# Freetixfliks.com; scam or legit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freetixfliks-com-scam-or-legit/240384>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 16, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freetixfliks-com-scam-or-legit/240384 "2004-04-16T16:42:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freetixfliks-com-scam-or-legit/240384/1 "2004-04-16T16:42:46Z")

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I just got an email from a family member urging me to go to [www.freetixfliks.com](http://www.freetixfliks.com) so we can get free movie tickets.

Now, I’m about as skeptical as they come so my initial reaction is that it is a spammers ploy of some type. Nothing came up on a search so I’m asking here, is it for real? Will it put spybot software on my computer?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freetixfliks-com-scam-or-legit/240384/2 "2004-04-16T17:38:11Z")

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Here’s the [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/flixtix.asp) take on it. In short, yes, it seems to be legit, but be sure to read the fine print.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freetixfliks-com-scam-or-legit/240384/3 "2004-04-16T21:53:35Z")

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It sounds pretty much like those “free $50 gift card” messages I keep getting. Sure, if I spend $500 dollars at one of the sponsors I’ll get my “free” gift card.

One of those promised a $25 restaurant gift certificate if i answered a survey. I was skeptical but decided to try it out. I answered the questions, and refused all the extra “newsletters” and when I finally got to the page where I was to choose the restaurant, I did so and…

nothing happened. I mean, nothing. I clicked and clicked and it would go no further.

Well, why should it? They’d gotten their info so why bother giving anything away.

That time I sent a complaint to the effect that I felt it was fraudulent, but of course I never heard anything back.

Now they all just get put in the circular file immediately.