Okay so I got an interesting poll in my email today

[proud2BlibKansan]

PollingPoint is running a joint study with a research team to analyze mobile-phone usage patterns. In order to improve wireless services in your area, the team would view your and other people's wireless account information, taking care to ensure your personal account information will not be used for other marketing purposes outside of this study and that your wireless services will not be affected.

Would you be interested in learning more? You will have a chance to opt-out later in this survey if you change your mind. By marking no, you will be taken to another PollingPoint study.

Please note: You must successfully provide your online billing login and password in the following steps to be eligible for the study. If you don't know or forgot your online billing login and password information, an opportunity to obtain this information will be provided on the following screens.

So I replied "NO". Then I got this message:


Survey Closed

Thank you for your willingness to participate, however this study has been completed and is closed. We hope you will visit us in the future for other surveys.

[fenriswolf]

1. that doesnt sound right at all

it sounds like a phishing scam.

*edit* never ever give a password to anything except a person and only if you call that person who is asking for it and only if you obtained that phone number from a public source of information (ie phonebook)

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I said no

No way would I do THAT. lol

[MercutioATC]

2. Phishing

...and not incredibly well-done, either.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. No it wasn't

I am on the email list for Polling Point. I do about a poll a week for them.

[fenriswolf]

6. have they ever texted your phone asking for a pw?

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Nope

[fenriswolf]

10. their ya go

very easy for someone to say they are someone else.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Do you have a link to the poll?

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. It was emailed to me

and I am the only one who can access the link. I belong to this polling group. Signed up a longtime ago and I get polls about once a week. This is the first one that ever asked me for personal info. Usually they ask if I am a Democrat or a Republican and then they ask marketing questions, like what restaurants I like and if I shop at WalMart, etc.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Here I hadn't deleted the email yet

POLLINGPOINT

Dear Proud,

Thank you for participating in a previous poll. Based on what you told us previously, you are being selected to participate in a new PollingPoint poll.

Start Now

If you cannot view the button above, please copy the link below and paste it in your browser:
http://isurvey.pollingpoint.com/b/vcWg3mSClRbSFj

This poll should take approximately 15 minutes. For every completed poll we invite you to, you will be awarded at least 500 points. You can check out our Rewards page to see what you can redeem with your PollingPoints.

Your opinion makes a difference. Thank you for participating!

Kelly Connor PollingPoint 285 Hamilton Ave, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94301 1-866-749-8100

[orleans]

11. maybe call them and let them know about this one. (if that is really

their info)

[LiberalFighter]

13. Compared it with the ones I get from them and same main link

It is strange that they would ask for logon and password for cell.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Yes it is strange indeed.

[applegrove]

12. "other marketing purposes outside of this study". So that implies there is marketing.

Yup. Skip it.