Action 9 investigates Publix survey scam

A local man thought he won a $1000 Publix gift card. Tim Sikit of Ocala said, “When I hit submit it took me to a Publix Rewards part.” He later learned it was part of an elaborate sweepstake scam. The Publix Customer Voice Survey Sweepstakes is a legitimate contest, but it appears Sikit somehow ended up on a scam website designed to look like the grocery store's real site. Sikit believes he was on the real site, at least, at first. He told Action 9 Consumer Investigator Jeff Deal he answered the survey questions and when he was done a pop-up came up telling him he had won. At the time he got that pop-up, winner hadn’t even been selected yet.