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Facebook post from Emily Johnson appeared in my feed. The post said "My father dedicated 7 years of his life to Dick's store and when he turned 50 they threw him out like a rag! So I want to share something that only employees know" The scammer went on to say Dick's Sporting Goods has a loop hole they don't want people to know about. If you complete a survey you can order merchandise for a discounted price, almost for free. There were comments from different people saying at first they thought it was a scam but submitted the survey and were surprised when the Yeti bag came in the mail after someone called from Dick's Sporting Goods to verify all the information was valid. The scammer provided a link to the survey in Facebook. I didn't click the link. At first I was suspicious of a scam so I typed the website address into my google browser. It looked like a legitimate Dick's Sporting Good website so I clicked the green button to start the survey and selected answers to the 8 question survey. After submitting the survey there was a message saying I qualified for the discounted Yeti backpack (originally $299) for $5.96 so I filled out the form to purchase it. I entered my name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and debit card information. As I was entering my information there was a pop up saying I had 6 seconds to enter ny information. I took my time to see what would happen and the price went up to $10.96 if I used a mastercard to pay and then changed to $14.96 when I selected Visa as my payment method. My bank declined the transaction and flagged it for fraud. I received a message from my bank to confirm if I attempted to make a purchase from FULL FRAME PHOTOGRAP. I didn't order anything from that vendor. When I tried to locate the facebook post I got an error. I cancelled my debit card and reported the fraudulent transaction.