You may have come across some people who complain that these free iPads offers are scams because they filled in all the information and yet did not receive anything. Well, guess what, chances are, they did something wrong. What could that be? The following points will highlight the areas where users may, knowingly or otherwise have messed up their chances to get a free iPad.
1. Only one account, one IP address - per household.
Too bad if there is more than one person in your home wants to get a free iPad, but to be fair and prevent fraud, only be one account per household is allowed. A secure system logs your IP address when you sign up and complete an offer, after which all accounts are verified to be unique and duplicate free. But not all is lost, however, as once your account is validated, you are allowed to go on to try for other free gifts as long as you have the referrals.
2. Use your real information.
This point cannot be stressed often enough, so here it is again. Use only your real name, postal address and email address. If you provide a false address, how is your free iPad going to reach you? This also ensures fraud prevention since there will be people who try to get around the system to try to get more than what they are entitled. Given that the item being offered is worth several hundred dollars, don't you think it is only fair that sponsors ensure they are dealing with a real person? It is important for them to make sure that their customers are authentic.
3. Do not create multiple email accounts.
Since sponsors only pay for your free iPad if they successfully verify that you are a genuine customer, that means that you can only use the same credit card once and no more, At the risk of sounding like a broken record, only one user per IP address is allowed.
4. Do not use proxies.
If you don't know what that means, that is a good sign because it most likely indicates you are a genuine customer and not trying to defraud the sponsors. Some people use proxies to try and get around the one account per household rule which is a very common cause of failure to secure a free iPad.
5. You should be the only person to sign up from your network.
You may commit this error unknowingly by recommending family and friends to sign up while at your house. This again, breaks the oft repeated Rule Number 1 - only one account, one IP per household is allowed. Instead of getting credit from referring friends to sign up, you will get your account banned. Similarly, do not sign up from public networks either because there is a high probability that someone else have already done so, or will very likely do so in future which will also result in you - and the person signing up - getting banned.
6. Complete each offer only once.
Since you are only required to complete an offer only once, why do it again? Sure you might be tempted to do it again just because the offer is so great, but sadly, that is not allowed. Besides, there are many other great offers available, so please go ahead and sign up for the other offers.
7. Do not cancel your offer after signing up.
Once again, a rather common reason why some people did not get their free iPad after signing up for an offer. They canceled it immediately after. Since you are getting a highly coveted and expensive free iPad, it's only fair that you keep your end of the deal by trying the service for the full period stated.