(This was originally posted on August 20, 2007.)
I was watching VH1 yesterday, the Top 20, lol. In the middle of a ten minute stretch of commercials I see one about FreeTriple3.com. They boast offering you credit report information from “ALL THREE BUREAU’S!” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! So I wrote the name of the website down and decided I’d check it out when I got a second.
Today I had a few spare minutes and here’s what I saw…
I instinctively knew what I would find, and I’m not so surprised or sad to say, I was right.
Check it out…
Here’s a closeup…
I enjoy exposing these scams so that you don’t get suckered!
So I decided to check out where the site comes from, how long it’s been up, etc.
The details are enlightening.
The summary is that the site has been active since January 2007, out of Omaha, Nebraska and registered through January 2010. Moderate investment of time there for your good old run of the mill, charge you for free information company. Scam busted?
Here’s a snippet of info on the site:
Whois Record
Registrant:
Adaptive Marketing
Adaptive Marketing
9500 West Dodge Road
Omaha, NE 68114
US
Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
+1.4026612000 Fax: +1.4026612727
Domain Name: FREETRIPLE3.COM
Registrar of Record: Corporate Domains, Inc.
Administrative Contact:
Adaptive Marketing
Adaptive Marketing
9500 West Dodge Road
Omaha, NE 68114
US
Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
+1.4026612000 Fax: +1.4026612727
Technical Contact:
Adaptive Marketing
Adaptive Marketing
9500 West Dodge Road
Omaha, NE 68114
US
Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
+1.4026612000 Fax: +1.4026612727
Domain servers in listed order:
NS2.ADAPTIVEMARKETING.COM
NS1.ADAPTIVEMARKETING.COM
Created on…………..: 25-Jan-07
Expires on…………..: 25-Jan-09
Record last updated on..: 19-Jul-07
So it’s run by a marketing company eh? What do they know about credit?
This is yet another SCAM busted by Sabrina’s Money Matters, and if you come across a website that makes you leery and you’re not sure about it, I’ll review it..comment here with the site link.
If you’re reading this, you have that same intuitive instinct to discover a scam before it suckers you, pat yourself on the back for taking the time to take this step and find out if anyone has written about it. Job well done. You’ve saved yourself time and money. My goal with this page and when I saw that commercial was to get this out there immediately for you, so that those who research things like you do could save some time and read the steps someone else has gone through. It’s great fun exposing scams for what they are.
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