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Opened the Amazon 30th anniversary link what could happen
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<blockquote data-quote="EgyptianPharoah" data-source="post: 951644" data-attributes="member: 92554"><p>Got a link from my friend on my phone which I couldn't see it's description (thanks to fb lite) so I opened to see what it was</p><p>And it was a fake Amazon page with 4 questions, a timer and a fake gift claimed to be real</p><p>I answered 4 questions randomly and wrong from the 3 options they gave me on each one</p><p></p><p>Then opened the boxes to see my luck and ofc just like any scam I won the prize "Huawei p40 pro"</p><p></p><p>Then there was a step to share to 20 friends or 5 groups so I simply pressed on "share" and it redirected me to both messenger and Whatsapp forwarding messages menu</p><p>And I just stared at both apps for a sec (without sending to anyone) and came back to the website and it thought I really shared to my friends so they sent me to the next step</p><p></p><p>DOWNLOAD OUR APP!!</p><p></p><p>Here I was like "no, thanks!" And left</p><p></p><p>And then I forgot about it but not even an hour later I am scrolling on Facebook</p><p>And everyone in my country is talking about it</p><p>Tv News channels</p><p>People on social media</p><p>And even the government itself warned about it because it was said to have hacked some popular people in my country</p><p></p><p>And while searching about further details turns out the links aren't all linked to each other and are random</p><p>Like some people get Amazonvip.xyz</p><p>Others get things like amaz30cel.com</p><p>And there was another one which was</p><p>"Musjdgatf.sohbetex.com" (which was the one I opened and to my bad luck it was the one with rumors about having malware)</p><p></p><p>Anyways people talk was basically</p><p>"You will receive this by your friend who is hacked don't open it" but in my case</p><p>I called my friend who sent it to me and he confirmed he was the one who shared it with his own consent and that it wasn't a hacker because he thought it was real (he also confirmed he didn't download the app)</p><p>And people also said 4 different things</p><p>1- it downloads malicious APK that installs itself automatically</p><p>2-it runs a malicious JavaScript that injects itself to your phone</p><p>3- it asks for your emails and passwords (this one I was sure it is fake because the website didn't have any login page or email related questions)</p><p>4- were people claiming it hacks you once the link is opened but they didn't give any detail about how it happens and what to do if someone opened it</p><p></p><p>However</p><p>1-I checked for apks. Nothing</p><p>2-Put the link in VT (all came as phishing with no malicious JavaScript detected except for scumware.org which pointed out it installs a trojan which turned out to be only aiming for PCs via plugins and add-ons)</p><p>3- the webpage didn't have any login page as I said above</p><p>4- this one I am still not sure from so that is why I am asking my question</p><p></p><p>Could the link have hacked me instantly as the people from the 4th perspective about the link claim?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EgyptianPharoah, post: 951644, member: 92554"] Got a link from my friend on my phone which I couldn't see it's description (thanks to fb lite) so I opened to see what it was And it was a fake Amazon page with 4 questions, a timer and a fake gift claimed to be real I answered 4 questions randomly and wrong from the 3 options they gave me on each one Then opened the boxes to see my luck and ofc just like any scam I won the prize "Huawei p40 pro" Then there was a step to share to 20 friends or 5 groups so I simply pressed on "share" and it redirected me to both messenger and Whatsapp forwarding messages menu And I just stared at both apps for a sec (without sending to anyone) and came back to the website and it thought I really shared to my friends so they sent me to the next step DOWNLOAD OUR APP!! Here I was like "no, thanks!" And left And then I forgot about it but not even an hour later I am scrolling on Facebook And everyone in my country is talking about it Tv News channels People on social media And even the government itself warned about it because it was said to have hacked some popular people in my country And while searching about further details turns out the links aren't all linked to each other and are random Like some people get Amazonvip.xyz Others get things like amaz30cel.com And there was another one which was "Musjdgatf.sohbetex.com" (which was the one I opened and to my bad luck it was the one with rumors about having malware) Anyways people talk was basically "You will receive this by your friend who is hacked don't open it" but in my case I called my friend who sent it to me and he confirmed he was the one who shared it with his own consent and that it wasn't a hacker because he thought it was real (he also confirmed he didn't download the app) And people also said 4 different things 1- it downloads malicious APK that installs itself automatically 2-it runs a malicious JavaScript that injects itself to your phone 3- it asks for your emails and passwords (this one I was sure it is fake because the website didn't have any login page or email related questions) 4- were people claiming it hacks you once the link is opened but they didn't give any detail about how it happens and what to do if someone opened it However 1-I checked for apks. Nothing 2-Put the link in VT (all came as phishing with no malicious JavaScript detected except for scumware.org which pointed out it installs a trojan which turned out to be only aiming for PCs via plugins and add-ons) 3- the webpage didn't have any login page as I said above 4- this one I am still not sure from so that is why I am asking my question Could the link have hacked me instantly as the people from the 4th perspective about the link claim? [/QUOTE]
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