Chick-Fil-A Scam: Fake Gift Basket For Everyone

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Chick-fil-A Scam: How It Works

There is a new Chick-fil-A scam that is making its rounds on Facebook. How does it work? You probably saw a “Chick-fil-A gift basket for everyone” promo recently. The deal supposedly comes from Travis Porter, Chick-fil-A “regional manager”, who says how everyone could receive a gift card or a gift basket if you do one thing. The scam is very similar to the one that was used in the Subway Rewards Scam.

Below is a screenshot of the Facebook post that's been published by the bogus account:

Chick fil a gift card

The Chick-fil-A scam is promoted on the social media platform as if it would come from one of the leaders of the company, Travis Porter. Let's see. The content states:

“Hello everyone, my name is Travis Porter and I am the Regional Manager of Chick-fil-A! I have an announcement to make – To celebrate our 61st Anniversary, We are giving EVERYONE who shaá´¦es & then comments by 4 pm SUNDAY one of these gift-baskets containing a $35 Chick-fil-A gift-card plus surprises that will make your heart flutter!
Register here https://bit.ly/2FXm7Gt”.

Once you click on the link, you visit a poorly designed page where the scammer invites you to insert your email address. Also, you need to create a password and submit your credit card info.

It's funny how the crooks even say: “THIS IS NOT FRAUD !!! Credit card for verification only, FREE !!! “there are no fees”, and as a prize recipient, once you have successfully registered, the prize will be sent to your account within 30 minutes“.

Chick-fil-A Gift Basket For Everyone: Not This Time

There are a ton of red flags with this fake Chick-fil-A scam. First of all, at this level of brand names, no company manager would be allowed to make this offer. Secondly, there are many grammar mistakes and spelling errors. The text of these promos should come from their marketing departments.

This Chick-fil-A scam is just on Facebook to lure you into submitting your personal information, including the credit card number. Most of the phishing scams or Facebook scams are the same.

Meanwhile, beware of other common shady schemes such as gift cards for surveys or online gift cards.

Chick-fil-A Gift Basket: How to Avoid the Scam

However, the Chick-fil-A gift card scam could be framed in many other angles, which will lead anywhere from identity theft to malware on your computer. To summarize, stay away from this Facebook scam. The big companies never give away gift cards through Traver Porters.

Criminals use the Chick-fil-A brand and other food organizations like Burger King or McDonald's. Please add your experience below and feel free to report the scammers. How can you do that?

Chick-fil-A Scam: How To Report

Let your friends know about the Chick-fil-A Scam by sharing this article. You can also report criminals or any other suspicious activity to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) using the link below:

Report To The FTC Here

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Meanwhile, educate yourself with some other Facebook fraud-related articles under this paragraph, so that you know how to stay safe online. Also, use the comments section to expose other scammers.

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1 thought on “Chick-Fil-A Scam: Fake Gift Basket For Everyone”

  1. NO company is going to call asking for anything.
    NO Gov’t agency will ever call looking for payments for anything. It will be a letter.
    NO, Apple or M$ won’t call you about anything
    NO, your bank won’t call you looking for anything either
    NO REPUTABLE company is going to go on facebook and let random people comment and bam! $35 in your pocket. Will never happen. Too many people have fake info on facebook they will never know which ones are fake or real.

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