WhatsApp, the new scam disguises herself as a discount – The Republic

voucher from 150 euro arrives via chat, not to trust is better. The confirmation is in yet another hoax, most recently, traveling WhatsApp promising users a coupon to spend from Zara, prior survey. It ‘s so that you embark on a meandering path with the phone, between click and answers to the quiz which is diverted to answer some questions on buying habits in the clothing chain known used as a cover.

Soon after, take the’ invitation to submit the test to other contacts (three in chat groups or 10 members in the phonebook) so as to ensure their dissemination. After entering the required ten users, while time flows inexorably, you end up on a gossip site where it is easy to pay for a subscription that is not explicitly subscribed to dry up the telephone traffic.

It is not certain the first (and certainly not even the last one) case of fraud ” transmitted ” from social networks. Already Instagram with the ” gift card ” in 2014 and last year Facebook , with a similar discount formula of 500 euro, had ended up in the crosshairs of the sites -truffa willingly – even if unconsciously – are shared by followers.

There are so many these days also reports of another alleged ” deal ” announced via WhatsApp with a message from unknown numbers (not present in the phone book), which warns of a ” sell ” iPhone 6S up on Amazon, at bargain prices for packaging problems unspecified. Too bad the landing, clicking on shortlink, is a site ” clone ” where sensitive data is required.

It dates back less than a month ago another fake promotion that promised discounts of 50 € on purchases at H & amp; M , as widespread clothing brand of the Spanish one under which the new buffalo masquerades. Nothing to do with viruses and malware, in fact, seen that in both cases is a scam that is spread by personal initiative, hiding a subscription mechanism to non-transparent services.

In the case of false promotional message weblog H & M, it ran into a subscription that cost 4.99 euro per month to the victim. A drawback that is not always apparent immediately, if not after checking the remaining credit of your phone pairing. In that case, just contact your carrier to your cancellation. When in doubt, always better to stay away from promotions before you test them directly with the retailer in order to avoid the scam in disguise.

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H & amp; M

zara

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