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Target Scam Gift Card Text Message
Did you get a text saying you won a Target gift card? Unfortunately, it’s just a scam, but you’re not alone because there are many people who received the same text. Read on for details.
The text we received was from 4129448456, and read:
Your entry last month has WON! Go to http://www.target.com.ppdf.biz/?claimid=113 and enter your Winning Code “6655″ to claim your FREE $500 Target Giftcard!
If you look carefully at the URL, they want you to think it’s from “target.com” but actually it’s from ppdf.biz. They disguise it with target.com.ppdf.biz, but that’s not Target.com! Take a look at the whois on this domain and you’ll see that it was created just last week and is located in Panama. Still believe them?
When you visit the site, the top says it’s a $1000 gift card – not $500. If you go there and enter the code, you’ll be redirected to target.thegiftcarddeal.com. It looks official, but it’s not. Reading the fine print at the bottom reveals that it’s just another “rewards” program in which you’ll be asked to sign up for a long list of programs which will be nearly impossible to fulfill.
I suggest you read this earlier article from a similar Best Buy gift card scam, as this is an ongoing scam. And read this one which is an almost identical scam, also pretending to award Best Buy gift card.
It looks official but it's not, no matter how cute the dog is.
I tried calling the number back, only to hear a message telling me the user has not set up their voice mail. Do you think that’s a coincidence?
This site’s terms & conditions reference DailyDealFinder.com. That domain is most likely the original site from which this template was taken. DailyDealFinder.com was the subject of a March post here for a “free” iPad, based on a similar rewards program. Oddly, the Terms for this site start off:
DailyDealFinder.com
MEMBER INCENTIVE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Last Modified October 15, 2009
Bottom Line
There is no $500 or $1000 Target gift card to be “won” by anyone. It’s a “rewards” program that’s nearly impossible to complete and not even worth the time you’ve spent reading this. Ignore ‘em!
Did you receive a text for this offer? Please post the URL and phone number below to help us alert others!
Below is the updated list, supplied mostly by readers of this article in the comments below. I’ll update it as often as possible. Thanks so much to those who have contributed.
- 206-910-0980
- 215-275-4413
- 229-520-8674
- 229-848-1905
- 240-393-8261
- 307-213-0591
- 307-213-0978
- 307-213-0984
- 307-213-0997
- 310-266-5208
- 310-266-5298
- 310-266-3419
- 310-266-5298
- 310-741-8903
- 310-795-0162
- 310-795-0762
- 310-854-9347
- 315-289-5839
- 315-289-6252
- 315-706-2481
- 321-230-5136
- 321-547-9833
- 347-244-3829
- 347-254-0339
- 347-392-9830
- 347-407-1428
- 347-820-3932
- 347-989-6017
- 360-362-3404
- 360-362-6373
- 360-674-6201
- 385-218-1864
- 385-227-6728
- 407-413-0796
- 407-491-9664
- 407-497-5943
- 410-336-8933
- 410-624-8650
- 412-304-2882
- 412-354-0906
- 412-576-0237
- 412-736-2639
- 412-944-8456
- 414-573-7585
- 425-354-8797
- 425-877-6685
- 440-522-0461
- 440-522-1010
- 440-522-4790
- 443-240-8315
- 443-240-8635
- 443-963-8834
- 470-216-0614
- 470-774-1105
- 470-774-1642
- 502-292-8313
- 502-315-9502
- 502-424-5683
- 502-554-4752
- 502-718-8313
- 504-406-2664
- 540-406-1865
- 540-406-7768
- 571-528-2696
- 614-787-0125
- 614-787-0189
- 614-787-0471
- 614-787-0490
- 615-268-3060
- 615-268-4163
- 646-283-8925
- 646-709-3752
- 704-898-4794
- 704-898-5206
- 704-964-1476
- 714-227-1117
- 714-227-6261
- 716-207-4979
- 716-208-4499
- 716-208-4641
- 716-208-5015
- 716-256-8630
- 716-380-5289
- 716-380-6517
- 716-435-7658
- 720-459-2696
- 720-648-6072
- 725-435-7654
- 814-483-1113
- 816-223-5403
- 816-835-3639
- 817-718-6958
- 817-731-5236
- 818-298-2341
- 857-206-4465
- 901-262-3678
- 901-268-5643
- 901-351-8233
- 901-485-4840
- 901-828-1294
- 901-833-2463
- 901-834-8547
- 904-607-3303
- 917-683-7104
- 917-753-7285
- 951-231-5870
- 980-298-2029
- 980-329-3768
Variations of the website used:
- claim.winningtexts.net
- www.target.com.bbcp.biz
- www.target.com.bswz.biz
- www.target.com.gpck.biz
- www.target.com.khhd.biz
- www.target.com.llwd.biz
- www.target.com.rdfa.biz
- www.target.com.rdfg.biz
- www.target.com.tbgt.biz
- www.target.com.tbgz.biz
- www.target.com.tzdy.biz
- www.target.com.thhd.biz
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.”
