At first glance you might think it's a Media Markt Germany competition!

Using the Media Markt company logo and cover photo without permission lures unsuspecting Facebook users into a trap. “On the occasion of our anniversary, hundreds of fans of our site have the opportunity to win a Media Markt voucher worth €750!” is the first sentence of a status post that was published on April 23, 2018 at 9:10 p.m.

Note: The company mentioned, in this case MEDIA MARKT, is not behind the Facebook page mentioned and is not giving away a 750 EUR voucher.

The status post looks like this:

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The status post describes that you should “like” and “share” the post. You also have to become a “fan” of the site and also “link” a friend. Last but not least, you also have to send a message. Here you should insert the word “participated”.

Why via message?

It's simple: This means that page owners don't have to post a link in their status report that could be viewed as spam by Facebook. In this respect, the status message survives longer.

If you write a message to the “page” with “Participated”, you will immediately receive an automated response with the following content:

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The user must now follow a link and fill out the following competition form:

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In addition to the NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS, the HOME ADDRESS as well as the DATE OF BIRTH and TELEPHONE NUMBER are also requested.

At the end there are a number of questions that you also have to answer. And these questions no longer have anything to do with “MEDIA MARKT”. These are questions about an electricity tariff or additional dental insurance or a newspaper subscription.

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The small print says:

I agree that the organizer and its partners will inform me by post or telephone (max. 5 partners) about offers from their respective business areas. I can choose the partners myself, otherwise the organizer will choose them at his own discretion. I can revoke my consent at any time. I can also take part without consent by sending a postcard with the keyword 'Participate'.

So once again it's about trading your data!

What most people don't realize here is that this is about YOUR DATA. In other words, your data is fed into a database and the respective participant can then access a number of ADVERTISING EMAILS, ADVERTISING CALLS and much more. “rejoicing”, as you can see for example in this excerpt:

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But not only that!

In most cases, such user data is also sold. 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 a lure. 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.

KEEP AWAY FROM COMPETITIONS like this! Nobody has anything to give away.


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