Warning beware of FB IQ test Scam

I’ve just done one of these IQ tests, whereby the questions get more difficult as they go along. The questions get a bit tedious - 38 of them altogether on the quiz I did. It wasn’t through Facebook, just a feed that came up online. The findings were that, apparently I’m so intelligent, I’m in the top 5% of clever people. I very much doubt it. You get lots of encouragement along the way, to urge you to continue. When I saw at the end that they were asking for £1 and then £20+ (monthly?), I declined. I also dislike like the tests that attempt to ascertain whether you have, or likely to have, Alzheimer’s in the future. They play on people’s insecurities and do not come from medically trained sources.

Thanks for the warning. I’ve seen that one,too - must be a worldwide scam. There’s also one about assessing your risk for Alzheimer’s which looks very convincing, same deal but as soon as they mention money I scarper .

I saw one of these tests online and did it for fun, it said nothing about payment, plenty of encouraging emojis along the way cheering me on and saying I was a genius - should have smelled a scam right there 🤣
When it came to the end it gave me a screen on which to put my card details to pay £1 in order to get the results which it promised would be well worth the money.
Of course at that point I just clicked to get rid of it and went no further.

Anything like this invariably results in more money than you expect and/or a regular direct debit payment. It would be well hidden somewhere in the small print. They also ask for the money right at the end of a lengthy process so you feel too invested to back out.

Interesting thread. I too have taken the IQ test and also an optical one. Both went on for ages and I was beginning to find them a bit tedious. Finally reached the end to be asked for my details and a small fee to get the full result. No way! Normally I’m very suspicious but this was in the middle of a serious newspaper article I was reading otherwise I wouldn’t have started doing them.

I too unwittingly subscribed to the IQ test but did email the company that I’m a pensioner and couldn’t afford the subscription.

After thinking I’d never hear from them again, I received a very nice email saying they have cancelled my subscription, which they did.

I did a, so called, IQ test online that made the false claim that if you could answer most of the questions you would not get dementia in the future.

The questions were all USA orientated general knowledge, for example "What is the state capital of Utah?" and "Who was the fourth president of the United States?"

I reached the end and in order to get my results I had to fill in my details and probably pay something. Needless to say I left the site without giving any details.

Oh, these 'assessments' are popping up all over YouTube, FaceBook, Reddit and reckoning to be able to detect definite signs of dementia - without intervention from anyone remotely medically experienced.

Money making quackery!

Thanks sazzle, I’m another who did it for fun and now get emails daily, I’ll block the site

Thanks, sazz1. I did the test but was too mean to pay the £1, thank goodness.

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Thank you sazz1. I've seen that IQ test lots of times and was almost tempted to try it.
Facebook is awash with scammers and the like.

Me too, but I suspected that the ‘test’ would be dragged on for ages, with a demand for payment right at the bitter end.

FB is absolutely awash with scams.

Thank you for the warning. I did an IQ test from my newsfeed page. I noticed the payment of two 50ps which was odd. Thanks to your warning I see that a payment of £29.99 has been taken and a subscription for regular payments set up! I have cancelled that, changed my password and put in a report, hope it will be resolved.
I use PayPal frequently for Ebay payments so I might not have spotted the fraud, so thanks again.

Beware of the Wordsearch advertised on ITV too; they phone and tell you you're one of three winners in the UK in line to win a substantial sum of money (as if!), then want you to pay a monthly subscription to access puzzles.

Thanks for the warning. I did one of those IQ tests but didn't pay the £1 for the result, and now get an email every day encouraging me to do so. I've also been caught a few times by the get X for £1 things, only to find I have inadvertently signed up for a subscription. Fortunately Nationwide bank are very good at picking up on this, phoning me to check, and stopping the payment.

and never pay postage for a 'free sample' of anything from anywhere!

My golden rule is NEVER pay for anything off FB Never have I if I saw something interesting I would first check up reviews that’s the first thing I always do then if reviews are good I d go to the actual www shop

I’m another that was scammed by a group pretending to be a well known clothing company with a ‘fantastic sale’. I have learnt to get off FB and see if the offer is available on the real site.

Thank you sazz1. I've seen that IQ test lots of times and was almost tempted to try it.
Facebook is awash with scammers and the like.

Omg, thought pay pal was safe.

I’ve had a scam about an Apple Wallet issue wanting to refund money, I don’t actual use Wallet so it had to be a scam, but the email was very convincing, the same format, no spelling mistakes, very plausible.

Be careful.

There is another one which is supposed to test your IQ. You have to pay to get the result, which I didn't but I'm now getting their e-mails even though I unlisted it.
Whenever I see something tempting on Facebook, I access it separately not through Facebook itself. I wanted to give a donation to hunt saboteurs but my bank decided it was a scam, so I didn't go ahead.

Thanks for the warning sazzl, I was tempted myself to have a go but got distracted so ended up not doing it.

What a lot of hassle & stress for you to try and sort it too.