What happened
MalwareTips published a report on 30 October 2026 about alo-brand-spark.vercel.app, which it calls a gift card scam. The page is titled “Claim Your $750 Alo Yoga Gift Card” and shows a large gift card headline with a claim button. MalwareTips says the named retailer does not run or approve the offer: Alo is not involved, and the page uses its name to borrow trust it has not earned. The page sits on a free vercel.app address, where anyone can publish a page within minutes, rather than on the retailer's own website.
How the scam works
MalwareTips found that the claim button opens a tracking link on trksy.org, an affiliate network domain, instead of the store's website. According to its report, funnels of this type are lead-generation operations that use a gift card as bait. They collect an email address first, then a name, phone number, home address and date of birth, and may add survey questions about income and shopping habits. Visitors are then pushed towards sponsored “deals” such as paid trials, streaming plans, app installs, mobile games to play to a set level, insurance quotes or credit applications, which the page says must be completed to “unlock” the card.
The card, MalwareTips says, never arrives. The page keeps adding conditions, claims a deal “didn't track” or marks the claim “pending review”, while the operator is paid for every sign-up. The costs fall on the visitor: free trials can renew at full price, credit applications can leave hard inquiries, and shared details can lead to spam, robocalls and further scams. MalwareTips advises keeping your details to yourself, skipping the offers and not expecting a card. A genuine store promotion is announced on the store's own website, app or verified social accounts, names the company running it, and does not require paid trials, app installs or credit applications.
Source
MalwareTips, scam report on alo-brand-spark.vercel.app, 30 October 2026.