut the crap - any further and you'll get some days in the cooler. Enjoy the banter but do it in the appropriate areas.

    Also be very careful on this, the details they give is based on a Papermate pen that sells for $7 on googling the details. Some unknown company by an unknown new member whose desire is to help you be creative by giving you a $7 pen. (plus free postage) in exchange for what??

    Good luck like they say nothing is free and you may get nothing but good old fashioned spam

    • MHLoppy on 18/04/2011 - 23:22
      +1

      :( any chance we could "recreate" the entire first and second page in the off topic section of the forums?

      • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2011 - 23:23
        +3

        Unfortunately it cant be done, the whole post has to go there. Guess Scotty never expected the need….

        • MHLoppy on 18/04/2011 - 23:27
          +1

          If somebody with subscription turned on could forward their sub emails including every comment before ozpete's (that you have, so one of the first posters) I have spare time on my hands :)

        • MHLoppy on 19/04/2011 - 00:26
          +1

          anybody?

    • POWERevolution on 19/04/2011 - 04:41
      +1

      you may get nothing but good old fashioned spam

      couldn't agreed more… i think alot of spam and postal address!

  • aar on 18/04/2011 - 23:24
    +3

    ROFFLOL
    All this over a free pen. EPIC !!!!!!!
    I feel the need; the need to go design something.
    Think this needs a forum post for pics to see what the creative & imaginative things we actually came up with
    (yeah that would keep the mods busy :).
    Wait, maybe &company could run a competition for ozbargainers & could have a great prize like a …..
    free pen

  • robotdad on 18/04/2011 - 23:26
    +3

    Could OzBargain be a tool in a new form of Viral marketing strategy????? The truth is out there, Scully.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2011 - 23:34
      +6

      Probably - The OP says they found it on another site, but when I checked the other site, its by an anonymous user AND it was posted just today. A little suss. Never posts here and finds this deal from an anon user, then just happens to fly over here and post.

      But as they say the best way to get an OZBer is to use the words FREE

  • SakuraChan on 18/04/2011 - 23:27
    +5

    oh my….this pen is more popular than a supporter scarf :o asdfhjqwuncweuotdjgntudcv

    • chadiwrx on 18/04/2011 - 23:44
      +4

      & more popular than a $16 voucher for a 4pk Canadian Club & Dry lol

  • the_pharmacist on 18/04/2011 - 23:42
    +5

    why the hell is everyone so worked up about this free pen, can u draw out money or what

  • clandestino on 18/04/2011 - 23:54
    +3

    A free pen gets 185 votes….

    What's next ? NAB start giving away free balloons outside their branches, and it pops up on ozbargain?

  • watwatwat on 19/04/2011 - 00:02
    +4

    I am quite sure this is fake now. I'm just not sure what I would do with a small database of emails or addresses if i was in that position and looking to do some dodgy stuff.

  • IgnitionS15 on 19/04/2011 - 00:08
    +3

    I feel like cloud nine! :)

  • dirtybird on 19/04/2011 - 00:10
    +3

    I noticed a pop up for some online bingo site after submitting and was watching various free poker etc URLs cycling thru before the online bingo signup loaded.
    First link was this:
    h t t p://tutvp.com/click/?s=39260&c=377507&subid=961&

    then came,
    h t t p://ourfreestuff.net/z/54378/CD9103/&dp=0&l=0&subid1=68130

    which redirected to this,
    h t t p://freebingoclub.com.au/signup.php?AID=9103&NID=AJ5423

    I suspect its nothing but spam otw.

    • POWERevolution on 19/04/2011 - 00:24
      +3

      yeah be careful 3 links in 1 pop-up

      • Purt on 19/04/2011 - 10:59
        +1

        he's in way to deep to be able to get out now. this is unheard of.

    • dirtybird on 19/04/2011 - 00:34
      +3

      Also found this jpg of an invitation via their blog directories, might end up legit but those popups look suss.
      (Link removed to protect the dummys)
      There are heaps of pics from the event as well.

      and Anna Lise gets a mention in this newsletter as a contributor.
      (Link removed to protect the dummys)

  • POWERevolution on 19/04/2011 - 00:21
    +3

    When i clicked submit it pop-up this >>>> (Link removed to protect the dummys)
    …and that site got poor rating from WOT!

