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Valued Member
Canada
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It's been indicated that you've opted in to potentially be contacted by the Royal Canadian Mint to participate in research or survey. As a valued customer of the Royal Canadian Mint, we wish to invite you to take part in an upcoming research study for which we are currently inviting collectors that have children, nephews, nieces or grandchildren aged 6-14, with whom they share this pastime with. Please be assured that this research does not involve sales of any kind, we are just interested in your opinions. We would like for you to take part in an Online Discussion that will be held on October 22nd & 23rd, for which you will receive $100 Following the online discussion, you may be asked to participate at one of 2 additional Stages So did anyone else get one of these? And what do you make of this? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If its legit, free $100 for you  Careful to check out this whole thing. IF they start asking you to download stuff, give private info, or ask for money from you, RUN FOR THE HILLS! YA BEING SCAMMED!! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2019 Posts |
I would call the mint cust service and see if they did email this out to people, sounds fishy to me.... the 2 extra stages would have me worried.
Edited by Northerncoins
10/11/2013 3:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2366 Posts |
I haven't been invited to anything at that level but I have participated in a number of online discussions similar to what you describe for other organizations and subjects and gotten paid in all cases as promised. I have also done a number of surveys for the RCM on what themes I find interesting etc which have paid the usual dollar or two each so I know they're out there doing this sort of thing. As @yoshirules says, legitimate ones will not be asking for your credit card number or your online bank account password so if that sort of thing comes up at any point it's time to disconnect. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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p.s. RCM customer service may or may not know anything about this. RCM Marketing would have contracted the survey company who would take care of all arrangements including inviting participants. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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No invitation to participate has been sent to me yet. If I get one, I'll let you know.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I received a phone call about this early this week.. The other 2 stages include a formal sit down interview and the third part involved video taping of some sort... It all sounded kinda strange to me so I turned it down.. The online forum involved having to be online at least 4 times and at least 20 mins each time to qualify for the 100$, or something like that.. I'm sure I've botched up the details some..
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Valued Member
 Canada
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I'm very interested in having people hear me ramble on and on about coins. Now I might get paid for it? Wow win, win. I'm very weary of scams. Although never happening to me, my brother had his credit card info stolen twice, apparently they made a fake copy and was using it in Nova Scotia and Montreal at the same time. As much as I dislike ebay and paypal for their outrageous fee's, that buyer protection makes online shopping a lot safer. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I got the same email as well. I haven't done anything yet. I'm still not sure how legit this is, but it's somewhat comforting to see another member here got it as well.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
871 Posts |
I haven't received any messages from the RCM regarding this. However, I did receive a call to have my air-ducks cleaned.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:
...I'm very weary of scams... Hi chubbycheeks! I'm sure we're both weary of scams, but in this case I believe you meant that you are wary of scams.  Be afraid... be very afraid... Edited by NuMoosematist
10/12/2013 10:53 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Just remember that people disguise themselves as others to gain access to your private info. They can be cable guys, telephone company, water, credit cards, banks, and even computer experts claiming to want to fix your broken computer. Play along with them and call up Marketplace (CBC). Sting them nice.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I don't think it's a good idea to play along with scam artists.
My advice would be to totally ignore any suspicious offers.
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Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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@NuMoosematist - I guess I could've used wary but I used weary because of what happened to my brother twice. But it didn't happen to me so your right using wary would probably have been better.
I'm not %100 sure if I will proceed yet, I should do some homework on the group today to see what's what.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You will probably have to give them some private financial stuff in order to receive payment, and that's when it gets dicey. I actually have an account set up for just this sort of thing - originally for PayPal verification purposes - that only has $1 in it.
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Posted 10/11/2013 11:59 am
