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How Smart Are You? IQ Test Scams Facebook Users

5 points| amichail | 17 years ago |abcnews.go.com | reply

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[+] s_baar|17 years ago|reply
I would say that she failed this test. But really, I feel that the phone companies are most complicit in this. They're the ones that receive the complaints first and should be able to warn their customers when they're going to get billed at places like these. Is there some type of legal issue, or could the phone companies choose to block those "renew your car insurance" calls from their customers too?
[+] buugs|17 years ago|reply
I agree there is such a large revenue base because you can be scammed relatively easy into subscribing by phone... it should not be this easy there should be a terms of service or a signup that you have to agree to. It is the phone companies fault in my opinion and there should be options to disable it, especially since younger children are very susceptible to this thing like text ##### to get a free ringtone of your favorite artist then in impossible to read text there is a 9.95 subscription included.
[+] msie|17 years ago|reply
I've seen the IQ test many months ago. I'm surprised that it took so long for Facebook to ban the ad network. They do have an army of people looking for obscene photographs.
[+] TallGuyShort|17 years ago|reply
Convincing people to do dumb things to prove how smart they are.... nice....
[+] foppr|17 years ago|reply
Yeah, it's funny that everyone seems to have an IQ over 130