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A new WhatsApp Scam : Amazon's 30th anniversary celebration free gifts!

Awareness is necessity

One of my friend sent a message yesterday asking me to take a survey to claim free gifts as part of Amazon’s 30th Anniversary celebration.

Did you receive this kind of message ?

If yes then beware !!!
It’s a new whatsapp scam. "


Letme inform you first that according to WIKIPEDIA Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in July 1994. Now count the years . It's only 26 years. And here in the title they mentioned a 30th anniversary celebration.

There are several ways to identify the link whether it is original or fake.

When users click on the message, a new window opens saying “Congratulations, you have been chosen to participate in our survey”. Users are asked to answer four questions. After the user submits the answers , Bunch of gift boxes appears on the screen asking user to make a selection. In most cases it is the Huawei Mate 40 pro .

I marked red squares on screenshots , when you try to click on that button or sign-in label , they are unclickable. This is a sign of a phishing/fake page. Then this website asks users to share the quiz with “5 whatsapp groups” and “20 friends”.

Never Do this

You are becoming a part of such a scam unintentionally and spreading it to more people. Providing some personal information on such websites can be dangerous .

When you click on complete registration button, it will redirect you to fake links. Keep in mind while visiting such fake websites that it will redirect you on malicious links and pop-ups and then when we download, its something else. It maybe any worm or any encrypted malware. Some bad people can use such links to spread/install malware in your device.

You can see page redirection fake links in below images.


So the motive behind this article is to spread awareness about this kind of WhatsApp scam. As cybercriminals are becoming very smart day by day, they are using new ideas to make people fool and gather informations.

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