IKEA "75th birthday" voucher message
A 2017 message spread on WhatsApp and by email: IKEA is giving away $500 vouchers for its 75th birthday, click to claim. The claim page collected personal details and asked recipients to forward the message to friends. IKEA said publicly it had no such promotion.
- Impersonates
- IKEA
- Arrives by
- WhatsApp, email, social media
- First seen
- 2017-11
- Last seen
- 2017-11
- Specimens
- 1
- Updated
- 2026-09-02
Right now the only version we have seen
How to recognise it
- Too good to be true, and it says so itself: a $500 voucher for clicking
- Spelling and spacing errors ("thanks me later")
- You must share it to "unlock" the voucher
What to do
- Do not click and do not forward it
- Delete it
Already called, clicked or paid? what to do in the next hour
- Entered a password? Change it now, and everywhere else you used the same one
- Entered card details? Call your bank, ask them to block the card and reissue
- Entered a one-time code? Sign in to the real service now and check for changes to email, phone and payment settings
How it changed
nothing to compare yet · one wave on record2017-11the WhatsApp voucher message
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02 Sept2026
Registry
Family created
Grew out of the 2017 guide. The "anniversary voucher" template returns under other retail brands.
14 Nov2017
Specimen
Specimen №1: the WhatsApp voucher message
The guide quoted the message and noted IKEA's public denial.
Channel
WhatsApp
Hey !!, IKEA is giving away a free voucher of $500 ! To celebrate its 75th birthday, you can get your free Voucher too! Don't miss it, click here to get your free $500 Voucher from IKEA: [rogue link]
Same trick, other brands
- No related records yet. Browse the family →
Indicators
- None on record yet. Indicators change weekly; an empty list never means an email is safe.
In other streams
Registry data
- Machine-readable
/scams/ikea-birthday-voucher.json- Timeline feed
/scams/ikea-birthday-voucher/feed.xml- Sources
- 1 · 1 change logged
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 · attribution required
- Created / updated
- 2026-09-02 / 2026-09-02