The text message appears to come from Elkjøp or Expert, and has been sent out to a variety of mobile phones on Thursday.
In the message, which contains several typos, reads: “Congratulations! You have been chosen to e receive one free Samsung 55 “UDH Smart TV – Fe prize here.” Then follows a link.
A message appears to come from Elkjøp or Expert, but is in reality false . Police in Hordaland warns people against clicking on the link, and refer to it as fraudulent.
Elkjøp: – The first time
Elkjøp also warns against SMS.
– There are some who try to fool people by using our logo and brand, says communications manager Øystein Schmidt in Elkjøp to BA.
Many people have made contact with them in social media Thursday to ask the prize is real.
Elkjøp have, since they were made aware of the false message worked to tell that there is no chain behind.
– We have informed our followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Now we keep on sending out a message on snapchat. We use all channels we have to tell that this is not something we stand behind. We’d never gone out this way if we would’ve had a contest, says Schmidt.
In some text messages is the Expert dispatching. Nor do they have anything with text messages to do. “We will inform them that they are not coming from us, and neither is real,” the company said on its Facebook page.
Large scope
Elkjøp have been subjected to similar abuse of logo and brand name in emails before, but the size and scope of the ongoing Thursday night is new to the company.
– It appeared in the afternoon today, and as far as I know we have not seen similar use of our logo and our brand on sms, says Schmidt.
Elkjøp looking seriously at the issue, and both IT department and its lawyers are engaged.
– It is difficult to see who is behind, but we promise that we will do everything in our power to get to the bottom of it. If anyone gets this message should delete the umibbelbart, and certainly not pressing the link.
A data blogger who claims to have followed the link writes that it leads to a series of questions in a survey. At the end of the examination shall blogger have been asked to fill out contact information and credit card information to receive the prize.
There is, for the sake of clarity, no tv to win from either Elkjøp or Expert.
New methods
Scammers take new processes are constantly in use. BA has previously written about the Humanist Association of Bergen who received two letters.
The envelopes containing invoices from what appears to be a company called Office Direct. Invoices sounded at 580 euros, and in the item description reads “Office suite, Win, 12, Business, Pro.”
Association reacted eventually that sum was quoted in Euros, and double checked the matter. It turned out that the envelopes were postmarked in India, and that no one had ordered upgrade of a Microsoft Windows-subscription.
Ingrid (88) good laugh scam letter
Ingrid (88) seems letter she received in the mail from Ivan Kominek was witty. The letter was written in a sort of Norwegian. “I died unexpectedly at the age of 72 years in a London hospital where I went for one of the historic Checkups routine, ‘it said, among other things.
But the 88 year old Ingrid Arnesen in Outer Sandviken let himself Do not be fooled.
– I had to laugh, because I figured the it was nonsense. Sharing a fortune fifty-fifty, it was not so? Yes, it sounded is cool out there, said 88-year-old BA afterwards.
Other methods swindlers guardian to use is one million prizes. It got Asbjørn Falleth Bryhn (67) experiencing. He received a letter from Spain. which said that he had won 1.5 million euros in a lottery. It was of course a lie.
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