Let's dissect one and see how it really works.
Recently, someone brought this to reddit.com/r/scams attention. In the interest of NOT giving them any link juice, all names will be redacted, but you can easily figure it out. Here's a screenshot of the top of their giveaway page.
They claim to be giving away all sorts of headsets and headphones for FREE. The catch is you'll need to pay about $13USD per item for shipping and handling.
However, are these headphones REALLY worth as much as they say? The answer is no. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Let's take that first headphone for example. They said "save $80", implying MSRP is $80.
Well, let's do a bit of digging via Google image search, and we got a $3 headset:
Oh, myyyyy. It's the EXACT SAME headset. For $2.99 with free shipping. These headphones are NOT worth $80. They're not even worth $8. It's worth $3.00
Now you see why they are charging $13. For every order, they pocket $10, while making people believe they are getting something for cheap.
Let's pick another item, just to make a point.
