To get an idea of how many pages under the name “Spar Fans” are currently circulating on Facebook and diligently spreading posts about an alleged competition, all you have to do is enter it in the search field and you know there are too many .
The pages look very similar and are designed similarly. Each account is adorned with a green fir tree as a logo and the same cover photo is displayed behind the link. Otherwise, the pages are filled very sparingly and only have very few followers or a small number of “likes”. If you take a closer look, you can see that the pages were all only activated at the beginning of September and that an imprint and other mandatory information are all missing.
But let's get down to business now. Namely the posts that promise the user great profits if they leave their comments on the respective posts.
Two out of three postings mention that Spar is celebrating his 38th birthday and one is supposedly celebrating his 49th birthday. For the sake of interest, we take a quick look at the year in which the first Spar branch was established in Austria and Germany and we realize that this calculation cannot be correct. In Austria year of entry dated 1954 and in Germany it is 1953. The grocer has been based in German-speaking countries for over 60 years, with the exception of Switzerland. The first branch opened there in 1989.
But let's not let that put us off
Every participant who comments with a short “Done” below the posting and then shares the post will receive a special gift bag . Anyone who has done this will immediately receive a response from SPAR fans asking them to share the post in several active groups and their own profile and to confirm their win by registering for free using the blue button below the cover photo.
Delighted to finally be on the winning side, you follow the prompts and arrive at what is supposed to be a SPAR welcome page. What you see here are neatly arranged screenshots of happy savings employees and recipe suggestions. In contrast to other fake competitions, those responsible here even took the trouble to include a screenshot with contact options.
If you don't pay attention to details like this out of sheer joy and don't take a closer look at the site, you've already taken the next step and registered. But no longer for the promised surprise bag, but now a shopping voucher with a total value of 250 euros awaits the lucky winner.
As soon as you press the register button, you end up on the next page, which has an extremely suspicious URL (https://spr.belohnung24.com/?PR_ID=4-1062&token-id=1021448147d14443435fea155177e5&sub-id=150_268226&sub-id2=&sub -id3=&sid4=) .
Here we are informed that those responsible pass on data to third parties and that they want to contact you in the future by email, telephone, SMS or post for advertising purposes. point at the latest you should really become aware of how dubious this competition actually is.
“Accept and continue” and you will be informed in the small print that this is a competition run by Bluereen LTD and that the brand shown has no connection with the competition.
SPAR expressly warns against fake competitions
On the official website, Spar expressly warns against taking part in competitions of this type and clearly distances itself from them.
Conclusion:
This is a well-known scam designed to obtain users' personal data third parties for advertising purposes!
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