Member Alert!!! Beware Gift Card Advertisements
12-11-2011, 03:47 AM
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Member Alert!!! Beware Gift Card Advertisements
Several members have noticed an "advertisement" the states we have won a WalMart Gift Card.
DO NOT CLICK ON THIS AD. IF YOU CLICK ON IT, CLOSE IT IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT FOLLOW THE STEPS it claims will lead to the Gift Card.
This ad is not sanctioned by the Quilting Board or by our parent company.
I do not believe the ad is sanctioned by WalMart, either.
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Ads like this are misleading. If you fall for the trap they set you will find yourself flooded with junk email. You might also find several mysterious and expensive charges to your cell phone bill because of the phone-text messages also generated.
The creeps who generate ads like this are very clever and determined. Our technical team blocks as many of them as possible. The fake WalMart gift card ad has already been blocked once. Whoever publishes them has apparently found a way around that block.
The technical team will continue the efforts to block this ad and all ads like it. If you see one, please report it immediately. provide as many details as possible about where and when you saw it. if you know how to take and send a screen-shot, please do that.
send the reports by email to [email protected]
DO NOT CLICK ON THIS AD. IF YOU CLICK ON IT, CLOSE IT IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT FOLLOW THE STEPS it claims will lead to the Gift Card.
This ad is not sanctioned by the Quilting Board or by our parent company.
I do not believe the ad is sanctioned by WalMart, either.
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Ads like this are misleading. If you fall for the trap they set you will find yourself flooded with junk email. You might also find several mysterious and expensive charges to your cell phone bill because of the phone-text messages also generated.
The creeps who generate ads like this are very clever and determined. Our technical team blocks as many of them as possible. The fake WalMart gift card ad has already been blocked once. Whoever publishes them has apparently found a way around that block.
The technical team will continue the efforts to block this ad and all ads like it. If you see one, please report it immediately. provide as many details as possible about where and when you saw it. if you know how to take and send a screen-shot, please do that.
send the reports by email to [email protected]
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Last edited by patricej; 12-11-2011 at 03:58 AM.
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