$1000 gift card text message?

chlorine · ‎05-20-2012

A few days ago I received a text message about a $1000 gift card for Best Buy. I remember doing a survey on a receipt and am wondering if this is a scam or I actually won. The text message was from 13157067371.

LiquidTension87 · ‎11-27-2009

Scam...don't give any info to that number/ site

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Mbrguy · ‎07-04-2010

Correct. This is a scam done by a third party using Best Buy's name to attempt to trick people into clicking on the link provided.

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AgentMikeW · ‎08-03-2011

Mbrguy wrote:
Correct. This is a scam done by a third party using Best Buy's name to attempt to trick people into clicking on the link provided.

This. It is totally a scam. If you won a survey from Best Buy, then we will get in contact with you usually by email with more official information, or by giving you a call, however its usually by email with different identifying information to inform you that it is actually coming from Best Buy and not a scam.

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ek6 · ‎05-27-2012

I have received many of these texts. The latest was today from 173-2208-4654 telling me to go to www.bestbuy.com.gpgc.biz to claim my 1000 gift card. Needless to say I didn't go to that web-site.

dds · ‎05-27-2012

if you want to send text messages to your customers thats fine, BUT you should make sure that when you send them it is a convenient time frame. I received one at 5:38 this morning, this is Sunday on Memorial Day weekend, telling me to go to bestbuy.com for a chance to win $1000. I don't know about you, but I was ASLEEP at that time. I don't want to purchase anything, or sign up for anything, from bestbuy at that hour. I think that is extremely rude.

Colypaola · ‎05-27-2012

I just got one from 1-920-672-9226 Makes me very angry that some junk spam company is sending me text messages!

Dval · ‎03-16-2012

I'm thinking you got a fraudulent text message. Best Buy doesn't send out text messages about winning money. Lot of people have been getting these fraudulent messages/emails.

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TREV · ‎05-28-2012

It is a scam to get your debit or credit card numbers. Delete the message at once.

TREV · ‎05-28-2012

Google lists it as a scam and the site can damage your computer or phone. Delete the message at once, I did.

What I would like to know , is where did they get our mobile telephone numbers? It could just be random numbers their computer calls, or do they have access to BB data files? Does anyone know?

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