[Scott Douglas]

My latest episode with scammers went like this.

I got an email from Lowe's saying I could get a free tool kit by answering a survey. Tool kit looked like it'd be worth my time so why not.

I took the survey and it then said all I had to do was pay the shipping fee of $9.95 and the kit was mine.
$10 bucks for shipping a tool box full of tools sounded good to me, so I paid.

Next screen says thank you for signing up for some app and there's a monthly fee after the first month.
I immediately got busy finding out how to cancel my 'order' with them. They had an email address and a 1(800) phone number for customer support.

I called them and requested a refund immediately. They hemmed 'n hawed until I said that this was a total fraud and I'd report it as such to my credit card company and whoever else I could think of.

The refund was pretty quick in coming after that. I called the credit card company too, waited an hour to talk to the fraud dept but that was because they sent an email saying there was suspicious activity on our card. Didn't recognize that purchase either so denied the charges. Asked how they got my card number and they said it was probably from answering the survey. Said it happens all the time.

I hope I've learned my lesson on this crap. What a waste of time.