Walmart Survey Worth $150 US Dollars...

I received an e-mail yesterday asking me to take part in a survey that Walmart were apparently carrying out to gauge customer satisfaction. A screenshot of the e-mail I received appears below:



So, even though I am not and never have been a Walmart customer, let me see where we go if I click on the link provided, as if I were a Walmart customer. This is where I ended up:



Looks like a very typical web based survey, so what happens when I fill in the details and then click on the proceed button at the foot of the survey page? This is where I ended up next:



OK, so they want some more personal details now, they already have my phone number and e-mail address. Now they want my credit card number, expiry date for it and.......my CVV and ATM pin.....hmmmmm; can anyone smell something 'phishy' yet? ;-)

Yes, this is a phishing scam, squarely targetted at Walmart customers that will be fooled into believing that they will recive 150 US Dollars for filling out the survey and supplying their credit card details. In a few days they will get a surprise, but not the pleasent one they were expecting. Instead of having money credited to their account, they will have lost money through bogus purchases. It may even be worse, their account could be cleared out via ATM withdrawals, or even overdrawn, leaving them with a large bill to pay [unless their bank covers phishing scams and related things] . In the worst case scenario the personal details they gave could be used for identity theft so that loans or mortgages could be set up using the stolen details, leaving the victim with the bills and the resulting damage to their credit rating.