$50.00 Kubota Survey

jeffmc134 · Oct 4, 2005

I received a email from Kubota Credit about completing a survey. 3 questions and they offered to send me $50.00. I emailed Kubota Credit to ask if it was legitimate and they are unsure at this time. They are checking to see if it came from there corporate offices. Anyone else received this email or is it a scam?

Skidmark25 · Oct 4, 2005

Nope,

i didn't get one

N80 · Oct 4, 2005

Bought my tractor in August and haven't gotten anything like this. But, I don't think I gave thm my email address.

Just look at the survey, if it asks for any account info, passwords, credit card numbers or SS# then it is probably a scam.

But, Kubota needs to know that somehow private info has been leaked or sold, because how else would anyone know you'd financed through them?

jeffmc134 · Oct 4, 2005

here is the email 

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KUBOTA CREDIT CORPORATION, U.S.A.
3401 Del Amo Blvd
Torrance, CA 90503

Dear Kubota Customers,

Thank you for your purchase and for financing with Kubota Credit
Corporation, U.S.A.
Kubota appreciates your purchase and we sincerely hope that you are
enjoying your
products.

Kubota is a customer value oriented company and we are looking for
improvements to
our sponsored Insurance Program. Please take a few minutes of your time to
complete
the enclosed survey. Upon our receipt of your completed e-mail response, we
will
send a $50 check to you at the address we have on file. Please note, if you
have
moved, please send back your new address for our records.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. We really appreciate it.

Sincerely,

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Masato
Yoshikawa

President, Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A.

Survey Instruction

The survey is included in attached excel file.
To start survey, please save the attachment on to your PC, and open the
file.
You'll then be presented with 3 questions, and area for comment, and an
address verification section.
Please mark "X" in the box next to each question if it is true.
Once you've completed the questions and provided any comments, please
provide your address to ensure
you receive the $50 Reward for completing the survey to us.
After you complete your survey, please save the file and send it to
kic@kubota.com by October 21, 2005,
to qualify for your $50 Reward.

(See attached file: InsuranceSurvey1.xls)

N80 · Oct 4, 2005

Call me a skeptic but that sounds bogus. I would not open the Excel file. I would not reply to the email address. Having to download and open a file and then email it back sounds very suspicious. The risk of this carrying a virus is high. At the very least Kubota would have either done this through the snail mail or it would have been done at a web site where you were not required to open or email anything.

I'm not an expert but this has scam written all over it. If it is legit, Kubota should know better than to handle it this way.

jeffmc134 · Oct 4, 2005

I am not so much concerned about the virus because I believe my computer is protected and I have experience getting rid of viruses. My biggest concern is how this information (My financial information and insurance information) became avaliable for scams. Was Kubotas customer database compromised? Because I automatically deduct my Kubota payment from my account.

KirkMcD · Oct 4, 2005

( . My biggest concern is how this information (My financial information and insurance information) became avaliable for scams. )

It should show up on a credit report, plus there would also be a UCC filing with the state.

cart99 · Oct 4, 2005

BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS. There is NO WAY any company with half a clue would collect survey information by sending out an Excel spreadsheet.

jlbota · Oct 4, 2005

I recieved the same email just the other day and thought it seemed really fishy. I was going to call Kubota Credit myself but hadn't gotten around to doing so.
Anything I have ever recieved from Kubota has had my name attached.
This one seemed very generic and vague. I also noticed there was no contact information if you had any questions which seemed really unlike Kubota or any big corporations ways.

I do believe this one to be bogus and I would also like to know how they got my email address or any other info for that matter. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

MessickFarmEqu · Oct 4, 2005

( BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS. There is NO WAY any company with half a clue would collect survey information by sending out an Excel spreadsheet. )

As lame as it is, they do this kinda stuff.

I would not doubt its legit, like someone else said - as long as they are not asking for credit cards, SS# or sensitive information I am sure its probably fine.