by marjialexa Moderator 18 Jun 2009

on web pages. Your cell phone or regular phone may be charged as much as $19.00 per month due to these ads, if you click thru and give your information to get your "IQ Test Results". Larry has put this information in the public area of ATW so that more people may be informed, and has sent us an e-mail, which he encourages us to pass along this link so that everyone can see for themselves. It's in the fine print of the ad, right in plain sight. Yeah, and how many of you ever read that stuff before you click? Please, please take the time to read this warning, and check the charges on your cell phone bills if you have youngsters. I find it highly ironic, and perhaps totally fitting, that this scam is tied to an "IQ Test", hee hee hee. The "IQ Test" people say the average American IQ is 98. It only takes an IQ of 60 to qualify you as Mentally Retarded. If we can't break into 3 digits, this nation is in profound trouble. Please please read this article, and check your phone bills!!!!

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Comments (11)

by asterixsew Moderator 19 Jun 2009

Thanks

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by aviesel 19 Jun 2009

thanks for the warning!

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by debleerl 19 Jun 2009

Thanks! I read this and the link to Sam, and good girl that she is, said she doesn't click on that stuff. I'm going to let the rest of the Gkids know.

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by gerryvb 19 Jun 2009

so good you warned for this!!

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by sissibrode 19 Jun 2009

Thank you for the info Marji : I do this test, but when I saw we had no direct result, I abandoned

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by marjialexa 19 Jun 2009

Yes, that's how they get you, Sylvie! It's interesting, so you do it, but if you want the results you have to give a lot of information. Then some people's phones are being billed $19.99 a month when they give the phone number. Good thing you didn't give them any information. Hugs, Marji

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by princess 18 Jun 2009

Thanks for the info.

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by jrob Moderator 18 Jun 2009

Thanks, Marji.

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by mops Moderator 18 Jun 2009

I read the warning, thanks for posting it here too. As for the IQ: all tests are standardized so that the average is 100, with a standard deviation of 15. That means that the vast majority has an IQ between 85 and 115 - some 68%; 2% have an IQ below 70, 2% over 130. So the difference between 60 and 98 is huge. Don't askme how I know - hehe.