Nobody is giving away 75 cars here – this WhatsApp message leads into a trap!
Not long ago the same scam was circulating with Haribo boxes .
But BMW also has nothing to give away at the moment. There are data thieves behind this “competition” and only THEY get something, but the user goes away empty-handed.
The message comes fluttering in via WhatsApp and wants to entice the user to tap on a link that leads to an external website:
Here you have to answer a few ridiculous questions in order to get a car as a gift. The remaining cars display shows 75 and suggests to the user that they still have a good chance of getting a car!
You then have to share the message and enter your data at the end... that smells suspiciously of data collectors and phishing.
Interestingly, the offer suddenly changes. In a clumsy way you are now given a choice - free voucher from Ryanair or REWE - there is no longer any trace of the BMW cars.
We can only laugh tiredly at the last statement “Please use real information”. Are the data thieves so desperate because no one wants to fall for this nonsense?
And here we have reached the actual meaning and purpose – data phishing!
The gifted car will be your “possible win of a €500 Ryanair voucher”… well, whoever believes it!
“Just” data?
What most people don't realize is that it's YOUR DATA. In other words, your own data is fed into a database and the respective participant can then access a number of ADVERTISING EMAILS, ADVERTISING CALLS and much more. "be happy".
But not only that…
In most cases, such user data is also resold. Such a data set can then earn the seller a few euros.
… data collector and lead generator
We have often found EXACTLY THIS method, just with other vouchers as bait. In addition to Proleagion, other lead generators also collect data using the same method - much to the annoyance of the companies used as decoys. So far we have mostly noticed Proleagion, adpublisher, red lemon media GmbH, Lead Spot Media, 7sections GmbH and Planet49.
So these are data collectors!
The user is promised and led to believe something that is not true at all. The status post gives the user the impression that they could win cars, sweets, gift cards or, in other cases, airline tickets, but that is not the case.
STAYS AWAY from such “competitions”! Nobody has anything to give away.
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