218-Rebate Tracking (Privacy & OSINT)

This week, I discuss the privacy concerns and OSINT benefits of rebate tracking portals. You might be surprised at the wealth of details exposed when we request rebates from stores.

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SHOW NOTES:

INTRO:

Rebate Tracking

UPDATES:

OSIP Certification:

https://www.inteltechniques.net/

https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2021/05/25/new-osip-certification/

REBATE TRACKING (PRIVACY & OSINT) :

https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2021/05/28/rebate-tracking-osint-techniques/

Menards

https://rebateinternational.com/RebateInternational/tracking.do#track-rebate

Lowes

https://lowes-rebates.com/en-us/RebateStatus

Parago

https://rebatetrack.com/promocenter/parago/track.html

http://rebateshq.com/promocenter/rebateshq/track.html

Microcenter: https://rebatetrack.com/quick/track/microcenter

Miller: https://rebatetrack.com/quick/track/miller_lite

Kohls: https://rebatetrack.com/quick/track/kohls

PFC/GPG

http://rewardsbymail.com/

https://rapid-rebates.com/tracking/Content/NewSearch.aspx

Patriot RAM

https://patriotmem.4myrebate.com/Claim/TrackaRebate

McAfee

https://mcafee.4myrebate.com/Claim/TrackaRebate

Verizon

https://www.yourdigitalrebatecenter.com//#!/track

Advance Auto

https://advanceautoparts.4myrebate.com/Claim/TrackaRebate

Napa

https://www.naparebates.com/track-your-reward.aspx

Budweiser

https://www.myabrebates.com/track/

Sirius

http://siriusxmrebates.com/promocenter/siriusxm/track.html

Mobil

https://mobil.rebateresearch.com/

Scotts

http://osmocoterebates.com/promocenter/scotts/track.html

State & Federal Taxes

Lessons:

OSINT can identify previous purchases

Exposes patterns of behavior

Provides pretext for a call/email phish

Rebates carry risk

Alias names/addresses don't work

Misspellings may help

OSINT:

https://www.google.com/search?q=intitle:"rebate center"

https://www.google.com/search?q=“track+my+rebate”

https://www.google.com/search?q=“track+your+rebate”

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