I
received a text message from Best Buy telling me the happy news: “Your entry last month has WON!” Nice!
But since I hadn’t entered any contests at Best Buy I resisted the urge to
click on the link and claim my $1,000 gift card. Later that same week I heard
my local news readers warn us all to "Beware
the Gift Card Texting Scam, News at 11!" How did I know? Easy. The
company that sweats giving me a $50 product price match would probably not be
doling out a $1,000 gift card to one of its crankiest customers. (Click here
to read more about my travails at Best Buy.)