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Have you received an email from an unnamed bank official at "Northwest Savings Bank Online Department", claiming that they want to pay you to take part in a survey?
And they're willing to "In return we will credit $199.99 to your account - Just for your time!"
We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but there is no Banking Fairy who is going to email you to say they'll pay you a couple of hundred bucks just to take a survey. It is a scam!
See the example below, an actual email from the scammer, sent to a victim.
The scammer intends to to get hold of your money instead, by conning you into sending money for various "fees" to free the "funds in escrow". If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here! Note some of the obvious scam clues that we have highlighted in the email below, such as excessive/incorrect use of CAPITAL letters, terrible spelling, grammar and punctuation, the use of free email accounts rather than a domain and website that matches the company's name, etc.
Congratulations!
You have been selected by Northwest Savings Bank Online Department to take part in our quick and easy reward survey.
In return we will credit $199.99 to your account - Just for your time!
Helping us better understand how our customers feel, benefits everyone.
With the information collected we can decide to direct a number of changes to improve and expand our services.
The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous. No part of it is handed down to any third party groups.
It will be stored in our secure database for maximum of 3 days while we process the results of this nationwide survey.
To access the form, please click on the link below :
https://www.northwestsavingsbank.com/survey.html?ssl=1
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