Beware of the Amazon Anniversary Celebration Giveaway Scam: Watch out for scams falsely claiming to celebrate Amazon’s anniversary by offering free gifts to everyone. These fraudulent schemes often ask you to click suspicious links or lure you into providing personal information by participating in fake surveys or questionnaires. Do not click on these links or share any personal details, as they are designed to trick you and potentially steal your data.
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 free gift card on Amazon anniversary celebration:
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. For example, this Amazon Anniversary Celebration scam asks you to share it with your 20 friends to get 1500 dollar Amazon gift card.
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 Amazon) 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.
So, help us by reporting similar types of messages/posts by using the comment section below.
Finally,
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!
FYI: This post was first published on 24 September 2021 and updated at 8 April 2025.
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