Have you received any messages stating that you have won a brand new smartphone or laptop and to receive it all you need to do is to share with several people. Today many fake messages, websites, applications marching against the users with greed. I'm gonna give few examples of some of them and some tips to identify fake.
Money earning Apps/Websites
Several applications are floating on the internet to make users invest their money or to share their personal data or you refer more people to lose money, in the worst case all of them. Users should understand that Money is not free. One example of this power bank application was available on the play store for a period of time. A similar application that I noticed is the Shared Power Bank application which is available on powerbank website. They comment that a user just needs to download the App and he'll earn up to Rs. 1000/- daily.
They're claiming on their website that Shared power mobile is the largest mobile power leasing company in India with 50M (LOL) equipment purchases and their product is used to charge the mobile phones in public places for money. On the features page, they used an image of a power bank that belongs to a smartphone brand. They've mentioned a YouTube video link that actually belongs to Plugo. Also, most of the product images lack clarity, most of them seem to belong to Plugo and Spykke They mentioned that their service is available on Airport, restaurant, cinema, railway stations, malls except public restrooms.
On another page, they stated that they've partnered with Spykke, which is actually a power bank rental service. If you visited Spykke and Plugo recently, you would have noticed a pop-up disclaimer warning users beware that fraudulent companies are misleading consumers on power bank investment schemes. Further, I asked Spykke support to confirm powerbank365 is a fraud, they replied with the warning not to fall in this SCAM and they have no association with this kind of investment which is highly expected.
This is more than enough to confirm Shared power bank application is FAKE, and there're similar apps like Shared BK, Black Stone, Sun factory, Tesla power bank, and many more. All these applications are mostly fake shopping, lottery, fake trading etc., All they need is nothing but your MONEY. They may keep their promise for initial users, but there's no guarantee that everyone can earn through them.
Fake messages in telegram Channels/Groups
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| some of the fraud messages on channels |
Since Telegram Channels/Groups is powerful enough to connect a lot of people, some of the channel admins, either themselves or by someone's guidance post fake website links claiming that users can earn a lot of money daily for free. These admins also post some random money transfer details as proof (which should never be trusted). Also, there're channels to buy products that were bought using carding, customs. Never ever believe such messages you notice on Telegram, use Telegram only to have conversations with friends and family.
Always check if the
2. company is registered from MCA
3. contact details are present on the site.
4. Information of Owner is present.
5. Social media pages look genuine.
Conclusion
Earning from someone's loss is not good, so don't share such sites to earn rewards. Many people have given up their money to such sites, and still giving up. Each time when an app/site gets blocked new app pops in with a new name, they won't stop until they get caught, so don't wait every time for someone to confirm that it is FAKE. I strongly suggest being safe by avoiding such apps/sites by keeping in mind that no one will give you money for free.
Comment if you had come across any such apps/websites and your experience with such apps/sites (if any).
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Got to know some fraudulent. Creates an awareness and consciousness in e-business. Keep on posting such good articles
ReplyDeleteThanks, sure I will post more on it.
DeleteUpdate: Now it seems like Powerbank site is down which is highly expected as in most of cases these sites won't last more than few months. This is good, but definitely there is gonna be a similar site with similar info, these kind of scam won't stop until everyone is aware of it.
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