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Waka Network Walmart Survey Scam
Did you get a phone call claiming that you won a free Walmart gift card? As you probably guessed, it’s too good to be true, and very few people – if any – ever really get a gift card. Read on for more information on who this is.
Fake Survey Telemarketer
The group associated with this phone number is the Waka Network.
The call we received for this “offer” was from 415-121-6432, but Waka first came to our attention a few months ago. They are known to call and to text, and it’s almost always the same “prize” they want to offer you – a Walmart gift card. The denomination may vary from $10 to $1000, and occasionally they’re known to offer other prizes such as iPads.
What do they want?
There are two possible answers to this question. They may tell you that they want to give you a $10 Wal-Mart card, and all they need is some contact info. They will push for you to “go to your computer” to sign on and complete the order. This is where they will attempt to get personal information that you absolutely should not give them. They may also want to up-sell you to a $100 Wal-Mart card in exchange for filling out a survey. Either of these cards will eventually require your credit card number and contact information for some phony “processing” charge such as $2.98. Do not give these people your credit card information! It’s also possible they want you to sign up for a “rewards” program, which will be impossible to complete. Either way, you will be on the losing end of this battle.
If you ask them how they got your number, they’ll probably tell you that you filled out a survey online, which you probably didn’t. If you ask them what survey it was, they either won’t know or will tell you some cryptic name that won’t sound familiar. You may actually be talking to a computer, and not a real person.
The Phone Numbers
Calling 4151216432 will yield you a busy signal. Anyone who will call you from a number that you can’t call back is conducting bad business and should be avoided.
Wakanetwork.com lists a phone number of 877-332-1490. I’ve never been able to contact a person at this number.
Wakanetworkinc.com lists a phone number of 877-237-9772. This one never seems to be answered at all.
They may also call from 657-306-7365 or 2068886592. Neither of these numbers seems to be available to call back either.
Read more about Waka in these two other articles from the past couple months:
Have you received a call like this, perhaps from a different number? What was the number and if you answered, what did they say to you?
A similar “service” out there is 100CardNow.com which is hooked in with OnlineRewardsClub.com. This is a similar, if not related, “rewards” program which requires your participation in 13 “sponsor offers.”
Filed under: Who Called Me?
I just got another call from wakanetwork. It was a automated voice agian asking me to go to their site. Thank god my sister sent me this article. They used the number 578-121-8324. Don’t answer it.
I got the same call
I got the same call from same number,but my safari didnt let me open the site……and I was confirmed that the site was fake!!
I received a call from 1 459 121 8344. after going to my computer, I went to the site she said to go to , I could not get the page and she would not shut up sooooo…. I hung up in her face!!!!! I will NOT do any more surveys, whoever they are!
I just got a call from that same number – 578-121-8324 (Name Unavailable) and as I logged onto the computer to go to their website wakanetwork.com, I quickly launched another window and found this website that told me it was a scam, so THANK YOU SO MUCH for this information!!!
Hey guys! I know where this wakanetwork calls came from. . I said to be a great witness, , but I am afraid to tell my life might be in danger. . Yess this just a robot who you talking in. . It is not a reall person. . I am really afraid to tell the public where this wakanetwork calls came from I feel so guilt about what there doing. .
omg i just got da same number and they told me to go there web right when i put it in it showed me this link, thank goodness I didn’t give any info out.. Thank u so much!!
I also just got a call from the same number 578-121-8324 at 9:55pm on Wednesday, 08/22/12. It also appeared automated and I refused to give them any of my information. They claimed that I would be logging onto their “secure website”. I definitely suspected something was up then and asked about that fictitious Walmart survey I supposedly took. No one in my household had taken any surveys recently and when I questioned more about this false survey, they hung up on me! If it walks like a skunk, smells like a skunk, and looks like a skunk…It’s a SKUNK!!
