Sequoia Research Reports & Reviews

Sequoia Research Reports & Reviews (93)

Victim Location 59911
Type of a scam Phishing

Thank you for already having information on this "company" in your system. I received the same letter you describe for Minnesota as a "Montana Opinion Survey" in late June. Scampulse reports letters also received in Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina: https://www.scampulse.com/sequoia-research-reviews

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I'm also in MT and received this in the mail today. Same story as everyone else. Got through all the questions, all very political, then decided to check into it before submitting. Couldn't find any information, the "mtopinion.org" website does not exist, and there's nothing about this survey linked to any state or university websites. Seems fishy to me, and I closed my internet browser without submitting the survey.

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I’m in Montana, received one too! Looks like a scam!, feels like one!, now after reading all these posts I’m leaning towards the fact that it is a Scam! Closely related to the “political” aspect since I was the only around this immediate area that returned a mail in ballot. ?

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This invitation to a opinion survey came addressed to myself and my son, the last name was not mine, that was the first clue. The second clue was that when I tried to find mtopinion.org on google, what came up was listings for the Montana Dept of Justice. Googling the name A. Edward Wright, brought up info about railroads and I also (third clue) googled Sequoia Research and found scampulse and here I am...

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Sequoia Research appears to be a legitimate Delaware LLC, file number 6045763. They are also filed in California, file number 201825510046.
They could have hired "A. Edward Wright" to do the leg work.
Their offering gift cards is not unusual, though most researchers avoid the expense. I once received a solicitation with a dollar in cash, and another time with a shiny new nickle.
It would be interesting to know who their client is, but unless it is a foreign entity, it probably doesn't matter. I didn't bother asking.

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Received an invitation for the Michigan opinion survey, with the $5 gift card offer. I've done another similar survey from a Yale University research, and that one was legitimate, at least, I did receive a gift certificate after each survey. This one says it's "non-partisan", but it was mostly questions about political beliefs, religious beliefs, and feelings about current affairs. Same address and manager, A, Edward Wright, miopinions.org, Sequoia Research, LLC 1113 7th St. NW #1024 Rochester, MN 55901-1763

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I received and answered the Michigan Opinion Survey from A. Edward [email protected] Questions all seemed to be politically related. I did receive an electronic $5 gift card for Amazon (they offered several choices, including donating your card to charity). I have not uploaded the gift card info into my Amazon account. After reading all the comments on this site, it still seems unclear if this is legitimate or if people are just skeptical.

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After reading the postings here, it seems the states these surveys are going to lean towards left of center/ "blue". MN, WI, MI, NC; My political leanings are right of center. I wonder how many of you are similar? It said "nonpartisan", but since the questions were mostly on political & religious ideology, I wonder if it's about finding out your political leanings for some group that wants it's identity kept unknown. NOT GOOD!

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I also received such a letter. It promises a $5 gift card for each follow-up survey I take.

At the bottom of the letter, it says:

A project of Sequoia Research , LLC
1113 7th St NW #1024
Rochester, MN 55901-1763

I looked up the address on Google Maps. The street view shows the location is a Navis Pack & Ship Center located in a strip mall. I suspect the "#1024" is the number of a rented mailbox there.

ICANN reports that the domain name given in my latter, "mnopinions.com", was issued by "namecheap.com" on 2018-08-06 and will expire 2020-08-06.

The sender claims to be:

A. Edward Wright
Manager, Minnesota Opinion Survey, [email protected]

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I filled out the Wisconsin survey today. I consider myself to be fairly vigilant in these matters, but nothing raised any alarm bells with me in this case. I did not find the questions strange or suspicious, and they didn't ask for a lot of personal information aside from email address. I'm not saying it couldn't be some sort of scam, but no one who has posted seems to have any actual information. It's all speculation. I don't claim to know one way or the other, but does anybody actually KNOW anything about this? (Just as an aside, the letter I received did not offer a $5.00 gift card for the current survey. Instead, they promised a card for any future surveys you fill out for them.)

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My wife and I received one today from the Georgia Opinion Survey (gaopinion.org), A. Edward Wright, Manager with the listing at the bottom shown as "A project of Sequoia Research, LLC,
6255 TownCenter Drive Suite #855, Clemons, NC 27012. As you mentioned, this version offers the gift cards 'for each follow-up survey you take.' I don't like the fact that there doesn't seem to be a way to verify who's collecting all this information.

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I just took the survey here in Wisconsin with a Sequoia return address in Rochester MN. After taking the survey I concluded that this may be a method to see who to knock off the voting rolls. I would advise everyone to check and KEEP CHECKING to make sure you don't get removed from the rolls or given a "provisional ballot" - which gets thrown in the garbage. Does anyone have any more info on who is funding this survey?

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received a letter in the mail, telling me to take this survey and would receive a $5 gift card for my participators['action

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Just received my Minnesota Opinion Survey which offered me gift cards for completion of future surveys. The letter stated that it could only be completed by computer or smartphone. VERY FISHY. I did not login. Just wanted to add my voice to the list here.

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wiopinioin.org...seriously? Just another scam! A genuine article doesn't need to proffer
"gift cards"[again, seriously?] to participate; as they might suggest in Scandinavia,
suge pikken!

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Received the letter yesterday, thought I'd be happy to answer some questions in light of recent events. I don't trust anyone anymore so I did a quick google search first and after being asked "are you sure you didn't mean Sequoyah National Research Center"? "are you sure you didn't mean Sequoia Research at Yosemite National Park"? I figured it was a scam, after telling google no to it's two suggestions I found myself here. What to you all think the hook is with this? Information fishing?

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DO NOT TAKE THE SURVEY!
I also received this survey yesterday from Sequoia Research in Rochester, MN. I did go in initially to start the survey. I figured giving feedback was something good I could contribute.
I got through 26% of the survey and thought the questions were very strange. I mentioned this to my husband and he told me to go to their website (which didn't work) and to read reviews before continuing. I came across everyone's feedback here and I am so appreciative! I closed out of the survey.

AGAIN, DON'T TAKE THE SURVEY.

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June 5, 2020: I received a letter in the mail from Sequoia Research, LLC, 1113 7th St. NW #1024, Rochester, MN 55901-1763. It was a Wisconsin Oopinion Survey, and I too was offered a $5.00 gift card for participating. If it was from a real opinion survey company, I am pretty sure I'd do the survey for free...I decided to look up the company, and the page I'm on now came up first in the search. Below is a picture of what the letter looks like. I'm not participating.

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Received a letter to take a survey from mnopinions.com. Think it is a scam. They offer $5.

Scammer's website mnopinions.com
Scammer's address 1113 7th St.NW #1024
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Other
Initial means of contact Postal mail

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Received letter in the mail from Sequoia Research LLC, 1113 7th St NW. #1024, Rochester, MN. 55901. Fortunately, the website didn’t open. Since when does a survey promise you a gift card for answering their questions. Like the report above, mine is from Minnesota.

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Scammer's website mnopinions.com
Scammer's address 1113 7th St.NW #1024
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Other
Initial means of contact Postal mail

Just got the letter in the mail to take the survey and get a 45 gift card for the second survey taken. after reading saw this is a scam and wanted to report.

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Invitation today in the mail to do surveys for NC via computer or phone. Will get $5 gift cards reward. They got my name and address, but thanks to my research and these postings, I will not go on the website and give them my computer. Yikes! I hope they don't scam too many people. I know better, but I was pulled in by that gift card offer.

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I also received this invitation in North Carolina. Thanks to everyone before me who did the research and reported this scam.

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1113 7th St NW #1024, Rochester, MN 55901

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