What's behind the viral message that guarantees that Google gives a smartphone?

Monday, July 23, 2018

Recently, the appearance of a notice Google in which would have offered a smartphone as a gift to users who answered some questions related to the Navigator.

The attractiveness of the ad undoubtedly attracts the attention of many people, but be aware that it is a scam better known as phishing.

The message basically says that the user is one of 100 selected so you have the chance to win a iPhone X, a Samsung Galaxy S9 or an iPad pro .

The survey asks for information from users and opens the door to Unexpected costs are charged to your account . This is totally a scam and there is no draw for a valuable smartphone.

This type of scam consists of a phishing link, that sends people to a website that looks real and they are asked to log on. It is there when they steal the pbadword or try to deceive the user to download an alleged system update, which eventually turns out to be a malware.

The strength of this scam is that it mentions the most desired phones of the moment, easily attracting the attention of the recipient of this message when browsing Chrome or Firefox .

The message also states that only 100 users have received the invitation and that they were randomly selected, said that the number of gifts is limited and that they have a prudential time to answer questions before the gift is given to another user.

What is recommended in these cases is to close the window or tab as fast as possible, and also to have an antivirus installed and always updated.

Among the clues to identify it, spelling mistakes are very common, as are the anti-virus logos.