Freegiftworld ripoff Internet

I was looking up prices on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer box DVD set, about $200, when freegiftworld popped up and offered it to me for free. All I had to do was take 5 min (HAH!) and do some surveys.

Well, even after I realised I would have to sign up for deals I hadn't been looking for, I ended up ordering and paying for DVD's from columbia house, CD's from BMG music club, and some weight loss pill, which I will promptly send back.

Of course, after I spent all that money, the website only took me to another page of surveys. After waiting for my "comformation email" for a week, I searched their website for a way to contact them. I found a way to eamil them, and still have not heard anything. I have checked my "account status" on the website, and none of the offers I was tricked into signing up for are credited.

It's illegal to do this in the real world, why is it that some interent based co. can get away with it?

Elisabeth
salisbury, Maryland
U.S.A.