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Boots Scam Comp
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daniellelight
Posts: 2 Newbie
Received a scam competition email on Tuesday which said it was from Boots Chemist.
The logo was a complete copy. The email addressed me by my full name. You had to complete a puzzle, answer some questions about your visit to Boots, which by some strange coincidence I had ordered something from a couple of days before and collected that day. You were then notified that you had won and offered several different prizes. That's when my suspicions were aroused. The prizes were things like Hand Cream, Sun Tan Lotion, Cinema Tickets and various others or an Iphone 6. A bit of a difference in price value. Then I read you had to pay £3 postage. Really - you give away an iphone but want £3 postage. I contacted Boots and yes its a scam. Sorry if this has already been brought to everyone's attention.
The logo was a complete copy. The email addressed me by my full name. You had to complete a puzzle, answer some questions about your visit to Boots, which by some strange coincidence I had ordered something from a couple of days before and collected that day. You were then notified that you had won and offered several different prizes. That's when my suspicions were aroused. The prizes were things like Hand Cream, Sun Tan Lotion, Cinema Tickets and various others or an Iphone 6. A bit of a difference in price value. Then I read you had to pay £3 postage. Really - you give away an iphone but want £3 postage. I contacted Boots and yes its a scam. Sorry if this has already been brought to everyone's attention.
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