[icon name=”whatsapp” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Milka rewards everyone with a free chocolate basket to celebrate 192 years of quality service. Get your free chocolate basket here…

The answer: Milka has absolutely nothing to do with this claim! It is a cheap click bait that ultimately leads to a competition. The dubious message is currently being sent via WhatsApp!

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And this is how it works:

You will receive the above message from a contact via WhatsApp! If the “friend” sends that, then it must be true. At least that's what many WhatsApp users think at the moment!

Note: Pay attention to the “i” in “Milka”. This is not the classic “i”, but a special character. A trick was used here to give users the impression that this was the official “Milka” website, which is not true.

As soon as you follow the link, the following website opens on your smartphone:

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After answering a few questions, you now have to send the message to at least 20 contacts. If you don't do that, then there won't be a Milka chocolate basket.

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Of course, this Milka chocolate basket doesn't exist anyway, because in the end, after annoying 20 contacts, you end up on various other sites and competitions, such as: B. in a competition for an iPhone.

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This has nothing to do with MILKA in this sense!

Or you end up on another Milka page recreated in the corporate design and you are now “rewarded”, but that is not the case either, because this is purely about collecting user data, the “participant” has to fill out a competition form:

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So once again it's about trading your data!

What most people don't realize here is that this is about YOUR DATA. These are commission programs (affiliates) that are installed via a link and when you participate you reveal your own data for the purpose of selling. 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. "be happy"!

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.

Further:

The linked affiliate/commission programs at the end of these decoy competitions can vary.

The data trading competitions still represent a harmless outcome, and expensive subscription services can also be linked at the end of these fake competitions!


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