So I got this text guys: "Shipped: Your Amazon package with $100 loyalty reward will be delivered Wednesday, June 10th [John]. g9szr.info/2m8CYrCCH6 " (Website stopped working shortly after I reported them)
The bracketed [John] had my real name, which I thought was odd. Should I be alarmed?
Any who, I report this text verbatim to Amazon and they thank me and all that. But after I reported it, I clicked the link on my phone and was taken to this website where I did a survey. After you complete the survey, they want to "reward" you and you get to pick various gifts for FREE! Watches, Rayban sunglasses, fat burning pills and even free video streaming. I click the watch, just for kicks. Behold, the free watch only costs $8 to ship. And there's the money-grab: put your card details and "just" pay shipping.
I repeat this again, take the survey, and this time, click the video streaming website. And the rabbit hole begins tak The website it takes you to is: bright-parrot.me
I'm assuming this website is also a scam because they ask for you to "verify" your address by inputting a debit card or something like that, but the website looks legit. How do we know if it's fake (other than the fact that the only way I came across this website was by following the rabbit hole, phony Amazon text message)? Their number, (844) 506-6416 is supplied by Twilio Inc. Also, the address of bright-parrot.me is at 196 High Road Wood Green, N22 2HH London United Kingdom. And bright-parrot is owned by Walton Technology Ltd., according to the bright-parrot.me website at the bottom. But when I put this address in google maps, no such business exists. There's a fried chicken place, a dry cleaners, a coffee shop, but no bright-parrot or Walton technology Ltd. anywhere.
Also, I did entertain the Live Chat option and spoke to Javier. I told him I wanted to cancel my service and he asked for my email. I closed the webpage and then spoke to the same Javier but in Spanish this time that I wanted to cancel my service and wow! He replied in Spanish! When I confronted him in the chat and marveled at how many languages he spoke, he just repeated in Spanish that he needed my email. Another chat rep did the same thing. First English, and they replied in English. And then in French, and they replied in French. Same chat agent.
I'm a noob at scam baiting and I really don't want to continue this rabbit hole. Maybe a more, tech-savvy, seasoned scam baiter can get to the bottom of this. I'm intrigued to see if this really is a scam operation.