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?

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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

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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

Is there any way to close my account on here as I don't really appreciate being spammed with messages intended for US account holders only. All accounts have a country registered with them, as the $35 offer was US only, why do us in the UK have to have the spam telling people it is genuine? Not to mention the insult that we don't get the offer in the first place.
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Montala over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

I am registered in the UK, and haven't received any message about this 'survey'... mind you I would certainly appreciate being offered a voucher just for answering a few questions!
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Montala over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

I am registered in the UK, and haven't received any message about this 'survey'... mind you I would certainly appreciate being offered a voucher just for answering a few questions!
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to Montala

For what its worth, I tried several times to take the survey and never got it to work before the deadline. Not only did these peoople use a new gmail account to send out the notice, they didn't get the Javascript set up right for all browsers or something.
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