# New dimensions in phishing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-phishing/839010>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-phishing/839010 "2019-08-21T16:29:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-phishing/839010/1 "2019-08-21T16:29:48Z")

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Starting about 3 weeks ago I have received at least 100 emails of the following kind. Company X (Amazon, Walmart, Air Canada, all national companies) would like you to fill out a customer satisfaction survey. Simply click Here, fill out the survey and you will become eligible for a prize worth up to $1000. Are other people getting these or is it just me? I did recently fill out a customer satisfaction poll, but it didn’t come from .RU or .NK and it was for something that I had actually bought. I wonder whether they sold my email address as someone who will fill out a survey.

Are you others getting the same thing, or is it just me?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-phishing/839010/2 "2019-08-21T17:04:52Z")

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Just you. Well, not me. And yes, those poll sell your contact info.