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Southwest survey scam is again popular

July 5, 2015 By //  by Terry Leave a Comment

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Image from snopes.com and their post about an older Southwest ticket scam

Who wouldn’t love to receive a $100 gift certificate from Southwest Airlines? Unfortunately, the Southwest survey emails currently making the rounds are nothing more than a lure to have you willingly provide your personal information to scammers. Hereʻs the scoop on the Southwest survey scam.

Background on the Southwest survey scam

Southwest is the largest low-cost airline in the world, thus making it a prime target for scammers looking for a believable story with which to hook victims. In the past, the scams have taken the form of “two free Southwest tickets” in exchange for filling out a survey. The scams have been run via email as well as on Facebook.

Current Southwest survey scam

===================================.

RE: Southwest-Airlines-Survey

====================================.

Dear (my email address was here)

At Southwest Airlines, we pride ourselves on remaining-dedicated

to the best quality customer-service delivered to you with a sense

of individual pride, friendliness, warmth and company spirit.

Do you enjoy-flying Southwest?

Give us your thoughts now to receive a $100-Voucher for your next-Flight (this was a link to a website)

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *.

-Notice No.25470122993

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *.

-Voucher #62615376923

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *.

As it turns out, we recently flew Southwest for a convention in the Midwest and this email came in just days after our trip. With no typos, grammatical errors, or extraneous garbage at the bottom of the email, this one could have passed for a legitimate solicitation from Southwest. It’s not.

Avoiding the Southwest survey scam

As always, do not follow the links for the Southwest survey or any other email. If you do accidentally make the mistake of following the links, your browser will be redirected to a new website (there may be multiple redirects). When you eventually land on a page, you will be confronted with a popup notification that you’ve been selected as a winner. It will be tempting to close the popup. Do not do this, either. Instead, take the time to close your browser.

Scammers are very tricky. They’ll disguise their download links in different ways, which is why you never want to click anything once you’re on their site. Also, even if they don’t download a file to your computer, but simply take your information, you’ll be giving away your most valuable asset and your privacy.

Don’t miss the July edition of “The Snitch” in which my scam tip is about rewards programs in general. Click here to view “The Snitch.”


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Those years of chasing deadbeats taught me many valuable life lessons, such as liars come from all walks of life, and always keep your car in the garage.

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