Just got a call from 459-121-8344
I got that number too. I asked them some questions that they seemed unable to answer. Instead they would say something else unrelated to the question I asked. I first went to the website they told me to go to, then when I reached the section where I would enter my credit card number, I searched the site name on google and found this site. After I few more exchanges consisting of several repeats on the other end, I hung up. I’m more than sure it is not a real person. Some of you have suggested its a computer, and you are probably half right. Given they seem to be able to repeat any phrase in EXACTLY the same way, I think someone may be operating a machine or computer program where they choose the phrases that are said.
this number called me 578-121-8324 and said word for word what this site said i went to the computer and googled waka wile i was on the phone with her the computer and this site poped up thank you for this site or i might have been scamed i also tried to call them back to talk to the manager to loose my number and noone answerd
Oh my gosh they just called me too saying that I was won a $100 walmart card because I finished a survey online o_O I asked what survey they didn’t respond . then they said to get the gift ima need a computer so they can guide me through the secure website. They told me to type wakanetwork on google and it would be the first to pop out before I clicked on it the line disconnected. So I was curious nd looked at the other reviews and saw this thank god! I could have been scammed :\
Holy shit!! I would have been a victim if my card didn’t go through. The person I was speaking to sounded like a real person she said “Take your time. I get paid by the hour.” and then she laughed. But then she kept saying “Hold on just for one second” the same way every time!! I wish I had looked up this site sooner but at least nothing was taking except 20 minutes of my life I will never get back.
yes this number has been calling me several times a day as well! It’s from the number 578-121-8324. It sounds like a real person as well, how do i make them stop calling me? Thanks for creating this scam site!!!
They called me from the same number so many times it is total BS im calling the number right now to.tell them to stop calling mebright now and take me off their list!
i got the same bs from the same number 578-121-8324 it would not let me call back. thanks for leting me know about the scam:-)
487-121-9722…. this is the number they just called me from…
I got a call from 487-121-9722, very pushy female voice. I saw your website while following their instructions. I got out just in time, thanks to seeing this as I searched. Thanks.
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I received a call from 487-121-9722 about 1/2 hour ago. Female saying I had completed an on-line survey and they needed to send me a Wal-Mart gift card. Need to sign onto wakanetwork.com and that it is a secure website, my personal information will be protected, etc.,etc. That is a dead give-away to a scam. Then you act dumb or hard-of-hearing, etc. until she gets frustrated and hangs up! Problem solved.
Waka or whatever that business is seems like other businesses that are out there now. Most are really going to come close to you and get you to sign up or answer a survey or buy something. Check your receipts, people. I do.
do you want to know who operates the number 2068886592.
the number is being operated here in km.4 La Trinidad Benguet not in Daytona beach Florida called the in interface techno Phil inc. the one you hear from your phone is not a real woman, it is an automated software that is being piloted by their call center agents.,. she even says that her name is Sylvia Davies. i was an agent there before.. i resigned because i don’t want to fool other people… please share this message thanks. so if you receive a call and the caller says that her name is Sylvia Davies or amber, hung up immediately.
Got a call from 487-121-9722 it’s a robo-call..
I have gotta call as well from 578-121-8324, it just said exactly same as here, very pushyy female must say. But thanks god I googled before following the instruction.thanks for posting the article.
I got a call from 578-121-8324 also. It is a crime and a shame that people are so evil and continue to do what they can do to robe people of their hard earnings. I gave her a run for her money all right and I took up as much time as I could with her to turn the table on her. She want be calling back I tell you that.
I have been getting calls for days from 578-121-8324. Not recognizing number I haven’t been answering or wasn’t home, one. No message ever left. Just few minutes ago I did answer to see who it was. Same pushy female voice telling me ‘not required to purchase anything’. I had my laptop on at the moment and she told me to to to the wakanetwork.com. As I was googling, it came up also with ‘waka networks scams’ which was obviously major red flag.
I hurriedly ended the call. Then came to this site. THANK YOU for this info. Thought it sounded too good to be true.
just rec’d the call from 487-121-9722 i got to the part where they wanted card info and i disconnected phone and web. their not getting card info that easy. try again you crooks!!!
Attention Wal-Mart or any stores. Received a call from 459-121-8344, a woman saying I completed something online about a Wal-Mart free $100 card. I said no. She said this will only take 2 minutes. I said if this cost me 1 red cent, I will be really upset. So I go in…it is soooo funny. I know this because I was trying to make $ during surveys….99% are fake. I had over $200.00 on by doing a survey I had to give cr card number and they charged me the above amount. My PNC bank under the fraud dept checked everything and I was credited back that money. I was LUCKY. Since then, I learned my lesson. So anyway I go into this site and I said “oh, let me check out right below your website there is one that says Wakawebsite SCAM”. She says are you there yet. Wait, I am reading about your scam. She said some act in 1993 made this website secure. No way…she says I am only 2 people from making my goal. I said No and hung up. I deceided to call the number back…guess what…number does not work. REALLY …One last thing, I said ok send the survey and the $100 gift card to my house and I will complete it. I also said you lied there is a $2.98 processing fee. I don’t know you and I don’t give my card out to anyone I do not know. I trust QVC, HSN and some other companies. Pass this on to your friends.
