Scam impersonates WhatsApp, offers ‘free internet’

guest · Jul 29, 2019

Scam impersonates WhatsApp, offers ‘free internet’
The fraudulent campaign is hosted by a domain that is home to yet more bogus offers pretending to come from other well-known brands
July 29, 2019
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/07/29/scam-whatsapp-free-internet/

Recently, ESET researchers in Latin America received a message on WhatsApp stating that the app was giving away 1000 GB of internet data to celebrate its anniversary. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise when we say that it was a scam, but let’s look at it in greater detail.

What strikes us right off the bat here is that the URL that comes with the message is not an official WhatsApp domain. Even though businesses may sometimes run promotions through third parties, the rule of thumb here is to check on the company’s website to make sure any promotion is real and valid.
Beware
At its simplest, this fraud is a riff on the same motif that we wrote about in 2017, when a similar WhatsApp-themed scam made the rounds. It also promised to unlock free internet access, but in reality you would end up on sites that signed you up for premium and costly SMS services or installed third-party apps on your smartphone
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