  • issh on 19/04/2011 - 00:40
    +3

    Seems Legit

    (Link removed to protect the dummys)

    Curated by &Company the exhibtion brings together more than 20 designers, manufacturers, makers and retailers to explore what “local, sustainable and intelligent design really means”.

    from a small website though

    • POWERevolution on 19/04/2011 - 01:16
      +5

      don't think small company can affort this….

      6051 clicks

      …and still counting!!!

      • issh on 19/04/2011 - 01:21
        +3

        $60,000 ouch!

        • Dr.Tenma on 19/04/2011 - 12:01
          -5

          You losers have anything better to do than monitoring the clicks

  • mxyzptik on 19/04/2011 - 01:10
    +3

    6,000 clicks, 203 ticks, 4 hours 22 mins :)

    Imagine their faces when they realise later this morning :)

    (as someone else said, no pop-ups in Chrome)

    • POWERevolution on 19/04/2011 - 01:21
      +5

      Imagine their faces when they realise later this morning :)

      http://goo.gl/bAMJj

    • insanityrules on 19/04/2011 - 01:22
      +4

      and that's without all the other sites this is appearing on. ;-)

    • dirtybird on 19/04/2011 - 10:26

      Actually it was Chrome I used that had the pop up.
      Better Pop Up Blocker running now :)

  • [Deactivated] on 19/04/2011 - 03:53
    +7

    issh. mark, mxyzptik

    take a break for a day. This multiple voting has earnt you all ban

    3 stooges….

    • MHLoppy on 19/04/2011 - 09:32

      No love for the other 2?
      (I'm not trying to sound like a smart backside, but your warning did give the same reason for all 3 of us.)

    • Xanthorrhoea semipl… on 19/04/2011 - 09:55

      Whao, I guess we really need to have a system that allows off topic but doesn't affect the normal main topic commenting.

      Any suggestions people?

      • MHLoppy on 19/04/2011 - 10:07

        Interesting idea, sort of like a 2 tiered comment system. maybe start a thread for it over on the forums and we can do some brain storming, but it might be difficult to integrate into the current system.

    • watwatwat on 19/04/2011 - 11:51

      ozpete, go back to whirlpool. ontopic discussion is not epically important on a bargain website. most people would prefer to read the offtopic discussion and actually embedding "post was offtopic" messages makes IT EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC AND MESSES UP THE WHOLE THREAD EVEN MORE

      • MHLoppy on 19/04/2011 - 11:54

        The majority of views on OzBargain come from unregistered users, who do not see all of the unpublished comments. That said unticking "show hidden comments" should probably remove unpublished ones too.. might mention that in the suggestions section.

  • djones145 on 19/04/2011 - 09:24

    i think we should start spamming random addresses and names for them

    if they ahve alot they cant spam us all!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • MHLoppy on 19/04/2011 - 09:26
      +1

      if it's automated sending, which I would suspect it is, then the quantity wouldn't matter unless you set up your own network of computers to set up new email addresses automatically. Or if they don't block certain domains, I suppose a whole bunch of mailinator addresses or example addresses might work.

      • anthony on 19/04/2011 - 09:37
        +1

        if it's automated sending, which I would suspect it is

        A small company would not have the equipment to have automated sending

        • MHLoppy on 19/04/2011 - 09:46
          +1

          If it's spam, it might be controlled higher up in the chain. But if it is just them, then you're probably right about that.

  • Lockieasy on 19/04/2011 - 11:35
    +1

    Their website is a barebones wordpress template that looks like it was set up in 2 minutes. They didn't even code their email links on the contact page correctly. Has to be a scam…

  • spacenoodle on 19/04/2011 - 12:28
    +11

    So when I click a popup comes up with a unique advertisers ID in the URL "?&subid1=68130&subid2=961&" from what I can see this portion of the URL tells the site owner where his / her adrevenue is coming form and they can pay the person accordingly to the number of click they receive from this URL. This is a scam. This way they are getting a few cents per a click, and because you (i.e. Ozbargins crew) are all doing it from different IP addresses, it won't be automatically flagged as illegitimate.