I got the call today on my cell phone, claiming I’d done a survey. I do a lot of surveys and have never attached my cell phone to any of them. When I pushed to get answers, the auto-voice system kept giving me a song and dance. It sounds like a real person on the other end clicking pre-recorded snipits. I refused to enter my card number for their “free” offer. I hung up on her/him/it.
Just got the waka call. When I told the operator that I was looking at the scam warning, she plowed ahead like I’d never said a word. I laughed at her and hung up. Tried to call back, not a working number.
Waka or whatever that business is seems like other businesses that are out there now.
I just received a call from 487-121-9722. This is the second time this number has called me. The first thing I said was I’m not interested, take me off your list. At which point the voice responded “no, no we’ll call back later” I then proceeded to say “excuse me! You will take me off your list.” The voice responded the same way. This is the second time this number has called me and each time, it’s been a convincing automated voice. Don’t fall for this scam!
459-121-8344 has been calling my house for the last three days (several times a day). I finally answered and spoke to a women stating I filled out some sort of survey for a $10.00 Wal Mart gift card. When I advised her I hadn’t, she insisted someone in my house did. She asked me to log on to my computer and she would walk me through the process to finalize the transaction. The website was wakanetwork.com! I asked exactly what personal information she needed and she stated none because I had already filled in all the information on the survey (that I didn’t take). I advised her this wouldn’t be happening and that our conversation is over. She was still talking when I hung up on her.
OMG! Thanks for contributors on this page. Folks I almost fell for these guys until I read this page. This is the number they called from; 459-121-8344
I just got the same call from 578-1218324 called back and is busy all the time.thank you for the heads up
Thanks for posting scam info. I got several calls fromthe 419
Number and saw scam
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Thanks a lot … Just got the same call .. I stalled to see your site first they called from 459-121-8344 they hugup when I insisted how they got my number … That I filled no surveys ..
Thank again for posting this site
They called me, told me I had won a $100 gift card from wallmart. She led me to my computer etc.. and then my hubby walked into the room asking what it was that I was doing. When I told her that, she kept talking on like she didn’t understand what it was that I was saying. The amount of the gift card then changed… Then it was a $100 gift card to the Waka network, and a $10 gift card to wallmart, and I needed to give them $2.99 one time fee for a trile 7 day subscription to their waka network, that I could cancel as soon as that night. Then she went on to tell me that there would be a $10.99/mo charge to use their “savings club” I asked her what it was that I could buy w/ the 100 bucks on their site, she couldn’t answer this. I finally hung up before giving her my info.
Hello,
I to just a call from 459-121-8344. I did some checking and it seams all these. Alls that people are getting are coming from Walmart. I would suggest that everyone start calling Walmarts home office and try speaking to either the president of Walmart or the CEO and ,et know what is going on. This is something that Walmart should not be getting away with. If calls are made to Walmarts corporate office, then maybe these calls will stop. I agree that they annoying and I have to keep chnang my cell phone number and it’s costly to keep doing this. Also try notifying your local police department and see what they can do to help.
I received a call from 415 number. Very creepy, sounded like a real person but figured it out that it is recorded message by the way it said – hold on just for a second…i get paid by the hour…..take your time…
I just got the same call from 459-121-8344. Just like said above she wanted me to go to my computer and fill out a survey to get a 100 walmart gift card and 50 gas card and then there was 2 other that I wasnt paying attention to cause I had seen this sight went here instead . Thanks for posting this sight to stop people from being scammed. Thought I would post yet another number they called from and yes I called and it was already out of service …..really? Most definitely a SCAM! Thanks again.:-)
My mom just went through this today she said they promised her $160 in gift cards and she never recieved a confirmation email. I told here to change her credit card she used to sign up for the additional promotions. Is there any other precautions she should take?
I got the same call from a 303 area code. Very robot sounding. I went on Goodle when they told me to go to wakanetwork.com and saw the SCAM warning. Thank goodness! Never give your CC numbers over the phone!
