Heretic Posted May 1, 2016 Beware of being offered a $1 smart phone from a mob called Jubify.com ..... I fell for this one , and I suspect many others will also become suckered .... I received an e-mail purporting to come from an Australian company that I have been buying mail order CDs from , advising me that I have won a Samsung smart phone . The only cost to myself would be $1 to cover the postage of the phone , and banking or credit card details were requested for payment of the $1 . It seemed legit , and used the usual JB Hi Fi page and logos as they use in their on line shopping .....[ my niece recently won a computer , so I did not suspect a scam ] ..... so I used the Google auto-fill to fill out the on line payment form - exactly the same as the JB Hi Fi form . I believed I was paying the $1 postage for my soon - to - arrive new phone .... To my astonishment I then received e-mails form a mob called Jubify.com advising me that my account with Jubify is now activated and I have signed up for on line games at a cost of $ 129 per month , which will be deduducted automatically each month . [ ??? ] Of course , I immediately tried to cancel this account , but it is not possible for at least 2 business days .... I then had to call my bank and cancel my Visa debit card , in order to prevent Jubify.com from accessing any funds from my account . The bank person advised me that the account has not yet been touched by Jubify.com , which is a great relief . But , nevertheless , it is all a major hassle - cancelling my debit card and arranging for a replacement card . Next I Googled Jubify and a quick perusal shows many similar reports to my experience , offering $ 1 smart phones that never arrive . I will be contacting JB Hi Fi next , to enquire whether or not Jubify are authourized to be using their logos , etc , and if they are a legit promo company on behalf of JB Hi Fi - I suspect not . So folks , beware .... and as always ..... if it sounds too good to be true , it probably is so ..... Take care with on line offers , promos , and prizes . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
at0m Posted May 1, 2016 Sucks to hear about all the drama man but one solid piece of advice to remember ALWAYS: "If it's too good to be true, it probably is", checking the URL bar (top of the page that shows you what site you're on) VERY carefully is a must too. It's very unlikely JB will know (or care) about it :\ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted May 1, 2016 Sucks to hear about all the drama man but one solid piece of advice to remember ALWAYS: "If it's too good to be true, it probably is", checking the URL bar (top of the page that shows you what site you're on) VERY carefully is a must too. It's very unlikely JB will know (or care) about it :\ not necessarily, don't phone companies regularly offer free phones with contracts (i.e. 24 months phone contract get the phone for free)? although there wasn't a contract attached to this it's still not unheard of btw heretic you should check the message detail to see the domain the message came from. i've seen a few phishing emails get through the usual spam filter and i've had to check the domain the messages came from. they were unknown/not related to the contents of the message so were immediately discarded. i got one recently that was almost a carbon copy of the emails i receive when there's an oz post parcel delivered, "we couldn't deliver a package, click here to find out details" or something. i wasn't expecting a parcel so a quick inspection showed it came from an unrelated domain so i knew to ignore it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites