We warn you about this WhatsApp trap!

Apparently there are Haribo boxes up for grabs, at least that's what the message came from a contact you know:

Wow, Haribo is celebrating with free Haribo boxes. I just got mine, get yours before the offer ends. (Link)

The message as worded:

Wow, Haribo is celebrating with free Haribo boxes. I just got mine, get yours before the offer ends. (Link)

If you now believe your contact and tap on the link, you will end up on a website where you as a user have to answer various questions - or also forward the message.

This then looks like this:

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By displaying the time counting down, PRESSURE is built up and supposed “winners” keep appearing at the end of the screen.

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In the end, oh wonder, you end up once again with a competition form where you as a participant have to enter your DATA. However, suddenly it's no longer about “Haribo” but about “Katjes”?

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So once again it's all about precious USER DATA!

What most people don't realize here is that it's about 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 sweets, gift cards or, in other cases, airline tickets, for example, but that is not the case.

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


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