578-121-8324 Name Can Not Be Found is what appeared on my caller ID this let me know that this call wasn’t legit. I played along to get information from them and I pretended to have logged on to the website. Instead I googled the name and this is how I was brought to this page. I am glade that I did even tho I felt something wasn’t right with the call. When she said all she wanted to do was to send me the walmart gift card I said to her whats stopping you send it out already… infact send it to my local walmart and I will pick it up from there. I told her that I was at the page and it showed a person standing there with its middle finger up and the other had his pants down to his anckles exsposing his rear end and I then said “f- you” and then disconnected the call. These people gets on my nerves.
They tried to get me with the phone number 578-121-8324. Thank goodness I did a Google Search while this pushy woman wanted me to type my information. I so happy this site is available to show me it was a scam.
I knew this was a scam from the jump, i looked it up while on the fone with her and them i told her to hold on while i get my CCinfo. She said “take your time, paid by the hour BS, ” i said “you ready for my CC#?” she said “go ahead”. said “Visa # 4-3-2-1 – F-U-C-K – Y-O-U-R – S-E-L-F”, EXPIRATION, NEVER
i have a call phone for wakanetwork 1578 121 8324 :@
I just got the call today and I think it was a real person, but thanks god I didn’t give her my credit card information and I also think that we should report that.
Someone from this company called me about a survey. I remember the survey, I did not complete it. The girl kept insisting I go on to their website, that she just needed information to complete the survey. I kept telling her to answer my question, what information do you need? She kept repeating herself and insisting that I had “won” something. I pulled up the website while she was talking, and, as I suspected, at the bottom of the “information required” was listed all credit cards. I told her where she could go.
I got a call from 459.121.8344, and at same time I open this scam infopage. They are just trying to make fool us.
They are saying it is secure page and when I see security setting that was not a secure page at all….
Thank you, I saved.
They been ringing up my cell phone from the 578 # & my sons phone from a 435# who can report this too
I just got a call from 459-121-8344
These people called me today. from 459-121-8344 obviously i cant call it back since its not ten digits. it did inform me that i did a survey and won a walmart gift card. obviously i am not that dumb. i googled, and found this blog; i like to update so others dont get scammed.
waka tried and failed this is a major scam and i would cuss like a sailor but
If my credit card account didnt stop any unathorized withdraws i would of got screwed all because of hope nice!!!!!
just got a call from wakanet.com just as I logged on I saw that it was a scam they offferd me a $100 gas card, $10 Walmart card and some other card. the # they called from is 578 121-8324
Just received a call from 469-121-8344. Of course I google it before I got to the website and came across this blog.
Sounded like a automated voice, but she was answering my questions. Still think it was automated. I told her is a same and she tried to ensure me that their website is secure by norton and veriphone (dont remember exactly). I asked her to take me off the calling list and she still insisted that the website was secure and they do not sell any information to other organization (i never brought up her selling my information). She said that if they did sell information that they would lose their merchant account and the ability to process credit/debit cards. I asked her again to take me off the list and she just hung up. They have called me at least 10 times today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HATE SCAMS.
I started getting numerous calls and I would answer and of course I figured it was a scam with the $100 in gas, $500 WalMart gift card, and $50 for their website. The recording asked if I had time to go to my computer and I said no so she says “well you can get online on your phone while I was talking on it…that isn’t possible unless you use WiFi on your phone which most people have 3G and 4G so there’s no need for WiFi. I said “You’re a scam artist.” and hung up. So every time I got a call from them, I called Sprint and had the number blocked. About 5 minutes ago, I got a call from a private number and of course my friends and I prank each other sometimes so I answered it and it was them again…WOW
I have been getting these calls for over a week. The number shows up on my caller ID as 0000000000. The guy has a strong accent and is very hard to understand. When i him not to call my number again, his response to me was a very clear “f##k you”
Recieved call from 5781218324. was robot lady but she did give me the name of the person who gave my number to her. I asked what name was used for the online survey. It was a person I know and dont get along with anymore.
thank you so much for putting up this site! she told me to get to wakanetwork.com and i did, then fill out your info on the screen, then i told her i dont like to give out this info and immediately looked up wakascam… i told her you motherf***ers are a scam says google. and she gave me some more BS so i hung up
Got the same call. she offered me a $160 coupon for gas, $10 gift card walmart, and 50$ waka bucks (?) What a scam.
they called me from 459-121-8344
I wrote them a message that says they got the wrong mother fucker.
5781218324, Thanks GOD i did not give them my freaking credit card info!