Origins: In mid-October 2011, a survey scam purporting to offer free $25 Tim Hortons gift cards to those who followed particular links then did as told once there spread via e-mail and Facebook.

This version says something along the lines of "FREE Starbucks $50 Gift Card" or "FREE $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card" followed by a link to a fraudulent website. It also has one of the following ...

A Surrey, B.C., mother and son have been charged with defrauding the Tim Hortons restaurant chain by using illegally reloaded gift cards to make major purchases. According to a search warrant ...