Bitcoin trading? That's from yesterday, now oil prices are to be traded - at least according to a fake article that claims to be from the Bild newspaper, which reports on the “Lion's Den”.
As a Facebook user, you are surprised: someone you are friends with on Facebook suddenly talks about financial success through an oil price platform, which was apparently even reported on in the press.
What kind of “mega deal” is this?
This one was absolutely made up !
In the case above, after clicking on it, you end up on a pseudo-article that visually looks as if it were an article from “BILD” and tells a made-up story about how investors in the program “The Lions’ Den” discovered a new type of oil price. presented a platform with which virtually anyone could become a millionaire.
All statements made by moderators and celebrities in those fake articles are fictitious !
All links in the fake article (even the links that should go to the legal notice or contact form) lead to a registration form at the bottom of the page where you can register for the app and then download it.
Then why is anyone sharing this on Facebook?
It is very likely that users do not consciously share this! Either a malicious browser plugin is doing this or the account has been “hijacked”. This happens when you enter your login details on a fake Facebook page and this gives criminals access to your profile.
How can fake articles be identified?
At first glance, the websites look like many reputable news platforms, but upon closer inspection it quickly becomes apparent that they may simply be imitations. The dates are not correct and all links either lead to dubious trading platforms, to the same fake article or do not work at all.
The same applies to the linked trading platforms. Here, too, no information about the legal notice, terms of use or data protection regulations is available, and fictitious testimonials are displayed.
What happens when you invest?
According to experience reports, if you follow the instructions and provide data, you will receive a call to clarify everything else. Anyone who invests the 250 euros (or in the above case 250 Swiss francs) quickly makes their first profits and is sometimes encouraged to make further investments in order to be able to achieve higher profits more quickly.
Paying out the winnings later usually turns out to be impossible. In this context, users report demands for money that are necessary in order to initiate payouts.
For example, a user states that he has almost 600,000 euros in the platform's account. In order to transfer the profits, a payment of almost 10,000 euros to the platform is necessary. Here, for example, tax regulations or similar are used as a pretext. Anyone who complies with the requests will also lose this money because the winnings do not exist.
Caution is also advised when transmitting identification documents, because if they fall into the wrong hands, they can be used for further crimes under someone else's identity.
What can victims do?
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Trading platforms on the Internet promise hefty profits with low risk by trading contracts for difference (CFD) as well as currencies and cryptocurrencies.
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