Victim Location 30067
Type of a scam Other
Greetings:
The Marietta Best Businesses Awards recognizes outstanding small businesses that serve their local market. Each year, our selection committee identifies companies that we believe have achieved outstanding marketing success in their local community and business category. These are small businesses that enhance the positive image of small businesses through service to their customers and community.
This notification email is announcing that the Marietta Best Businesses selection group has chosen XXX for the 2016 Marietta Best Businesses Award in the Counseling & Mental Health Category.
For more details and information please visit our website:
Marietta Best Businesses
If you are unable to view the link above, please copy and paste the following text into your web browser:
http://www.bestbusinesses.biz/?Code=0I2O8S1V4A
For reference, your award code is: 0I2O8S1V4A . You can use this code on our website: http://www.bestbusinesses.biz to get details about the award and to get more information.
Best Regards,
Marietta Best Businesses
To remove your business from future consideration, please click here
Victim Location 55305
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Said our store won an award, wanted us to pay for plaque.
Victim Location 98312
Type of a scam Phishing
"Best Businesses" emailed to tell me I’d won an award, how exciting! In reality, this website offers a useless award and attempts to get you to purchase their plaque. The website uses code to load your business name, category, and city onto the images of the awards based on the link they sent you. All in all, a fairly sophisticated scam, but a scam nonetheless.
Victim Location 08527
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Here’s the body of the email that reports a fourth notice of being a "best of" business. I never received the first three notifications because there weren’t any.
Greetings:
This is our forth and Final email.
We wanted to remind you of your selection.
* *** *** has been selected as the 2015 Best Business of Jackson in the category of Photographers.
The Jackson Best Businesses Program is an annual program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Jackson area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
For more details and information please visit our website:
Jackson Best Businesses – Photographers
If you are unable to view the link above, please copy and paste the following text into your web browser:
http://www.bestbusinesses.biz/?Code=***
For reference, your award code is: *** . You can use this code on our website: http://www.bestbusinesses.biz to get details about the award and to get more information.
Best Regards,
Jackson Best Businesses
To remove your business from future consideration, please click here
Victim Location 95160
Total money lost $79
Type of a scam Other
Hello,
I’m not sure if this is a scam. I did purchase this award for $79.00. Then a friend told me that this may have been a scam.
I’ll let you take it from here. Thank you, Anne Alyse