Note: Other known “promotions’ by this same company (that you should avoid) include:
Best Buy – bestbuy.thegiftcarddeal.com (read more)
Disney – disney.thegiftcarddeal.com
iPad2 – iPad2.thegiftcarddeal.com
iPhone5 – iphone5.thegiftcarddeal.com
Starbucks – starbucks.thegiftcarddeal.com
Subway – subway.thegiftcarddeal.com
Target – target.thegiftcarddeal.com
Victoria’s Secret – victoriassecret.thegiftcarddeal.com
Walmart – walmart.thegiftcarddeal.com
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Mine came from 443-240-0679, website is http://www.target.com.tthg.biz/?claim=280. Thanks so much for posting this.
440-752-4380 is the number this text just came from to me
Got one 2 hours ago:
310-795-2928
http://www.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=112
How did they get my number?! Good thing I dont go to target much! I knew it had to be a fake!!! Havent been there in over 3 months!!!
I just got one too.
678-314-670
http://www.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=112
I got one too from 253-432-3297. It says to enter “253″ at http://www.target.com.tftz.biz to claim it.
i got a text from (310)741-8075 with code 310 to target.com.tktx.biz
I received a text from 240-645-6634 early July 14. It looked legit and considering I have a Target card, I thought, “Hey, maybe I got lucky?!?!” I soon found out it was a scam because they wanted me to then choose a $100 Best Buy card or a bunch of dumb Disney movies (which did not include “The Black Hole” – Disney’s first PG movie, so that was a mark against these Nigerians,
)
I’ll be waiting with baited breath for that gift card, but I texted a rather nasty, expletive-laden reply to the sender that begins with “F” and ends with “U”.
just got mine.
901 834 9081
http://www.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=112
It’s really irritating to see this kind of stuff, especially when people are down.
Says “Your entry in our drawing WON you a free $1,000 Target Giftcard! Enter “605″ at http://www.target.com.tvtt.biz and we can ship it to you immediately!”
Mine came from 716-548-9265 the site to go to is listed as http://www.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=113
Phone Number was 1-307-578-9067
Website was http://www.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=111
Txt from Ph: 307-21-0634. Called it – Not a working number.
received same from 3107952928
Text from 2293390188 at 8:00 Saturday morning. Said I won $1,000. Go to: target.com.prizeform.com to claim gift card. First scam with this url I’ve seen.
Just got one from 310-745-3292. http://www.target.com tktx.biz
Text message -Enter “360″ at http://www.target.com.tsdz.biz From: 4074937784 8:08 pm 07/13/12 I did reverse phone look up and this phone is mobile in Orlando, Florida Palm Bay- Melbourne metro area. I did not pay to find out the name of this person. Thank You for putting this site up for all to find.
310-745-2298 was the number this text came from to me. they said to go to target.com.tktx.biz
I just went there and unsubscribed from it. Thanks for this posting to inform us this is obviously a scam.
