Chris: Is this 500-point Marriott survey legit?
May 27, 2007, 10:15 am
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Chris: Is this 500-point Marriott survey legit?
See this thread in S.P.A.M. forum. Is it actually a legit survey or are we all being scammed? Could you check w/ someone? Thx!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=694994
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=694994
May 27, 2007, 10:25 am
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I went all the way through it, but didn't add my mr #. What threw me off is that it said "would you like to be contacted in the future with additional surveys" but did NOT ask for your email. I'm beginning to think that it is a scam to possibly take you mr# and deplete the account....anyone else have any thoughts?
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May 27, 2007, 11:23 am
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I'm not sure but...
I did the whole survey and also was concerned that it could be a rip off... It wasn't worth it for 500 points to take the risk of putting in my name and number...
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May 27, 2007, 11:30 am
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I had the same thoughts, but why would scammers go through the trouble of programming such a long survey? A good scam survey would have asked five to eight very simple questions (Have you ever stayed at a Marriott, How did you rate your stay, etc.). Only a very incompetent scammer would spend hours programming a survey that is likely to yield fewer account numbers than a shorter survey would -- I'm sure several people gave up halfway into the survey, thinking this is not worth it for 500 points.
May 27, 2007, 11:51 pm
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I did it but stopped short when I got to the MR #. Saw no space for your name and email address for future surveys. Seemed to point towards picking out an appropriate name for a new Marriott to replace the one distroyed on 9/11. If I had to guess, its a legit survey either poorly designed (no surprize here given the Marriott web site) or the link somehow is incomplete and puts you in the start of the survey without the needed deomgraphic info attached to the URL.
May 28, 2007, 11:28 am
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http://technically.us/eat/articles/2...good-customers
Some history...
http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=linescale&tld=com
Some information....
IMO, avoid...
Pat
Some history...
http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=linescale&tld=com
Some information....
IMO, avoid...
Pat
May 28, 2007, 1:26 pm
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Hmm, wish I had known that before. I did provide my MR#, but I don't recall the survey asking for a name. Of course it was a day or two ago. And presumably MR would ask for some type of info other than MR# before letting someone access our accounts.
Chris, could you confirm if it's real or not? If it's not, perhaps Marriott legal wants to contact the guy/firm & say what's up? If it is legit, then perhaps Marriott wants to have the survey amended so it doesn't look like a scam.
camachinist, thanks for the links!
Cheers.
Chris, could you confirm if it's real or not? If it's not, perhaps Marriott legal wants to contact the guy/firm & say what's up? If it is legit, then perhaps Marriott wants to have the survey amended so it doesn't look like a scam.
camachinist, thanks for the links!
Cheers.
May 28, 2007, 2:46 pm
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What do we do if it IS a scam? My wife decided to "try" this...now what????
Do I need to contact MR and let them know to "lock down" the account? Do I just worry? Im kinda concerned because it did NOT ask for an email address!
Do I need to contact MR and let them know to "lock down" the account? Do I just worry? Im kinda concerned because it did NOT ask for an email address!
May 29, 2007, 3:29 am
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http://technically.us/eat/articles/2...good-customers
Some history...
http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=linescale&tld=com
Some information....
IMO, avoid...
Pat
Some history...
http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=linescale&tld=com
Some information....
IMO, avoid...
Pat
Take a look at linescale's own website. The owner, Larry Weiss, has a pretty interesting bio, listing a number of achievements and patents:
http://www.linescale.com/
Whatever you may think of the survey, it's unlikely to be a scam.
May 29, 2007, 5:36 am
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I don't think it's a scam. But whether we'll actually get our 500 points is another question. We may not have entered the survey properly (i.e., the link that was posted may not really have been the correct entry point). @:-)
Take a look at linescale's own website. The owner, Larry Weiss, has a pretty interesting bio, listing a number of achievements and patents:
http://www.linescale.com/
Whatever you may think of the survey, it's unlikely to be a scam.
Take a look at linescale's own website. The owner, Larry Weiss, has a pretty interesting bio, listing a number of achievements and patents:
http://www.linescale.com/
Whatever you may think of the survey, it's unlikely to be a scam.
Furthermore, read his intro on the front page. Note that he doesn't claim to have innovated anything. He says that this system is based on stuff pioneered at General Foods, etc. Just reading his intro makes me feel that he's being incredibly misleading and making people think that he did work for all those companies - yet he never claims to have done so.
Just from reading his web page, I'd stay away. But, then, I just don't like slimy marketing techniques. Maybe it's just me.
May 29, 2007, 6:28 am
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Just because the guy has worked at a large company or two and has a couple of patents doesn't mean this can't be a scam.
Furthermore, read his intro on the front page. Note that he doesn't claim to have innovated anything. He says that this system is based on stuff pioneered at General Foods, etc. Just reading his intro makes me feel that he's being incredibly misleading and making people think that he did work for all those companies - yet he never claims to have done so.
Just from reading his web page, I'd stay away. But, then, I just don't like slimy marketing techniques. Maybe it's just me.
Furthermore, read his intro on the front page. Note that he doesn't claim to have innovated anything. He says that this system is based on stuff pioneered at General Foods, etc. Just reading his intro makes me feel that he's being incredibly misleading and making people think that he did work for all those companies - yet he never claims to have done so.
Just from reading his web page, I'd stay away. But, then, I just don't like slimy marketing techniques. Maybe it's just me.
May 29, 2007, 7:42 pm
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It didn't ask for our names, just our MR #. Doubt anyone can do much with just a number.
Besides, FTers are the last people I'd try to scam. We check our reward balances, what? twice daily?
Besides, FTers are the last people I'd try to scam. We check our reward balances, what? twice daily?