Beware of Costco 40th Anniversary Celebration scam circulating around the internet claiming to give you a chance to win gifts and money by answering the surveys. These kinds of scams may also ask you to click the link or trick you to submit your personal details by asking you to take part in survey or questionnaire but you should not follow their instruction. Few examples of such scams are as below:
Example 1:
"Costco 40th Anniversary Celebration!
Congratulations! Costco Wholesale Executive Member
Your prize is: A gift card worth 3000 Dollar , Follow the instructions on the next page to claim your prize !
- Share with 5 groups/20 friends (click the "Share" icon below)
- Click "Continue" and claim your prize.
Share it until the blue bar is full!"
Example 2:
"Congratulations!
Costco Wholesale Executive Member
Your prize is: A gift card worth 80000 , Follow the instructions on the next page to claim your prize !
Congratulations! The last step:
You must complete this final step!
- You must register the application below, and it must be opened for 30 seconds after registration. (Remember, this step is very important)
- After completing the above actions, please wait for admin to check it, the review will be completed within 24 hours."
You may get similar types of such scams in several forms. So, you can help us by reporting similar kinds of scams below in the comment section. If you are concerned with your privacy, then you can comment below without submitting your email address.
What is the motive behind these fraudulent activities? The reality of Costco 40th Anniversary celebration scam post:
These fraud social media posts or messages are not from any genuine companies but from scammers to get your personal information to scam you.
They may ask you to click some link and submit the personal details on the fake website posing the real ones or call them or message/reply to them or take part in the questionnaire where they will trick you to submit your personal details.
They may also ask you to share these types scam posts with your friends via your social media accounts which will help them to spread this scam.
So, you should not follow any instructions provided in these messages/posts or click any link or download anything (if provided any). The links or files provided on these messages/posts may also contain some viruses or malware or spyware that can hack your device as well.
So, if you get confused about the legitimacy of the messages/posts that you receive, then it's better you contact or check on the official website of the respective company (in this case you can contact Costco) to confirm either the messages/posts you received are real or fake ones.
Once these cybercriminals get your personal information, they make money by selling those details. If they get your credit card information, even they can steal money from your credit card. So, you should not follow any instructions provided on these kinds of messages/posts.
These messages/posts may not come in the name of the same company or in the same format. These scammers may use multiple numbers, emails, and the name of companies to send similar messages/posts. A few examples of such scams are:
- Cash App 10th Anniversary Survey Scam
- Zara 46th Anniversary Celebration Scam
- Haldiram 80th Anniversary Celebration Scam
- Amazon 27th Anniversary Celebration Scam, etc.
So, help us by reporting similar types of messages/posts by using the comment section below.
Now you know the reality of these kinds of fraud messages/posts. So, if you want to say something about it or want to report any kinds of scams, then please feel free to leave your comment below. After all, we are here to spread awareness about scams. So, let’s do it together. Let’s save innocent people from scams.
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Good Luck!
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