They want you to use a Credit Card or Debit Card to pay a "one time shipping and handling fee" of $3.95 (US) to ship you a $500 gift card that you can use for any type of store..such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot...and so on....

My question is WHY would they charge a S/H fee for a card that they are sending to you as a "thank you" for filling out a survey????  Still sounds like a SCAM!

I got a text message from this number (443) 559-1488 and it says:

"Congratulations...
Please call (877) 439-0785 to
claim your $100 rewards certificate"

"Reply STOP to be removed"

I was wondering who this text was from and HOW they got my cell phone number...and what is this about.  Does anyone know???  Is it legit or a scam...and why would they contact me by my cell phone and not by e-mail if it is a survey????

Same as everyone else - text from 201-359-1204 saying I won a gift card.

Claim $100

I live in Southern Illinois and got the same text at 4:27p. My phone showed it came from the phone #918-713-1006. I searched it and it said it came from Vinita, Ok, Craig County. It also said it is a land line and is handled by At&t Arkansas. I signed up for the do not call list as well but apparently, like Patty, I didn't make the list. I get calls all the time.

I just called my Attorney Gernals office and they said I was not on the Do Not Call List, which I was registerd for, and that I could not file a complaint about this.  Any of you that see this message contact your states Attorney Gernal's office and make an official complaint.

Just received a text from them on my cellphone telling me that I have won $100 rewards certificate.  Reward for WHAT???  It smelled of a scam the minute I saw it.  Thanks for others verifying it for me.

I got this same text this morning @ 10:18 EST in South FL from a number traced back to Las Vegas (702-292-9801). I have not done an online survey in 2ish years. I did not call I did research 1st, however I am very tempted to call and vent life frustrations on what ever duchbag that answers.

I live in NJ and just got the same exact text message, as many, instead of calling, I decided to research it first. It seems that the texts are coming from several different cell phone numbers. The one I got was from Grand Prairie, TX # 972-375-7170, so I'm guessing it would be hard to make an arrest because its probably pre-paid cheap cells that these people buy, use for a while(do a few scams), throw it away, and buy a new one.. I gotta stop taking surveys online and giving out my cell #...LOL

I got a message from this number 859-439-0785, telling me "congratulations, would you please call 877-439-0785 to claim your 100 rewards certificate" and check to find out it was a spam call

Call came from #504-377-1561,to call 877-439-0785 to collect $100.(text) You would think you could go to text person@ 504-377-1561 and make an arrest no ???

Yep. Happened to me here in Houston too. Didn't want to call, decided to research on it first. Most probably a scam. Thanks for the valuable infos. :)

Somehow I have a bugging feeling that it's one of the surveys I took online and gave my phone number that led to this. Anybody had a similar experience prior to receiving the text?

I called the number and they wanted me to give them a debit card # for $3 to process a $100 gift card!  Uh.... No!
They hung up on me!

Sent me a text:"Congratulations... Please call (877)439-0785 to claim your $100 rewards certificate  Reply STOP to be removed" (sic) No identification.