I just got one from:. 334-414-3074
Also received one from: 608-609-4061
the number is 13216522097 and the url iswww.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=113
503-339-6816 http://www.target.com.tsdz.biz
Text msg came from 1-716-548-9108. Sounded like a scam and it was great to see this listing before I entered any email address or indicated my cell number was valid.
Test msg came from 5412854802 with website of target.com.tvtt.biz. I figured it was scam as soon as they required cell phone# and birthdate. It looked legit at first because of the 541 area code.
Just got one from 4432400686
I got one too from 4412400686
I got one of these as well – From phone # : 360-334-0170
I received one from 3604737754 with http://www.target.com.tsdz.biz as the website.
target.com.tvtt.biz
541-285-0346
I stopped signing in at step 3 . Am I still screwed? the phone # was 3604876782
Just got one….website is http://www.target.com.ttkz.biz and the phone number is 1-347-205-4689
605 201-4287 using tsdx.biz
got that text, unfortunately believed it and didn’t realize it was a scam until i had already bought 2 things from the “sponsors”
412-980-7947
Received target text $500. Gift card. Scam. 13606746455. Reads. Your entry won go to http
//www.target.com.t the.biz/?claimi 113 and enter winning code. There’s all kinds
My text read http://www.target.com.tthj.biz/?claimid=113 enter winning code to claim. There’s all kinds
Just got one from 310-795-2934
Target.com.txkt.biz
Another for the list: 281-221-9847, http://www.target.com.ttkz.biz
Got one yesterday for a $500 card—413-214-9958
Received July 10th
Number:
315-460-0695
URL:
http://www.target.com.mswl.biz/?claimid=111
enter code 6655
got one from 281-222-6895; it told me to check out http://www.target.com.ttkz.biz
just got the $500 Target Card text from 310-699-9717.
616-238-9225
http://www.target.com.tcdt.biz
It’s pretty pathetic that our country has no control over our telephone communications. Of course, the number I received the text from was a local number. After checking, it ends up being a mobile phone number. I suppose it wouldn’t be too difficult for someone to modify(aka “Hack”) a cell phone to allow them to send hundreds of text messages to consecutive numbers. You could use the phone to give you access to a wireless network, which you could then do any number of things. Those are just my thoughts/ideas, not sure how much is actually possible.
July 14, 2012 I got the message at 9:20 pm PDT from 407-257-8983 for target.com.ttjh.biz
the phone number i got was 541.285.0346. I never checked out the site because of the weird ” you have won” part. I am on the internet a lot and as much as i could use the money I know a lot scams out there.
the ph nbr from mine was 360-497-6586. enter “360″, …com.tvtz.biz
Can they scam anything from your phone or computer if you don’t enter anything? Don’t call the number, don’t check out website? Is it mainly they’re trying to get personal info? (I don’t know b/c I didn’t do anything but check online w/google re: “target gift card scam” & got here.).
I think they have the technology to track these guys down but hey…it might be their own guys doing this. The way this gov’t has been turning over every rock they can find that has a $ on it, and coming up w/some sorry reason why they are going to take it…& now w/a Supreme Court that does it’s own interpretation in order to push thru a scandalous act…it wouldn’t surprise me in the least. I put nothing past this administration. Anyways that’s my conspiracy (hey, ever look at that word closely? cons-piracy? It’s cons pirating us alright!
Thanx for posting this for us.
307-578-9067
Thanks for posting. Really sad
Just got one from +17708141796. Web address is http://www.target.com.tthj.biz
Her’s another one: 540 406 1307
I got message on July 13, 2012 from phone# 661-803-4219. Thought it was weird because I didn’t remember entering any contest.
512-431-5637
http://www.target.com.tdtt.biz
Yep. Me too. I like the “immediately” part.
Enter “858″ at target.com.tktx.biz to claim it and we can ship it to you immediately!
From 619-203-2023
Got mine early this evening–
“Enter ’317′ at target.com.tdtt.biz and we can ship it to you immediately.”
Sent from 317-287-4223
716-361-8859 just got one from this #