Text Message Gift Card Scams:
You receive a text message. You open it. You are surprised by a message informing you you’ve won a Best Buy gift card (or Target, Wal-Mart, other major retailers). You are instructed to go to a website, enter a PIN, and the card is yours.
The text URL leads to a website that has the company colors and logo. It looks authentic with the company name as the sites sub-domain (example: www.bestbuy.scamwebsite.com), but it’s not.
What Can You Do About Scam Text Messages?
- Ignore instructions to text "STOP" or "NO" to prevent future texts. This is a common ploy by scammers to confirm they have an active phone number.
- Forward the texts to 7726 (SPAM on most keypads). This will alert your cell phone carrier to block future texts from those numbers.
- If you think your text message is real, be sure it directs you to a web address like Bestbuy.com or Target.com, not www.bestbuy.otherwebsite.com.
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