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Nowadays, retailers canConnect with buyers more easily than ever. Texts on new sales by email updates on online orders, you probably receive countless messages from your favorite stores each week. But while you sort dozens and dozens of corporate correspondence to determine what to keep and what can be deleted, be careful not to fall into a trap. There is a new scam involving one of the most notable domiciliary renovation retailers in the country, and it could easily surprise you. Read the continuation to find out which message from Lowe you should make sure you avoid clicking.

Read this then:Lowe's is under fire from buyers for a "huge amount of damage".

Scammers always seek to capitalize on the link between consumers and their favorite companies - and Lowe is no exception. The home renovation retailer has already participated in several scams this year. Since February, SNOPES experts have warned against consumers against the victim of a Russian scam who worked to encourage buyers to think that they would receive a gift card of $ 100Exchange of taking an investigation.

Then in May, a spokesperson for Lowe's said that the retailer tried to "maintain practices designed forhelp reduce fraud"After a man from Florida has lost more than $ 7,000 against a crook demanding that he buys gift cards from Lowe's and Target to avoid criminal accusations. Despite this, the domestic renovation retailer has just found himself at Center of another stratagem concerning.

This summer turns out to be suffocating across the country, but if you think you are going to refresh yourself with a free air conditioner from Lowe soon, think again. On July 21, SNOPES expertsreleased an alert On a new scam involving the domiciliary renovation retailer and air conditioning. According to the fact verification website, at least one consumer has received a recent email that can be read as follows: "Congratulations! You are the lucky online winner of a brand new portable air conditioner BTU BTU!"

In fact, there is no such gift from Lowe's. "E-mail was a scam," said Snopes. "The crooks pretended to be LOWE in an apparent phishing attempt to get people's personal information, such as credit and debit card numbers."

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SNOPES has not revealed how many buyers would have received this fraudulent message from LOWE or if there are similar forms, but their message is the same as with a phishing email: do not open it.

"We advise readers to never click on links or call phone numbers that appear in this type of scam emails," said SNOPES. "The links will lead to phishing attempts, and telephone calls will connect you with crooks who will probably try to attract sensitive data from you."

According to the Lowe website, the domiciliary renovation retailer "will never ask youSend personal information"Like your password, social security number, bank details or credit card numbers. The company urges consumers to" be aware of online scams offering free gifts "by false emails.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Regarding the messages of retailers, there are generally key things that you can search to determine if you are scammed. According to SNOPES, phishing emails tend to contain obvious grammatical errors and are sent from email addresses which may seem official. Regarding LOWE, this could involve an email address that ends more than the official end "@ lowes.com".

"The sender can have something like," [email protected]. "It would not be a legitimate e-mail address for Lowe's," said Snopes, adding that it would be a "sign of something suspicious that happens". If you think you are the victim of a free gift scam involving LOWE, the retailer advises consumers to submit a report to their local police and on the website of the Internet Crime Complaints (ICCC).