    The quickest way to deal with these people is to contact their advertiser and tell them they're using deceptive techniques to gain hits, and that normally is a breach of the ToS of being a ad hoster. They're account will get suspended and they won't get a cent from this scam.

    Just fired away an email to "Bidrivals" the website which the submit button links to. Encourage you to do the same. If enough people complain they account should get frozen and they won't be give any money from this scam.

  • Crownanchor on 19/04/2011 - 13:37

    Not sure if anyone has mentioned, this deal has been posted on several internet bargain sites, and now im getting a little suspicious.

  • Crownanchor on 19/04/2011 - 13:46
    +1

    Is it possible the website has been hacked/defaced? If this is the case the website maybe harvesting email addresses. Anyone called the mobile number on the site?

    • anthony on 19/04/2011 - 14:24

      I think it is suspicious that all of the other pages i can see on their website are .php but this free pen page is .html

  • anthony on 19/04/2011 - 14:22
    +2

    www.fatwallet.com has removed the deal from their website

    and topbargains has unpublished the deal
    http://www.topbargains.com.au/freebies/andcompany-com-au-fre…

  • djones145 on 19/04/2011 - 14:37

    time to spam them with fake entries
    so their harvesting is a waste of time!

    • Feeblely on 19/04/2011 - 15:57

      if u spam, dont they get MORE money coz ur clicking on the link…..?

  • Ughhh on 19/04/2011 - 16:21

    Hmm is this &company meant to be a devision of the american "and company" (http://www.andcompany.com/) ?
    The web address' are very similar, except this Oz one is com.au

    • Alzori on 19/04/2011 - 21:28

      Not sure. The American site seems to be an advertising/marketing company, whereas the Australian version appears to be a design studio?

      I really don't know what to believe now; hopefully they can't do too much bad stuff with a name and address. Email isn't really relevant, we all should have used sacraficial accounts yes?

      • anthony on 19/04/2011 - 23:23

        hopefully they can't do too much bad stuff with a name and address.

        I do not see why scammers want names and addresses as they can get them from the phone book

        we all should have used sacraficial accounts yes?

        The worst they can do is send you spam but your email provider should catch most or all of it.

  • looseylu on 19/04/2011 - 23:21

    hahaha…well played davemu…

  • [Deactivated] on 19/04/2011 - 23:35
    +1

    They didn't get ozbargained, we got ozscammed…

    On the bright side, I have annas phone number :D

    • Ughhh on 19/04/2011 - 23:38
      +2

      Is it even her real number?
      Anyone tried?

    • c64 on 19/04/2011 - 23:53
      +2

      ha ha all your details are belong to us.

  • anthony on 19/04/2011 - 23:42
    +1

    Has anyone asked them on facebook?
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/company/178046347887?sk=info

    • Crownanchor on 20/04/2011 - 00:19
      +1

      ….or called them on the phone number on the website.

      I was going to call and check the validity of the pen etc, but its too late now.

      Some people have commented here that they have Anna's number, but, if no one is going to call Anna, i will.

      On another note, there is no activity on the facebook page, or on the blog for some time, and yet the andcompany webpage appears to have been modified on the 18th of April and this also includes the pen offer page. Around this date is when the bargain sites started promoting the free pen.

      • stumo on 22/04/2011 - 19:48
        +1

        So Crownie, did you score mate?

        if no one is going to call Anna, i will.

  • issh on 22/04/2011 - 19:52
    +4

    LINK TO CONFIRMED SCAM

  • SakuraChan on 22/04/2011 - 22:28
    +1

    too good to be true!

  • maybeamacy on 24/04/2011 - 20:16

    :o, I put my address in but fake email/name.

    Can they do anything with my details?!?!?

