Award Connections

Scammer's website greenville.awardconnections.org
Victim Location SC 29607, USA
Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

Company contacted me saying we had won a "Best of..." award. After looking into the type of program they were, I found there are multiple reports that this was fake. This was evident because they were asking for us to pay for the award.

Scammer's address 93 S Jackson St # 69619, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location HI 96791, USA
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

We received an email campaign announcing that local businesses have ‘won’ the 2016 Best of Waialua award for the surfing industry. We were then encouraged to pay $149 or $199 to claim the award and receive a personalized plaque. We typed in Haleiwa.awardconnections.org and the website looks identical to the one we were directed to.

Scammer's address Lake Wylie, Clover, SC 29710, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location SC 29710, USA
Type of a scam Online Purchase

They contacted me through my business email claiming I had won an award for 2016 Best of Lake Wylie Awards for Pet Training. When you visit the site it asks you to "claim your award" where it wants $149.99 - $229.98 for the various plaques offered. There's no such award in my area and even if there was I'd expect some contact before being named "the best".

Victim Location 92647
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

One of our executives received an email message from [email protected] which said our company had been selected for a Best of Awards for Healthcare. There was a link to a website which redirects to http://local.awardconnections.org If you search for that domain name on Google, you'll see they have setup many different idential websites for major cities.

A similar scam was reported in the Washington / Idaho ScamPulse.com in 2015 indicating that you are asked to pay money to receive your award plaque. We did not follow the link in case it was also malware.