Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Spamming - Adware
If you are asked to complete the "Amazon Satisfaction Survey" survey below please do not, because it is a trick to get online users to purchase products, services, complete questionnaires or surveys, by pretending to offer them rewards which are actual advertisements. The fake survey is not associated with Amazon and the website that displays the survey will receive compensation for the products or services that they have tricked online users into purchasing.
The main purpose of the fake Amazon survey being sent by online scammers 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.
Amazon Satisfaction SurveyCongratulations Amazon Shopper!Complete this short 30-second survey about Amazon to select one of our exclusive reward offers (worth at least $99)!Available for the next 04:22 minutes
Amazon Satisfaction Survey
Congratulations Amazon Shopper!
Complete this short 30-second survey about Amazon to select one of our exclusive reward offers (worth at least $99)!
Available for the next 04:22 minutes
Online users who have used their credit cards on the fraudulent website that they were taken to are asked to contact their banks for help. They should let their banks know that they have been tricked into using their credit card on a fraudulent website. Their banks should investigate, cancel the fraudulent transactions and refund their money.
For online users who have only submitted their personal information, they are asked to be careful going forward because they will be contacted by online scammers who will attempt to scam them.
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Was scammed and card was obtained illegally by these so called advertizers/sales and then charged $34.95 for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!Fortunately my banking institution recognized this fraudulent activity and informed me before paying these charges. TACFLARE IS A SCAM! BE CAUTIOUS!
TRACFLARE is a scam. They will charge your credit card $49.99. I canceled my CC account. And asked them not to pay these crooked thieves. They hide behind a legit company and ask you to do survey for a free Item, then charge your card $49.99, for? who knows what.
I fell for this last night and I know better, should have looked at the sending address but didn't since many satisfaction surveys are conducted by 3rd party firms and I am a frequent customer at Amazon.The gift was a discount on certain products all you pay is shipping and handling, dummy put his information and credit card information in and submitted it, lucky for me my credit card company Chase denied the charge(s), I was told by the site that I needed to contact my credit card company, which I did.Turns out this scam tried to charge $199 to my card 5 times (shipping and handling), since they had my number and might try again, I cancelled my card and requested a new one.Reason I post this is yes I know better but wasn't careful, don't want someone else to fall into this scam.
They almost got me, this morning, and I also know better. I received the following text with a link to a survey:"Amazon 2020 resolutions: 1) not to be greedy 2) care more about the customers. So you'll get $130 freebies to do a survey -> a4vcm.info/RANDOMNUMBER"The phone number was totally unknown (not unusual), but the text had grammatical errors and I never trust links. When I tried to check the link on my computer, it turned out to be a masked (fake?) link. I then did a check on the phone number which sent me the text. That phone number is "currently not accepting calls," making it appear to be a "burn" phone. Scammers are a scourge upon humanity. It is sad that we should have to deal with this garbage.
I got the same 2020 Resolution BS just now. Thanks for sharing!
This is indeed is a scam as described above. I did not check this out and fell for the whole thing. I did receive the items (Tactical flashlights) and was charged supposedly only the shipping charges. Two weeks later my credit card was charged with approximately $85.I received a fraud alert email from my credit card company. They gave me a number to call the company that fraudulently charged my account.Calling that number they said that I had agreed to purchase items on a trial basis and would be charged the full amount if I had not returned the items in 14 days.This was never disclosed in the original transaction. I said I would file a dispute claim with the credit card company. First, they agreed to return $20. When I refused they offered to return half of the $85. I agreed to this to avoid the trouble of disputing the charges with my credit card agency.I probably could have got the entire amount back. That was a new scam on me.In the future, I will independently check the company and "story" before I bite!
I was texted this survey supposedly by Amazon. It said card refused after I selected gift but yet 10.00 was taken out anyway. I'm trying to contact my card company now.
I receive a Amazon survey request daily. Select a free gift just pay shipping.hxxp://T.co/801PxYyABn?amp=1I almost fell for it till now.
surveyrewards6.com is another fake website.
I answered what I thought was a legit amazon survey prompted by a promise of a gift.I opted to receive the tac flare flashlight for $4.95 shipping and also clicked on the extra flashlight for another $4.95 shipping charge for a total of $9.90.Subsequently I was surprised to find a $34.95 charge to tac flare for the flashlights and a $49.95 charge to some survival something. Total scam!My credit card immediately reversed the survival charge and the extra $25.00 charge is pending. Its sad that a Bell & Howell, at one time a legit company, seems to have resorted to this!
I took a survey for a $1000 Wal-Mart card,I put up with the questions but when they wanted my ssn, that's when I knew something was up, can I delete what I submitted?
