I used to have a link to Motley Fool’s website, and have been recieving their emails. Most of their emails are nothing but spams masquerading as information. Today I got an email with the subject line of “The Motley Fool How 2 Guides”. Hmmm… I opened the email and it stated:
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Okay… I like free information!
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Well I am not really in debt, but let’s see what they got. I clicked the link which promptly took me to a Capital One Home Loans page offering me different loans. There was no how-to guide that I saw. I am sure that Motley Fool got their money from Capital One for the advertising click through. Grrrrr. Well, I have removed the link that I had to their website, and sent them a nasty email for wasting my time! What are they going to try next? Send an email for people with gambling problems and offer a link to help which goes to a casino? Screw Motley Fool! They are nothing but scum sucking spammers!
It’s sad to see how far the Fool has fallen. It’s basically a “Get Rich Quick” type website anymore. You can’t get anywhere w/o being attached by ads and every email they send to me is for some kind of newsletter; “Earn 250% returns with our stock picks!” It used to be a cool site…
Comment by Matt — December 12, 2005 @ 10:04 pm