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is this a safe site?

Hi
Ive just been on facebook and saw this site advertised. not sure if it genuine or not.
realfreesamples.co.uk

Please advise if spam??????
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  • antispam246
    antispam246 Posts: 941 Forumite
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    Girlfriend just literally asked me the same question about 5 minutes, wondering the same.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    despite the .co.uk address its registered in the USA to one company , that is in turn owned by a canadian company

    NO privacy policy so you are supplying Name/address/DOB to a site that does not say what it does with your data
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  • iieee
    iieee Posts: 1,194 Forumite
    I don't think I've ever seen anything advertised on facebook that didn't look like a scam. :confused:
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  • save-a-lot
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    just seen this on facebook too just now and thought I'd run it through MSE to see if it was dodgy or not... anyway, I'll think I will give it a miss
  • no. This is a safe site:

    http://www.thesafeshop.co.uk

    :lol: Seriously though, does realfreesamples.co.uk look like anything other than a dodgy site made in five minutes from a template?
  • jud!th
    jud!th Posts: 126 Forumite
    It has got a privacy policy... does that mean it has to keep to it?

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  • Having read through it I can't say it says a lot.

    To me the site looks like its been put together in about five minutes and theres nothing there that would encorage me to give them any information. But thats just me.

    I notice the contact email they use is for this site http://www.ourfreestuff.com/
  • Tasuke
    Tasuke Posts: 44 Forumite
    I'm not entirely sure that I'd trust a site that seemingly feels it has to justify itself by including "real" in its URL... But that's just me. ;)
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  • nelbloke
    nelbloke Posts: 375 Forumite
    Browntoa wrote: »
    despite the .co.uk address its registered in the USA to one company , that is in turn owned by a canadian company

    NO privacy policy so you are supplying Name/address/DOB to a site that does not say what it does with your data


    Think wot Browntoa said up there said it all.

    I Don't trust any of the sites advertised on Facebook. They really are advertising some dodgy sites nowadays.
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