Allegedly, world Cup Tickets and Adidas jerseys in WhatsApp win - what is it?
A message going around on WhatsApp: In case of a Adidas competition supposedly 10 Tickets for the world Cup will be the final raffled, and also official Adidas jerseys to you can win. If you think this is too good to be true, you are quite right:
- It is not an actual competition, from Adidas.
- The Name of the company will be abused to trick users to click on the Link that is included in the message.
- On the web site to which this Link leads, you could have your Smartphone with Malware such as Trojans or viruses to infect.
- You may also be prompted to provide personal data. Then it's Phishing.
- You, therefore, to no case this Link!
Fraud in WhatsApp: competition Fake raffled supposedly Tickets for the world Championships (image: Pixabay)
Link followed: What you can do now
You have clicked on the Link, you could be infected your device with Malware. Trojan could make your data such as passwords to spy on, which is why the unwanted Software safely remove should.
- You can Malware with a virus scanner on your Smartphone to find.
- Often, you can delete the malicious Software, once it has been detected by the Scanner.
- This may not work, or worry, that still Remains of viruses or Trojans on your Smartphone, you can use the device reset to factory settings or a previous Backup of the device load.
- As a result, the Malware is removed reliably.
In our next practice tip read, as you realize that your phone is hacked was.
