Counterfeit Coupon Alert

I was just reading on Moms Need to Know and Common Sense with Money about two coupons for Free Charmin and Bounty Multi-packs that are counterfeits. Seems that one individual is selling them on Ebay and there were 450 auctions for these coupons that sold at extremely high prices. This person evidently had alot of time on thier hands because the coupon is even on glossy paper like P&G coupons normally are.

COUNTERFEIT: FREE Charmin Multi-Roll Pack Any Variety Max. Value $11.99 ~ Counterfeit & Reward ~ May 2009

COUNTERFEIT: FREE Bounty Multi-Pack Any Variety Max Value $11.99 ~ Counterfeit & Reward ~ May 2009



Hot Coupon World Forum: It's Got To Be Real has pictures of the coupons from CIC.

CIC is a non profit organization that is a watchdog for counterfeit coupons. Should you have have a question about the legitimacy of a coupon check with the CIC.

Be Alert!!! Counterfeit Couponizer Site!

Yesterday I received an email from The Couponizer Company. Thier site has been copied by a scammer.

Here is the email I received from the owner, Amy Bergin.

Counterfeit Couponizer website found

Sadly at a time when our business is growing, cyber criminals have taken notice. Seems the tough economy has them turning to coupons also, only for the wrong reasons!Basically, a malware campaign that sends spam e-mails directs consumers to print local coupons off what looks like our website but it most certainly is NOT. By clicking on the links in the spam e-mail and on the counterfeit website your system becomes infected. Once infected, the malware can do several things to the unsuspecting user's system, including use it to send out other spam or install a keylogger that could result in data loss or identity theft. This same situation has happened to PayPal and Bank of America to name a few. If you receive one of these phishing emails, do not click through. Gary Warner, Director of Computer Forensics at the University of Alabama called me to alert me to this situation. His students discovered the campaign. What is frustrating is the fact that there is nothing we could have done to prevent this. The worst part is that people may be harmed by this and think that we are the cause. Please visit his blog that descibe this situation in more detail: http://garwarner.blogspot.com/2009/02/money-tight-watch-out-for-coupon-offers.html Our website has not been compromised in any way, you may download coupons and buy product from us with confidence as we are PCI Compliant and take the security of personal data very seriously.This crime has been reported to the FBI through the Internet Crime Complaint Center. Over the next few days as we learn more, if needed we will communicate further information to you.

Thank you for your continued support,Amy BerginWife, Mother and President, The Couponizer Companyhttp://www.thecouponizer.com/

I HIGHLY recommend that you click on the link and read up on what it was that Gary posted.