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Avoid this Tesco Bank free shopping voucher scam email

Simon Ward
by Lovemoney Staff Simon Ward on 10 October 2012  |  Comments 2 comments

There's another new scam doing the rounds and this one promises a free shopping voucher - in exchange for your credit card details.

Avoid this Tesco Bank free shopping voucher scam email

I’ve just received a scam email supposedly from Tesco Bank. So far, so mundane, you might think. But what’s different about this one is that it promises a free shopping voucher.

It’s aimed at Tesco credit card customers (or ‘owners’ as it describes them, in one of many instances of poor English), and I’m not one, so that was that.

But if you do have a Tesco card, beware scammers supposedly bearing gifts.

Tesco Bank scam emailTo ‘register’ for the ‘offer’ you’ll click a link to go through to a webpage where, you’ve guessed it, you’ll have to input your credit card details.

As I’ve said, the English in the email isn’t great – the subject line is ‘Tesco Bank Is Offering Your A Free Voucher For Shopping’. But given Tesco is famed for its vouchers, it could be easy to be seduced by the promise of a freebie and miss the obvious giveaway signs.

It’s another new ploy by scammers, but don’t fall for this and other shopping scams. As ever, just delete the email and move on.

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Comments (2)

  • electricblue
    Love rating 643
    electricblue said

    Another 'new' scam which has been doing the rounds for at least a year. Up to the minute reporting as ever.....

    Report on 10 October 2012  |  Love thisLove  1 love
  • MK22
    Love rating 142
    MK22 said

    I thought all of these free shopping voucher e-mails were scams. I've always deleted them without reading them. As electricblue says its been around for ages and covers most large stores and all supermarket chains.

    Report on 10 October 2012  |  Love thisLove  0 loves

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