I received two emails today offering a free Pizza Hut pizza, and another offering a free $5 Big W gift card. They appear to come from Pizza Hut Australia ([email protected]) and Big W ([email protected]). I don't recall subscribing to this blog (i.e. I didnt!), but I don't know if this is perhaps affiliated with a site I have legitimately done business with (e.g. Big W/Dealfox/WOW?). I've never had anything to do with Pizza Hut, but I have a BigW online account, and the banner at the top of that page purports to come from FreebieFox.com.au. The layouts of the pages look completely different but all the links appear to be to http://aussiefreebiesblog2….. which redirects to http://au.wowfreebies.com/ which is "WOW Media UK Ltd. WOW Media UK Ltd registered in England and Wales with Company Number 06327961 and VAT Registration 920963422" and has various email addresses like [email protected] (and I'm sure there was also a .co.nz address there that I can't find again). http://www.thefreebiesblog.com/ is yet another page which appears to be legitimate.
Considering that there is a lot of redirection going on and multiple email addresses and variations, I am suspicious, even though the sites look legitimate and that I never specifically signed up with them. Has anyone else received these emails, can anyone tell me if they are in fact legitimate, and how I might have been subscribed to these sites? I know sometimes a legitimate site with a .com address can have a bogus alias created with a variation of their address, changing a portion to still appear legitimate (e.g. .org) as above. Thanks.
i'd rather stay away from them.