Security News > 2020 > June > Anatomy of a survey scam – how innocent questions can rip you off
We've been receiving loads of survey scam emails lately - and you probably get heaps of these, too.
Many brands ask questions of that sort, and sometimes offer small rewards for people who take the trouble to fill in the survey - $5 off your next purchase, for example, or a free product of modest value with your next order.
Here's one we received over the weekend - this came to an old Australian email address of ours, so the crooks had ripped off a well-known Australian brand to lure us in.
Remember, if you are taking a survey and you see anything that doesn't add up - anything at all - then you need to get off the website right away before you get sucked into giving away any personal information.
Note how the crooks even have a try at phishing for your email password here by asking for it along with your email address.