    • issh on 24/04/2011 - 20:45

      not the owners of &company, but the scammers, yes

      • maybeamacy on 25/04/2011 - 22:30

        What can they do though, couldn't they just look up names/addresses from phonebooks?

        • issh on 25/04/2011 - 22:32

          yep

          From a phone number you can find the owner's name and address

          who knows what they could do with it though

        • maybeamacy on 25/04/2011 - 22:43

          How come you're not worried?

        • issh on 25/04/2011 - 22:54
          +1

          i don't mind, nothing really to worry about

          you can get anything off the internet these days

          i mean, if they have my bank details, credit card number, photo of myself i will be worried, but things like these are small

          oh and also

          Never Give Real Details For Freebies

          in other words, use fake detail for your name birthday, etc EXCEPT for you address

  • Joey4 on 24/04/2011 - 20:41

    Posted on their site

    **PLEASE NOTE: if you are here from OzBargains, we have nothing to do with them or their advertised deals. It appears we have been hacked and are rectifying the situation. Apologies for the inconvenience, but while you’re here, feel free to look around – you’ll see we don’t really have much to do with pens and stationary, we support local, emerging designers, curate some pretty amazing exhibitions and produce a locally handmade homewares range. Hope you enjoy!***

    • Redmo0n on 26/04/2011 - 23:01

      Is it just me or does it make it sound like OzBargain hacked their website?

      • MHLoppy on 26/04/2011 - 23:40

        just you :)

    • Crownanchor on 05/05/2011 - 21:17

      If they are really rectifying the issue, why is the pen form still active? I can understand it would have taken a few days to rectify as it was around easter that the note was posted on the andcompany website.

  • maybeamacy on 25/04/2011 - 22:46

    Wait..wait.

    Did these people steal our details for identity theft or just to get clicks for bidrivals?

  • Crownanchor on 25/04/2011 - 23:19

    Despite the note on the website, the free pen form is still there harvesting peoples details.

    The mention on the website of Australian only, does this mean the details will be used for Australian Bank Phishing scams?

    • anthony on 26/04/2011 - 00:22

      The mention on the website of Australian only, does this mean the details will be used for Australian Bank Phishing scams?

      It just means that they want to target people from Australia.

      • issh on 26/04/2011 - 00:39

        It just means that they want to target people from Australia.

        sounds like the email that was floating around the web a few months ago

        It was a job interview Requirements were

        1) must be Australian
        2) 18+

        and that's it

  • Crownanchor on 26/04/2011 - 02:00
    +1

    Strange, the multi pen form has changed from what POWEREvolution posted on the top of this page, a popup now appears with Survey club, which when googled has a lot of sites with people posting and asking if survey club is a scam, it sure looks dodgy.

    Also, the freemultipen page has been re updated recently:
    Last-Modified: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:57:00 GMT

    Its possible to submit the form without entering any data, the Thankyou and popup will still appear and the thankyou says the pen will be delivered in 2-3 weeks.

  • c64 on 11/05/2011 - 12:07

    the free multi pen form is still working after all this time?

  • Crownanchor on 13/05/2011 - 20:02

    CollectionPoint, did anyone receive postal mail scam spam from CollectionPoint? Just wondering if the details were obtained from the andcompany multi pen form.

    • maybeamacy on 13/05/2011 - 22:43

      Didn't get anything from them.

  • Randxyz123 on 05/11/2011 - 23:27

    Signed up for this last weekend- anyone who has received one please reply to this comment with how long it takes…. I have also emailed &company ([email protected]) asking how long it takes (main reason for asking is because I am moving house soon….)

    thanks for any help

    • Crownanchor on 05/11/2011 - 23:52
      +3

      cant believe the link still works, it was supposed to be removed as its a scam and is harvesting peoples details, there is no free pen, but you should know this.

    • [Deactivated] on 06/11/2011 - 09:14
      +2

      nhhk

      Really?

      We left this thread up thinking people would read it and see the scam, guess we forgot some people dont read details… sigh

    • Ughhh on 06/11/2011 - 21:54

      Funny guy.

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