Email Scam Using Element14 Name???

I got an email bcc'ed to me today from e14userx@gmail.com claiming to be from Newark/Element14 offering a $35 Amazon gift card if I would click on the link provided and take a 40 minute customer survey. Ha ha ha. This IS a fake phising scam, right, E14 admin?

Text Follows:

Hello,

You are receiving this email because you signed up on element14 website and agreed to be contacted.
We are looking for customers to participate in a paid online research study.
The online activity will take approximately 40min and you will be rewarded with a $35 (USD) online Amazon voucher for your time. In order to be eligible for the incentive you must complete this study by Friday, April 6th. The voucher will be emailed to you upon completion.
Please note that all responses will be taken on a first come, first served basis until the study is full. You will only be asked for your email address. Your email will be used to send you the gift card and it will not be shared with any third party.

If you are interested and available, please click on this link to complete the online activity:

Thank you!
Newark/element 14 Team

*PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY MEMBERS OR POST ONLINE

Former Member over 13 years ago

Sweet...you know your successful when scams are run using your name!

Just a joke in case the admins think I'm serious. ;)
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nlarson over 13 years ago

Hi rickyjames,

Thankfully, this is not a scam. A team here at element14 is conducting a research study and contacted members with this email (unfortunately using a Gmail account which likely caused a bulk of the confusion). We're sorry that this email was confusing and looked suspicious as that was not the intent. Thank you for your post!

Nicole, element14 Community Manager
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to nlarson

Ummm...Element14 is using Gmail for a survey offering money? OOOkkkaaayy.......

But thanks for verifying it! I'm off to go claim my $35 Amazon card!!!
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nlarson over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

You bet, sorry again for the confusion. Enjoy your giftcard

Nicole
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MichaelT3860 over 13 years ago in reply to nlarson

Thanx for the update but I think I will still only respond to email from the main server.
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sqkybeaver over 13 years ago

i figured i would give it a go, when i found out it took 40 minuttes i closed the window and decided to go back later. when i later reentered my email address it told me that it was already compleated. so there is at least one blank resopnse in the pool.
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to sqkybeaver

I got a mail from eben.upton@gmail.com linking to a site that looks like Yours where I can pay using my credit card.
Is that a valid mailadress / site?

Thanks Christer
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Montala over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

If he is asking you to pay any money, then it sounds very much like a scam to me, and if I were you I would delete it immediately.

You can only order a Raspberry Pi computer directly from Farnell/Element 14 (or RS Components) and NOT from Eben personally.

Actually I doubt if any reply would even reach him anyway!
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Montala

The link to where I can register my card for payment was sent from the mailadress above.
Can someone from this site confirm whether or not there has been outgoing mail to people who wants to pre-order?

Thanks / Christer
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Former Member over 13 years ago

Since it came from a gmail account I deleted it
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