I received a email titled “Claim Your Hundred Dollar Shell Gas Station Reward” but when I opened the email, I was surprised that it was actually a Brand New (not an old one) $500 Shell Reward Card Scam. I was chosen to participate in the Loyalty Program for a FREE and it would not take me a minute to receive this fantastic prize. THIS IS NOT AN EMAIL FROM THE REAL SHELL GAS COMPANY!
Here is the image of the email – Please Remember, this is not a real Shell Reward Card, and they are not associated with the real company, these are scammers trying to steal from you.
If you click in the ink in this email scam, which claims to be some sort of Shell gas reward card, then it will take you to a page that asks you to take a survey. They did a pretty decent at making this seem like a really good imitation of what a real site or real survey and reward would look like. But don’t fall for this, it’s a scam and we will show you how they operate this fraud.
When you click the link in the email, and land on the survey page, you will see a pop-up saying
Dear Customer,
Congratulations! We would like to offer you a unique opportunity to receive a brand new $500 Shell Gift Card! To claim, simply take this short survey about your experience with us.
You opinion is very valuable. Click OK to begin.
If you click the OK button there will be some random questions to make you think it’s a real survey from Shell. They will ask about your car and what type of gas you use, and even whether you purchase a car wash or not when you purchase gas at Shell.
It’s just part of the scam involving this $500 Shell Gas Reward Card scam. They want to make you think it’s real. It’s not, it’s a fraud.
Once you complete the survey for this fake $500 Shell reward card, you will see another display saying:
Thank you for completing the survey!
Because you helped provide extremely valuable consumer data, you may now choose some of the following exclusive rewards below.
Please note that if you leave this page without claiming your reward, we have to no choice but to give another visitor a chance to participate in our rewards program.
$500 Shell Gift Card
If you got this far in this scam, and click on the “Claim Reward” thinking you are really going to receive a $500 Shell card as a reward for completing the survey, then you will see another message.
Congratulations! We have reserved a (1) $500 Shell Gift Card exclusively for you. How to claim your $500 Shell Gift card:
- Fill in your shipping address
- Pay shipping costs to receive your prize
- Your prize will be delivered in 5-7 working days
I hope by now you are starting to realize how they are operating this scam. They try to get you to believe this is a real survey and that you are being compensated for providing them information. What is really happening is that they are trying to convince you that this is a real reward gift card.
but as you can see, they are already setting you up to pay for shipping cost. How do you think they are collect the shipping cost? They want you to use a credit card to pay for the shipping cost, so they can send you this Shell reward gift card.
DO NOT ENTER YOUR CREDIT CARD DETAILS! THIS IS A SCAM
The whole time you were being set up for this. They wanted to make this seem as a real survey, and that you are really going to receive a reward for helping them.
What they are really doing is collecting your credit card information. Its called phishing. Once you enter your credit card or debit card information, they have collected it and will use it to either make purchases or withdraw cash.
Please do not fall for this $500 Shell Reward Card Scam.
Received another Shell Rewards Card Scam email in July (update)
The new email did not look like the previous. The graphic were poor in quality, and you see there were dots in between the top words. Because I use a VPN, I did try to click on the link but it did not open. The link was to a AWS server, and might have been taken down.
On the bottom of this scam email there was an address to unsubscribe from their mail list. I check the address and it seems to be some sort of virtual mailbox, which is what many scammer use.
6130 W Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89103