Fake Asda email offering £1000 gift card
Gift Card Scams— Fake Asda email
Over 100 reports have been received of an email circulating claiming to be from Asda offering a £1,000 gift card for filling in an online form.
These emails are known as phishing and use prizes to entice people to give out their personal information.
Fake emails from supermarket chains are particularly common and offer a large shopping voucher in return for completing online forms/surveys. They will often be accompanied by a number of glowing reviews from customers who allegedly received a voucher.
The reports of phishing emails have escalated during lockdown, with criminals increasingly turning to online scams to target those who have been spending more time at home.
Earlier in the year, Essex Trading Standards released the following statement:
“Please be aware of these scam emails circulating to be from various supermarkets.
The scammers cloak the email in the branding of a popular supermarket chain and inform the recipient that they have received a money off voucher to assist with purchases during the quarantine.
The email then directs the recipient to click a link so that they may claim the coupon. Rather than being a kind offer from some of Britain’s most popular chains, it is a fraudulent email which aims to steal the credit card details of the recipient.
Look out for the tell-tale signs that the voucher offer is a scam, such as poor spelling and grammar; however, this is not always the case, and many look identical to official supermarket emails.
Never click the links or input your card details.
If an offer sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.”
Over 100 reports have been received of an email circulating claiming to be from Asda offering a £1,000 gift card for filling in an online form.
These emails are known as phishing and use prizes to entice people to give out their personal information.
Fake emails from supermarket chains are particularly common and offer a large shopping voucher in return for completing online forms/surveys. They will often be accompanied by a number of glowing reviews from customers who allegedly received a voucher.
The reports of phishing emails have escalated during lockdown, with criminals increasingly turning to online scams to target those who have been spending more time at home.
Earlier in the year, Essex Trading Standards released the following statement:
“Please be aware of these scam emails circulating to be from various supermarkets.
The scammers cloak the email in the branding of a popular supermarket chain and inform the recipient that they have received a money off voucher to assist with purchases during the quarantine.
The email then directs the recipient to click a link so that they may claim the coupon. Rather than being a kind offer from some of Britain’s most popular chains, it is a fraudulent email which aims to steal the credit card details of the recipient.
Look out for the tell-tale signs that the voucher offer is a scam, such as poor spelling and grammar; however, this is not always the case, and many look identical to official supermarket emails.
Never click the links or input your card details.
If an offer sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.”
