A promotion that promised a new World Cup album and at least 400 free stickers and became popular on WhatsApp is wrong, and this is what it gets: redirect social network users to questionable sweepstakes pages and sign up with sports betting sites.

Kaspersky analysts, who discovered the new fake campaign, say that clicking the link takes the user to a survey with basic questions about the album and a warning about the number of albums still available.

The message encourages attendees to act quickly so they don’t miss the opportunity to get the album and stickers. also asks the user to share the message of the fake promotion with their contacts; This is an app that spreads fraud to other people.

“These schemes are designed to trick the victim into signing up on different sites. In this example of the album, the campaign is fake because its main purpose is to get the person to sign up for questionable sweepstakes or gambling sites. It’s worth remembering that The betting sites also have an affiliate plan, which allows the creators of the campaign to earn a ‘commission’ for every recording made via shared link”, explains Fabio Assolini, Director of Kaspersky Latin America Research and Analysis Team.

Among the recommendations to avoid these scams, Be wary of links received via email, SMS or WhatsApp messagesespecially when the address looks suspicious or strange.

also always verify the address of the website to which you will be redirected, the address of the link and the email of the sender to make sure they are genuine before clicking on them.

Verify that the promotions are correct by visiting the official website of the company or organization or profiles on social networks.

Thus, you can get rid of being a digital accumulator.

Meta Quest Pro: Leaked video of new glasses for Metaverse

Source: Exame

Previous articleStudy: Teens watching YouTube before bed is dangerous
Next articleGoogle will work on a new high-end pixel with a different format

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here