In the last few days there has been an increase in competitions that are distributed via WhatsApp and supposedly come from well-known companies such as LIDL ( HERE ) or ÖBB ( HERE ). Now similar messages are circulating, which supposedly come from Austrian Airlines.
“Austrian Airlines 65 years of state subsidy”

A look at the further URL reveals that you have reached a page that does not come from Austrian Airlines : “vibratevulgar.top/…”
The domain of the Austrian airline is austrian.com . With large, well-known companies, you can always assume that competitions or raffles would be found under the official domain or a domain that can be easily assigned to the company. Although “AustrianAirlines” is mentioned in the URL, the cryptic ending is also a sure indication that it is not an official AUA domain.
If you click on the link anyway, the supposed competition runs according to the usual pattern:

After receiving the information that you can win 2000 euros, you have to answer a few very simple questions, which will then be “checked”. It is then stated that you have won 2000 euros, you just have to inform 5 groups or 20 friends about the campaign via WhatsApp, then enter your address and register.
You should NOT do that!
Austrian Airlines itself warns about the fake competition Facebook page
Even if you think that you could still try it: NO!
This only spreads this fake further, and other people click on the link and go through the procedure, the wheel keeps turning, the fraudsters behind the fake competition rub their hands.
The result is that you have passed on your personal data to strangers, so you have to expect further spam, take out subscriptions or, in the worst case, even get malware on your cell phone.
Conclusion
This competition is not organized by Austrian Airlines, it is fake!
In order not to provide the fraudsters behind the fake with personal data or to take out subscriptions, you should ignore or delete the message and not click on the link in it.
It's best to inform the sender that this is a fake.
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