Beware of phishing messages on WhatsApp and other social media apps/sites coming in the name of Adidas claiming you have a chance to get free shoes provided by Adidas for Women's Day. To get this Women's Day gift, it asks you to participate in the lucky draw within few minutes showing the reason that the numbers of prizes are limited. These kinds of scam messages ask you to click the link to participate in the lucky draw. But, you should not click that link since that may infect your device. You can find one example of such messages below.
"Congratulations! You have a chance to get free shoes provided by Adidas for Women's Day Women's Day gift ! You have 3 minute and 52 seconds,Participate in the lucky draw ! The number of prizes is limited !"
You may get similar types of such scam messages. So, you can help us by reporting similar kinds of scam messages below in the comment section. If you are concerned with your privacy, then you can comment below without submitting your email address.
The reality of the fake message - Congratulations! You have a chance to get free shoes provided by Adidas for Women's Day
Women's Day gift !
You have 3 minute and 52 seconds,Participate in the lucky draw !
The number of prizes is limited ! and so on.
The fraud messages: Congratulations! You have a chance to get free shoes provided by Adidas for Women's Day, and so on are nothing other than the phishing messages send with the intention to scam you. These messages are not from any genuine company but are from scammers. So, whenever you got these kinds of messages, you should not follow any instructions provided on these messages. Instead, you should contact or check on the official website of the respective company (in this case you can contact Adidas) to confirm either these messages are real or fake.
What is the motive behind these fraudulent messages?
These kinds of messages are being sent by scammers to get your personal information so that they can scam you. They may ask you to click some link and submit the personal details on the fake website posing the real ones or call them or message/reply to them where they will trick you to submit your personal details. So, you should not follow any instructions provided in these messages. If you click any link provided on these messages or download anything (if provided any) from these messages or follow any instructions, then you may end up losing your personal information. The links or files provided on these messages may contain some viruses or malware or spyware that can hack your device to get your personal information.
Once these cybercriminals get your personal information, they make money by selling those details. If they get your credit card information, even they can steal money from your credit card. So, you should not follow any instructions provided on these kinds of messages.
These messages may not come from the same number or same email or in the name of the same company. These scammers may use multiple numbers, emails, and the name of companies to send similar messages. A few examples of scam messages are:
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