Scam Alert – Samsung J7 Mobile Phone at Just Rs 499 by Amazon is fake
Hi friends, Whatsapp messages are Full of Fake Scams Nowadays. People Make Shadow Copy of Original Websites & Add their Own Fake Content to it. They do it for Fraudulent activities. It is Dangerous to give your Valuable Information to them. Scared?
What is the exact message ?
The exact wordings of the message that is being circulated consistently on social media is as follows –
Breaking News, Amazon selling Samsung J7 mobile phone at just Rs 499 because of Golden Anniversary. But it now Before Sale ends. Cash on Delivery also available. Visit just now http://amazon.mobile-flashsale.com/
Reasons that we call it fake/scam –
1 . Amazon will always sell products on their site with domain http://www.amazon.innot on some fake domain name like http://amazon.mobile-flashsale.com/created 2-3 days before.
2. The message says that the offer is because of Amazon’s Golden Anniversary but there is no such thing. Golden Anniversary means 50th Anniversary whereas Amazon was launched in 1994 outside India and in 2013 in India.
3. Even if Amazon wants to giveaway then they will do it professionally on their own website through some contest like treasure hunt or sweepstakes.
4. A never heard before “Torento Seller” is Having 516,350 ratings
5. Above the “Buy Now” button, it shows – “If you order in next 1 hour and 34 minutes, you get guaranteed delivery by….”. Well this 1 hour and 34 minutes remains the same always unlike amazon where the clock keeps ticking. These guys can stop time also. Genius Minds !
Why are they doing this ?
The answer is quite simple – they are doing all these things to get people’s personal data & to get traffic on their website and making them install apps through which they can earn per install and apps which can collect data like all your contacts and much more….
Now the decision is yours – Do you want to be scam-smart and ignore not only this campaign but also others like these or still participate and waste your time/
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