20 GB Free Internet for 60 days, hoax or facts?

KOMPAS.com – "Free 20 GB Internet Connection Get 20 GB of free internet for 60 days for every mobile operator."

The message is cluttered with WhatsApp users via chained messages in groups and private chats

At the bottom of the message is a link that, if clicked, will take you to a certain page that seems convincing.

On the page, it says "free internet connection of 20 GB for 60 days". Then, at the bottom, you will have to fill out a questionnaire to obtain a free quota for all operators.

Is this a hoax or a fact?

The answer is of course a hoax. This is one of the fraud tricks under the appearance of free quotas for stealing user data. From the questionnaire, user data such as mobile phone number, e-mail address, even permission to connect to social media stolen by hackers to be abused.

Let's see this, mobile operators always call customers to alert.

Denny Telkomsel

Denny Abidin, General Manager of External Communications Telkomsel said that by providing all promotions related to products and services, mobile operators still use the official channels of the company.

"By transmitting information to customers regarding programs, services, products or promotions with price, Telkomsel always uses the company's official channels such as www.telkomsel.com, myTelkomsel and TCASH Wallet", said Denny at . KompasTekno via a short message, Monday (30/7/2018).

He added that customers are advised to pay attention to the phishing mode that offers unauthorized channel promotions.

"Telkomsel called on its customers to always be vigilant for all promotions related to Telkomsel products and services," he said.

This mode is actually an old trick used by hackers to trick users. This mode usually targets customers of large companies or on behalf of large companies to attract users to be fooled by this trick.

Then, through a compelling page, the user will be asked to fill in any data that may be misused.

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The call of XL Axiata

In line with Denny, Henry Wijayanto, head of external communication XL Axiata also said the same thing. In fact, he appealed to customers if they understood the message to ignore it in order not to get caught in the trap.

"Xl Axiata does not have a free offer or link with the link, so we invite him to be ignored," said Henry KompasTekno via a text message .

He also said that all promotions related to the program and the offer will be informed only through the official page of XL Axiata.

"If there is an offer program, we will certainly inform you on the official website of the company," he continued.

This phishing trick with phishing mode can be stopped by not propagating links or links to other users. So, if you get this kind of message chain, kroscek first if the content of the message is true or not.

Then, if in the message there is a suspicious link, then you should not click and spread it so that there are no more victims.

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