PSA: That "too good to be true" email about free Amazon gift cards actually got me for $50 last month

I laughed at the spelling errors but clicked the link anyway out of curiosity and the site looked legit enough that I entered my info and woke up to a $50 charge on my card for some sketchy subscription service I never signed up for, anyone else ever get burned by a deal that seemed obviously fake?

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abby_chen9d ago

Oh man, that sucks! Ngl, my best friend fell for one of those "free Walmart gift card" emails last year and it was a whole mess. She thought she was being slick because the email had her name in it and everything looked just like the real Walmart page. But nope, she woke up to like $200 in random charges from some overseas company and had to cancel her card and fight with the bank for weeks to get it sorted. Honestly, the way these scammers copy the real sites is getting way too good now, it's not just obvious typos anymore.

tarac169d ago

Totally agree, the personalization is what gets people now. My mom almost got hit by one that had her actual email subject line and past order history listed, it was terrifying how real it looked. She only caught it because the link went to "wal-mart-deals" instead of the real site. I swear these scammers are getting better at copying the little things like fonts and button colors too, makes it way too easy to fall for it.