And here is the auto response generated by Cancost when I asked them to remove me from their mailing list:

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

support@cancost.com

Technical details of permanent failure:
PE RM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 13): 550 5.1.1 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown

Here is the email I sent to various CNET departments (I prefaced it with a copy of my forum post):

Now, this is unacceptable. It is one thing to advertise those sites that make you fill out surveys and participate in 5/10 promotions, etc before you get a "free" videogame system a few months later. Although those are deceptive, you eventually get what you were promised. The advertising of Cancost through Gamespot, a trusted news source for gamers around the world, is atrocious. Your company should be held liable for the losses of money and personal information that were incurred because of your advertising but I am sure that the law protects you in some way to the point that you can advertise whatever you want, regardless of the risk to consumers who have put their faith in you over the years. This situation is brimming with questionable ethics. Between this and the situation with Jeff Gerstmann, how do you expect consumers to keep their trust in the way Gamespot is handling its, and ultimately your, business? I love Gamespot and I am not trying to discredit your organization, I just feel that the loyal frequent users, paying or non-paying, should be entitled to a little more discretion when it comes to the advertising presented to us. As for me, I am never clicking an external link on Gamespot again...

For those that do not already know, there is a scam site going around called Cancost that is being advertised as a Sponsored Link from Gamespot where they are advertising Nintendo Wii's for $189.99

Just Google "cancost" and you'll see it is a scam. Here is an exceprt from one of the scam reporting sites:

It is a scam the website started on 12/04/07
The telephone is a cell # in TX
The address is residential
The server is in Russia along with the email address
No one will ever answer the phone
AND they only accept wire transfer.

And here is a "response" from Cancost one of the posters over at yahoo submitted:

We the lawful company. We are receiving more than 20 phone calls per
minute. Our main telephone # overloaded, You can use special #
(270)495-4740.
Your order was cancelled.

Have a Good Day! CanCost.com TEAM.
Rick Winters

I created an account with them in good faith due to the fact that I followed this link from Gamespot. Not until I found out that I had to pay via wire transfer did I stop and Google them, only to find out it is a scam...and don't let anything you read tell you otherwise!!!

Now, my problem with this whole mess is that Cancost is being advertised here on Gamespot as a Sponsored Link!!! What kind of research does Gamespot do when it comes to those links? None apparently. Now, cancost has my name, address, and phone number (no bank info though since I didn't wire transfer, no way) and who knows where that info will show up.

I am VERY displeased with the fact that a scam site like this is advertised on Gamespot and I feel very sorry for those who followed it and went through with the wire transfer : (