EA email "make your opinion count"
No idea where to put this so I'm sticking it here: The past few days I've been getting this email in it and I'm wondering if it is actually legit because although I stopped the survey none of the q...
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"hyrulerose;c-16856780" wrote:"ladybreid;c-16856650" wrote:
it asked my birthdate , zip code, profession I ended it at that point because to me those things have nothing to do with my gaming and because it had nothing to do with gaming I thought maybe it wasn't legit.
I had my identity stolen and now I'm so super paranoid.
Sounds like others have gotten it though so no harm no foul. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't a scam going around. It was weird getting it 2 days in a row though.
Birthdate, zip code and profession are pretty standard online survey questions. A lot of sites that host surveys for companies will start you off with those questions (as well as things like gender, etc) no matter what the survey itself is about. It's nothing unusual at all, unless that's information you wouldn't want to give out. Personally, I've always slightly fudged those questions for privacy in the past. ;)
(A lot of apps give rewards for taking surveys from sponsors, which is why it's a subject I'm strangely familiar with lol)
They shouldn't ask for an exact birthdate (and everyone should be wary of giving that out). That's identifiable personal information that could be used to access your financial and health information (since it's often used to verify that you are you).
If you see something online that doesn't seem quite right, just don't.
