“Get a free $500 Walmart gift card!”
Messages like this are published in Facebook groups in which users share supposed gift card offers from the Walmart store chain.
However, These are deceptions and scams. . Walmart recommends that Don't click on ads or websites that offer you free gift cards . He also remembers that does not ask consumers to complete online surveys to get gift cards.
How they try to trick us into keeping our personal data
In a group called “$100 Walmart Gift Card Giveaway!”, we found a post offering a $500 gift card for US users only.
If you click on the link in the post, it takes you to a website that uses the Walmart corporate image and logo.
This page says you should register immediately to supposedly get the $500 card: “If you sign up now, you'll get $500 instantly. Limited time offer. Do not be late. If you forget to register, you will lose the opportunity.”
if you hit the button to register , leads to another website where you have to answer a question poll about Walmart:
However, at the end of the page you can read a text that warns that the supposed promotion they offer us It has nothing to do with the Walmart company. :
If you continue with the steps, They will ask you for your personal information . After answering the survey, you are directed to a third page where they ask you for the email and other other personal data (name and surname, address...) :
Walmart recommends that we do not click on ads or websites that offer free cards
On its website, Walmart advises its customers not to click on or respond to ads or websites that offer free gift cards. since “they are often scams” .
“The goal of this scam is to encourage consumers to take multiple surveys and pay for shipping in exchange for a free gift” (…) However, after meeting the requirements, the consumer may never receive the promised gift, or will be charged more than just shipping ”warns the company.
Walmart indicates that scammers direct the user to a website where they are asked for their email and other personal information such as address, phone number or bank card.
La Privacy Policy of these websites, according to the company, “will generally indicate that this information will be sold to other companies for their own purposes, such as telemarketing and spam.”
Walmart claims that “it will end up costing the consumer a lot of money in rates , hidden subscriptions and unwanted products . Furthermore, at the end of the process there is no guarantee that the consumer will receive the gift.”
The company remembers that it never asks customers to complete online surveys to obtain gift cards. Additionally, they advise that we pay attention to the links on these websites: “If the URL does not match the branding of a legitimate website, exit the website.”
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