Free Godfather Points – The Myth Exposed

Mafia Wars is one of the largest and most popular free to play games on the internet right now. Millions of players swarm the Zynga servers each day from Facebook, Myspace, and other social networks.

One of the things that inevitably occur when massive amounts of people start playing a game is the arrival of hackers, spammers, and plain old shysters. Mafia Wars is no exception to this. Everyday we are bombarded with email, instant messages, and group suggestions to groups or sites that offer free Godfather points.

Like any player eventually my curiosity got the better of me and I joined a group that touted “200 Free Godfather Points.” After taking a very close look at their offer it became quite clear to me that not only would I NOT get any free Godfather points, I may be opening up myself to a barrage of spam at the very least and perhaps a keylogger or other malicious software invasion.

These groups basically all work the same but with a few twists. I will give you the details and explain the systems.

Most of the groups all begin with a powerful name that will entice the average player into joining. They will then list the steps for you.

1.) Join the Group

2.) Click on “Invite People to Join”

3.) Select all of your friends

4.) Click on “Send Invitation”

5.) See Below for this step.

The final step is where the groups vary.

Some will ask you to visit a site that is outside of your social network. BEWARE of these! When visiting a site outside the network you are leaving the safety of a controlled environment and entering a realm where your computer may be infected with a virus, malware, keyloggers, or other dangerous software.

Others will state that if you give them your email and Paypal address they will pay you up to $1 in real world currency for each member that you recommend and they accept. I have worked in internet marketing and I can tell you the trap that is being set here. You are going to hand over your Paypal email address and/or your personal email address.

This opens you up to a couple of things. Paypal is secure and it is highly unlikely that they can access your account, but you will begin to be hit with massive amounts of spam. Why? The entire goal of this type of group was to get your email address in the first place. You my friend are a very highly targeted lead for marketers. The email addresses that they gather are sold off to list builders for some pretty hefty money. Your email address as a targeted prospect is worth $5 – $10 to the person selling it. Now think about the groups like this that have hundreds of thousands of members……BIG MONEY.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with joining a newsletter or forum for your favorite games because the people who run those are a very good bunch. I have worked with many of them over the years and they are a very professional and trustworthy crowd. The ones you have to watch out for are those that

The offer of free Godfather points sounds too good to be true because it is exactly that. Godfather points are how Zynga makes money so they guard them very closely. The chances that anyone can “give” them to you is slim and none. Honestly if you believe in free Godfather points you must believe in Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny as well.

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