Beware of "BOOTS Gift Card" Spam Emails

Updated: December 12, 2017 2017-12-12T13:27:09 - Posted: December 12, 2017 2017-12-12T13:15:51 - Views: 1,970 - Comments: 16 +

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If you are asked to complete the "BOOTS Survey" below, please do not participate in it, because it is a trick to get online users to purchase products, services, complete questionnaires or surveys, by pretending to offer them free rewards which are actual advertisements. The fake survey or invitation is not associated with BOOTS' and the website that displays the survey will receive compensation for the products or services that they have tricked online users into purchasing. Therefore, online users are asked to delete emails that they have received asking them to take the same BOOTS' survey below, because they will not receive the free products or services they have been promised.

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The main purpose of the fake survey is to make online users think they will get a reward for taking it, but the rewards shown at the end of the survey are advertisements that the people who have created the survey will get paid for, once the online users purchase the products or services that are being advertised.

Sample of a "BOOTS Gift Card" Spam Email

Congratulations!

You've been selected and have a chance to win a £1000 BOOTS Gift Card ! No credit card ! 100% free! Limited Quantities Only !

BOOTS is considering a second location in United Kingdom. We sincerely hope that you can give us your opinions.

If you'd like to join this survey, simply answer 3 questions below and CLAIM your £1000 BOOTS Gift Card Now!

Question 1 of 3: Have you ever won a £1000 prize before?

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Posted: Sep 20, 2018 at 5:21 AM by an anonymous user from or near: Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
It would help if you showed the address these e mails come from. I have received a couple from boots@email.boots.com that sound like similar fraudulent e mails. Can you confirm that this isn't a genuine Boots email address please?
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- Posted: Sep 20, 2018 at 5:35 AM by info
  We will do that, but remember, email addresses can be spoofed. This means you cannot rely on an email address to determine if the email is fake or not.
  
  You will have to look at the email headers to do, which is a little tech savvy.
  
  I can send an email to you and make it appear as if it came from the president by spoofing the email address.
  
  So, send us the email you have received so we can check the headers.
  
  For more information about email spoofing, search for it using our Search engine at the top of the page.
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Posted: Jul 18, 2018 at 2:00 PM by an anonymous user from or near: Dagenham, England, United Kingdom
Has anyone else had money for goods they haven’t ordered taken out of their account following this survey scam.
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Posted: Jul 11, 2018 at 1:20 PM by an anonymous user from or near: Gosport, England, United Kingdom
Beware of happy watches
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Posted: Jul 11, 2018 at 1:16 PM by an anonymous user from or near: Gosport, England, United Kingdom
I wish I had seen this before I done it just for postage I could have a watch and sunglasses. I paid £6.99 postage recieved very cheap watch, sort you get out of Christmas cracker and very cheap sunglasses; then find out from my bank they tried to take £84.99 out of my bank twice lucky fraud depth saw it and contacted me and stop payment being as I had brought items from boots online just assumed the survey was genuine.
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Posted: Jun 20, 2018 at 6:53 PM by an anonymous user from or near: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I get heaps of these, just spam them
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Posted: Jun 7, 2018 at 12:03 PM by an anonymous user from or near: London, England, United Kingdom
I received the same email telling me there was something wrong with my phone ..... etc as above today from this email (p.n@jafferp.com).
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Posted: May 25, 2018 at 6:18 AM by an anonymous user from or near: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Just received a new scam pretending to be boots from this email h_n@remainrespectful.com.

Here is the scam email:

"HI Annie,

We're reaching out to you because there is something wrong with your phone number - I have tried calling you all week.

Your Boots-account was selected from the database in our store in in regards to your last visit.

Please act now by clicking this link - we have a couple of questions for you to answer, afterwards we are offering you a gift as a compensation for your time - we currently have skincare products, perfumes, iphones, and other interesting gifts in our inventory.

If you do not act today, your gift will be passed on, so please, act now.

Thank you for your attention,

Beth McIvey
Advantage Card"
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Posted: Apr 23, 2018 at 1:45 PM by info
Here is another scam:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Regarding the competition
From: Luca Phillips

Dear Linda Prior

Today concludes our 1 month long survey, where we chose 10 winners to receive a £1000 Boots Gift Card.
As it happens an email belonging to you, Linda Prior has been drawn as a winner.
If you would like to claim your Gift Card follow the link below for instructions on how to redeem it.

With respect,

Luca Phillips,
Customer Service

If the link is broken paste this URL into your browser: hxxps://josert.myshopify.com

Claim your Boots Gift Card"
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Posted: Mar 7, 2018 at 4:36 PM by an anonymous user from or near: Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Received this:

'From: Boots Ltd
Sent: 06 March 2018 12:56
Subject: Alan Straw, a gift is waiting for you!

HI Alan!

We have a very special surprise for you!

You have the chance to win a Boots gift card worth £1000.

Follow the link below and join our awesome contest and compete to WIN!

Today's Draw:

Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Join the contest here - hxxps://micycless.myshopify.com /products/boots_giftcards

Show us you're our best contestant. Good luck and game on!

Regards,
Boots Team"

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Posted: Feb 12, 2018 at 5:12 AM by info
Here is another scam:

"Hi Annie,

I'm reaching out to you because there seems to be something wrong with your phone - I've tried contacting you all week.

Your Boots-account was selected from the database in our store in in regards to your last visit.

Please take action by clicking here - we have a couple of questions for you to answer, afterwards we are offering you a gift as a compensation for your time - we currently have skincare products, perfumes, iphones, and other interesting gifts in our inventory.

If you don't react today, your gift will be passed on, so please, take action.

Thank you for your attention,

Beth McIvey
Boots"
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Posted: Feb 6, 2018 at 4:34 AM by an anonymous user from or near: Attleborough, England, United Kingdom
I received an email from "Boots" this morning. It claimed "Congratulations with your gift card, today only. 500 Euros Gift Card. Let us treat you."

I'm so glad I checked online first. I was tempted to "Claim"
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Posted: Jan 16, 2018 at 7:05 AM by info
Here is another scam:

"From: Boots on behalf of Boots
Sent: 15 January 2018 08:37
Subject: Jennifer James, a gift is waiting for you!

Congratulations Jennifer James!
We have drawn a possible winner for a Boots £1000 giftcard to be picked up today!

Today's draw:
Name:
Email:

There is a possible Boots £1000 giftcard waiting for you!

Follow here to confirm your prize - hxxps://ridemoc.myshopify.com/products/boots-giftcard

Regards,

Boots"
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Posted: Jan 16, 2018 at 7:04 AM by info
The scammers are operating at hxxps://ridemoc.myshopify.com/
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Posted: Jan 16, 2018 at 3:49 AM by an anonymous user from or near: Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
I received the Boots gift card scam today, and my first thought was they must be mad, what could you possibly spent £1000 on in Boots?!
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Posted: Jan 15, 2018 at 7:39 AM by info
Here is another scam:

-------- Forwarded message --------
From: Boots
Date: Monday, 15 January 2018, 08:04 0000
Subject: , a gift is waiting for you!

Congratulations Tanya Newman!
We have drawn a possible winner for a Boots £1000 giftcard to be picked up today!
Today's draw:
Name:
Email:
There is a possible Boots £1000 giftcard waiting for you!

Follow here to confirm your prize -hxxps://ridemoc.myshopify.com/products/boots-giftcard

Regards,

Boots
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