A Wonderful Offer
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
February 17, 2021 10:22am CST
I got a wonderful offer from Amazon - fill in a survey then claim a reward. So I did the survey, just the usual questions - did the parcels arrive on time etc, then saw what the offers were.
Any top quality smartphone (worth hundreds of pounds) for just a pound! Wow.
It seemed too good to be true but I figured that they have made so much money over the pandemic so they wanted to share a bit with their customers.
I started to fill in my bank details for the £1 but then something clicked in my brain. What's that saying? If it seems too good to be true, then it most likely IS.
I went back to the start and the Amazon logo was there, and there were reviews from people saying how delighted they were with their phones. But something didn't seem quite right.
So I went to the Amazon website and searched for scams - there are so many you wouldn't believe. Anyway, the gist of it was that if it doesn't have amazon.com somewhere in the address the email came from, it's not from them.
The offer I had came from '.WinnerAlert/.. <9vE1bEtl4gh@belongkhagava.co.uk>'. So it was a scam and I'd had a lucky escape - they would have emptied my bank account by now.
Whew.
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44 responses
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
17 Feb 21
Good thing you discovered the scam early.
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@snowy22315 (180665)
• United States
17 Feb 21
That is good you saw it. I have gotten things like that in my inbox too.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
17 Feb 21
good for you JABO there are so many scams out there it unbeliveable
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
17 Feb 21
Glad you caught it. I always check the address on things like that that are sent and if it is not directly from the company that offer immediately goes to trash.I dont hit any links on emails till after I check to see where it is coming from,
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
17 Feb 21
Oh yes, I get many offers that I just delete but it only takes one unguarded moment to cause a disaster. So glad you didn’t fall for it.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
18 Feb 21
@jaboUK Oh I know, they do a great job of looking legitimate.
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@LeaPea2417 (37351)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Feb 21
People have to be so careful these days.
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