Scam Alert

If you find yourself in the middle of any of the following scenarios, stop engaging immediately–you are likely being targeted by a scammer.

1) The Fake Website Scam: You may encounter an ad in a game, or on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media. This ad purports to be a Rednote cost-cutting tutorial, and in its comment section are many fake comments saying this ad is legitimate. The endgame of this scam is to lead you onto a fake website to order, so the scammer can run off with your money. Protect your money, do not trust these shady ads!

2) The Prizewinner/Gift Card Scam: A stranger tags or messages you on social media, telling you that you've won a lottery drawing, and will be awarded a huge Rednote gift card (or other extravagant gift). You are directed to claim your prize by filling out a survey on some website, and asked afterward to purchase postage from this website, so your prize can finally be sent to you. All of this is a scammer's roundabout way to steal your "postage" payment and personal information. Mind your wallet, don't trust social media tags and DMs from randos!

3) The Unclaimed Package Scam: You get a text message or call telling you that you have a package out there that you never claimed. You are then sent a link, which when clicked, informs you that your package delivery was held up due to so and so reason. Of course, you are assured that your unclaimed package will be released to you if you just pay a fee or enter your payment information. Except, this unclaimed package doesn't exist, the whole thing is just a ploy to scam you out of money and bank account info! Dearest, please be more careful, less credulous!

4) The Bank Verification Scam: You get a message on one of your communication platforms, from a scammer pretending to be your bank. The message asks you to confirm a bank transaction you supposedly made, by calling a certain phone number. Eager to disprove that you made this transaction, you call the number and get connected to a scammer pretending to be an employee of your bank. This "employee" asks you to "verify" your bank information, so they can steal your credit/debit card number. Many Rednote customers have encountered this scam, please watch out!

5) The Account Heist: A scammer can set up a phishing website or pop-up window–perhaps one that looks identical to your Rednote login page–trick you into typing in your login credentials, then use those credentials to log into your accounts on Rednote and elsewhere, stealing your bank account details, address, and other critical information.

6) The Fake Partnership Scam: You get an email claiming to be from Rednote's official headquarters, inviting you to do some form of partnership. But wait, before you can collaborate, they need your help paying for postage so they can ship you the product! After you pay their "postage fee," the scammers will disappear with your money. Watch out for this scam! Protect your wallet!

7) The Fake Job Scam: Someone texts you from an unknown number, or messages you on one of your social media apps (usually WhatsApp, Facebook, or Instagram), informing you that you have been recruited by Rednote to work online and earn some extra income. The only catch is, you must pay them first before you get paid. These are not job recruiters, they are scammers. Don't trust them!