AARP Online Community and Discussion Forums - Please be careful when anyone offers money or gift...

Therapist4u · ‎04-06-2023

Please be careful when anyone offers money or gift cards

& be suspicious of any links to click on

(other than by AARP moderators or members you feel you know well).

...you never really know where they will actually go

best to look up info on your own

current example:

Does anyone have experience with Medicaid?

a 'newbie' who just joined minutes ago has posted a link to click on...

"we've created a survey here<<<< the link

& is offering a

"$50 gift card to two folks who complete the survey as an incentive"

You always have to be alert to possible scams & malicious people who are always looking for vulnerable & naive people....like so many of the good-hearted people here.

Stay safe!

Tempest332 · ‎04-15-2023

Anyone catch the "work from home" job that paid $25/hr with full benefits, & no experience necessary?

Therapist4u · ‎04-16-2023

Hi @Tempest332

yes....did you report it?

There’s another now

Data entry/customer service/administrative assistant

Tempest332 · ‎04-18-2023

Um wasn't sure how or to who, if something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

Therapist4u · ‎04-16-2023

BTW After I reported it.....

the moderator removed it 🙂👍

Therapist4u · ‎04-06-2023

Think about this too:

A stranger wants to give you money or gift cards

So if you are “selected”

YOU HAVE TO GIVE OUT YOUR PERSONAL INFO ...NAME ADDRESS PHONE ETC ...IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE SO CALLED REWARD

DirkB349973 · ‎04-06-2023

@Therapist4u

I saw one the other day that looked like it might be a scam. I see that we can flag the moderator but maybe we need to way to warn users while the moderator(s) look into the post. What about a tag to indicate a potential problem? It would need to be obvious enough to catch the attention of new and infrequent users.