Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # UPS Email Scam Promises \'Exclusive Reward\' ## Readers shouldn\'t waste their time on these kinds of survey scams. ### Jordan Liles ### Published Feb. 4, 2022 ![\\"GLENDALE,](\\" Image courtesy of Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Claim: An email with a UPS logo and picture promise an exclusive reward for taking a 30-second survey. Rating: Scam About this rating In February 2022, we reviewed a survey scam email that was created to look like an official message from the United Parcel Service, better known as UPS. The email with a UPS logo and picture looked to be a \"confirmation receipt\" that promised an \"exclusive reward\" for taking a \"30-second marketing survey.\" However, again, this was a scam, and was not official correspondence from the company: Advertisement: ![\\"A](\\" email.jpg\\") The email included a countdown clock to make the fake offer seem urgent. Advertisement: The scam email read as follows: > Confirmation Receipt > > From: UPS <Support.B7SYN.B7VJB@odsafine.com> > > UPS > > Dear UPS Customer, > > You have been selected to get an exclusive reward! To qualify, simply > complete our 30-second marketing survey about your shopping experiences. > > Click here to start! > > 10620 NW 123 Street Road Unit 102, Medley, Florida, 33178 The link in the email with the UPS picture and logo redirected to souldatabase.ru, which was a website hosted on a Russian domain: ![\\"A](\\" offer-1.jpg\\") Courtesy: Scammers Advertisement: The page (above) that resulted from the email that promised the \"exclusive reward\" from UPS read as follows: > Dear UPS User, > > Congratulations! > > Complete the short survey about UPS to select your exclusive offer of up to > $100.00 cash value. > > This special is available until February 4, 2022 After completing a 16-question survey, we were led to additional offers, meaning that the scam involved a seemingly endless road of surveys and false promises: ![\\"A](\\" offer-2.jpg\\") We\'re going out on a limb and are guessing that this \"2022 February Exclusive!\" will be extended for every month for the foreseeable future. Advertisement: In sum, such emails promising an \"exclusive reward\" from UPS were nothing more than scams that led to websites on .ru Russian domains. We recommend that readers avoid clicking any links in these kinds of emails as they could lead to phishing attempts and other dangerous outcomes. We previously reported on a similar scam that had emails that were created to appear as if they came from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). > Curious about how Snopes\' writers verify information and craft their > stories for public consumption? We\'ve collected some posts that help > explain how we do what we do. Happy reading and let us know what else you > might be interested in knowing. ### By Jordan Liles Jordan Liles is a Senior Reporter who has been with Snopes since 2016. ## Article Tags UPS Scams Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
An email with a UPS logo and picture promise an exclusive reward for taking a 30second survey