Have you seen ads on social media, especially TikTok, claiming you can get a $750 Lululemon gift card by becoming a product tester on Eindeals.con? It’s a scam—you won’t receive anything after completing the surveys. Here’s what you need to know.
The Lululemon Gift Card Scam
Eindeals.com tries to attract people with ads about becoming a product tester. Signing up is easy, but when you click the link, it doesn’t take you to a real website. Instead, you get redirected through several sites and end up at one called awesomedealsfinder. There, you’ll find that the original offer is gone and you’re shown other deals like earning $100 by playing games or getting gift cards. They’ll ask you to download more apps or fill out more surveys. Remember, Lululemon doesn’t sell gift cards through third-party sites.
What Happens When I Click On The Website
When you click on offers from these sites, the owners earn money for every app you download and survey you complete, but you end up with nothing.
Red Flags
Not Affiliated With Lululemon
Eindeals.com is not an official Lululemon website. In fact, there’s only one website for Lululemon and it is on Lululemon.com, every other website out there is selling you a big fat lie.
Among a Chain of Fake Product Reviewer Sites
Eindeals.com is modelled after similar fake product reviewer site exposed in the past; croosh.co, posh.co, e.t.c These sites keep popping up every month with the same website design and fake promises of rewards.
What To Do If You Fell for Eindeals.com Scam Lululemon Product Reviewer Job
If you’ve already visited Eindeals.com and clicked a bunch of links, here’s what to do;
Check Your Device for Viruses and Malware – Since you visited lots of malicious websites, it is important that you install anti-virus software and scan your device for viruses that may have been downloaded.
Monitor your email – Over the next few days and weeks you’re going to receive a lot of emails that may likely end up in your spam folder. Endeavour to flag it as spam and report any suspicious email that appears on your Inbox. Also, do not click on any link attached in it as it could be a phishing attempt.
Precaution
To avoid falling victims to scams disguised as genuine work from home opportunity, here are tips on staying alert;
- Always check for reviews online about the platform or website offering the job opportunity. This research includes using keywords like ‘scam’ ‘fake’ ‘reviews’ attached to the website name when searching on the internet.
- Check Who.is to find out how long the website has been functioning. It’s very simple to do so. You only need to write the name of the website on the search bar in Who.is website, then it comes up with information about when the website was registered, where and by who. If the website age is not up to a year, it’s wise to back off.
- Be wary of too good to be true rewards. If a website is promising $750 to review one or two product, it’s best you back off as scammers often use big promises as a bait to attract victims.
- Use trusted sites when applying for online jobs. It’s best to stick with established and reputable sites when applying for jobs online. That way, the possibility of being scammed is reduced.
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