i personally never got these type of mail on ANY of my email accounts for some reason. though even if i did get these type of mail, i would probrably delete it instantly because i don't believe in this stuff. thats how they scam you, you open their mail or enter the site they give you, they infect your computer with spyware, viruses and adware. although i never opened these mail, i had about 60 spy wares on my computer when i scanned it.
thats why you shouldn't trust ads too. they lie too sometimes. in fact, never trust any thing free they offer. no matter how tempting or trust worthy it may seem. even if you have guarenteed from a friend or whatever, DON'T TRUST THEM!
thats how they're scamming you!

nothing is free... some one has to gaine somthing... alot like free websites... id probable go with one that has ads ... and you have to be careful with that. but the ones without ads. Well to say the least i havent found a good one yet. Either its rrrrrrrealy slow. Or you get like 1mb a mounth in bandwidth or somthing els that makes it as good as the word free on the internet. No matter where you go on the internet there is some sort of ad , somthing because every ones out for the oh mighty dollar.Honestly id pay for hosting. but i dont feel like it and i dont wana open a bran new site with no visitors on some server i have to pay for.. but you get what you pay for and i cant really b**ch about it after all .. it is free.

thats a good point.
i had to go through tremendous ammounts of useless web hostings to find this one. they all sucked.

The biggest reason I don't sign up for any of these things is that most (even if they are legitimate) require you to convince a certain number of your friends to sign up. I know that I get kind of annoyed when my friends try to convince me to sign up for crap I don't want (usually with annoying spyware, as was mentioned previously), and I'd rather not do the exact same thing to others. I just see it as bad online etiquette, on par with sending chain email forwards, so I don't do it. My respect for my friends is usually stronger than my wanting a chance at some free product.

I watched a show on tech tv called "the screensavers" Im sure some of you have seen it. Kevin Rose, one of the hosts of the show tried the free ipod offer, and actually recieved one. several other members of the show also got theirs. I forget the terms of the offer, but one of them was to get 10 others to sign up for the offer. He used his webpage to sign people. ALso, you have to sign up for the netflix trial, along with purchasing some sort of netphone, and sign up for a credit card. I didnt want to do all this. Now, you have to complete 10 offers?

I know he recieved his ipod, but really, is it worth all this? you just about have to bend over backwards.

I have seen other offers, the latest for a laptop from gateway. As far as i could tell, you had to complete 10 offers, get three different credit cards, and pay for a trip somewhere. Its just not worth it...lol.

I've tried to get a designer Louie Vatton bag from one of those sites...it was infuriating.. cuz it's impossible.. they send you to another thing that you have to sign up for, that links you to another thing that you have to sign up for, and so on till infinity.. so in short, never got the huge deal, but wouldn't that be great? -A $1500 purse for free? I tried though! i really did. I did sign up and submit a poem to a poetry site, & won an award so.. all's well!

Yes, these schemes work, but they are super annoying. You have to do 1 special offer and then refer 5 friends to do the same. Once they have completed their offer, then you get your iPod or whatever it is that you are trying to get.