Wally-world!

Hello readers!

I just got a new scam for ya. Its made out to look like it is from Walmart, however, there are a few things that are little off. I wouldn't say this is a bad site when it comes to quality, because it almost looked legit. The person that designed this did it fairly well to serve its purpose. The email though, well, it was plain and not at all like normal emails sent from the retail giant. My bill statements come with blue boarders full of ads for products in their stores. But this email... take a look:

There is absolutely nothing but a link to a site that makes you take the survey in order to get $150 gift certificate (in the subject line... can't miss it!). The site that hosts the survey is a "3rd party" site. http://jefferson-financialfcu.com/walmart/survey.html (In one single day, its gone from the web.) Anyway, the survey is pretty quick, which isn't usual for Walmart... cause I've received REAL surveys from them... and the ones I normally get are three pages long. By pages, I mean that they put 5 questions then have a "next" button that brings you to the next 5, etc etc. I of course... left mine blank.


After the blank form was submitted, I was brought to this next page... which asked for credit card details? They should only be asking for mailing address... not credit card stuff. If you are a winner of the gift certificate, you will get a mailed certificate, a plastic credit card like gift card mailed, or a confirmation code to redeem your gift cert at a local Walmart store (there is one around every corner like a Starbucks, don't be lazy bums!). Seriously.

As you can see... all my fields are funked up. It took it like it were real information though. Actually, it took a couple tries. It declined sixteen 1's and 123 all over. Once I finally was allowed to submit, I was brought to a VERY sad looking "Thank you" page...

Yeah... After seeing a page like that... You would either think nothing of it if you are really oblivious, or you'd think something was definitely wrong at that point.

I now bring you to the actual Jefferson Financial page that hosted the fake survey. As you can see... there really is nothing to it.

Once you are done with everything, you are brought to another page. This would happen to be the REAL site related to Walmart. Applications for jobs, contact information, corporate details and more will be posted here. Check out the logo change on the top bar, too. All the links on the fake survey site brings you to the real Walmart page.

Needless to say, Walmart took the fake site down immediately.

Hopefully by now, some of you have a better understand on what to look for to protect yourself.

Thanks for reading! Until next scam...