Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Best Buy Gift Card Text Message Scam: Your entry last month has WON! $1,000

Watch for this one:

Your entry last month has won. Goto xxx and enter your winning Code '6655' to claim your FREE $1,000 Best Buy Giftcard.

I haven't checked it out. if you find anything more leave info in comments. Snopes says  that it leads to a phishing site that asks for personal information.

Tip: copy a section of text and give it to Bing or Google in quotes, and see if it turns up a scam warning.



  • www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/bestbuy.asp
    Apr 30, 2012 · Claim: Best Buy is distributing free $1,000 gift cards to users ... URL elided] and enter your Winning Code: 3333 to claim your free $1000 BestBuy GiftCard!
  • www.callercenter.com/?s=lc
    Your entry last month has won! Goto http://WWW.bestbuy.com.wgmc.biz/?claimid=512 and enter your Winning Code: "6655" to claim your FREE $1000 Best Buy Giftcard