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[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

opera select me in question competition and I win iPhone s8 how and where I claim?

[amatczak]

amatczak Opera @Guest last edited by

@rehmanjamshoro
It looks like some spam advertisement - what website were you on?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by amatczak

http[colon]//tearswinners[dot]men/?td=track[dot]newsjournalcelebs[dot]com&browser=Opera%20Mini&model=Mini%205&brand=Opera&swim=phelps&voluumdata=deprecated&eda=deprecated&cep=6MN3eEaWO35kVV1frYS-lWzzP__dJsBWZ6jmcqkr8LOb3tALp7MFzVPM7eH-IGzmm-zrdsbRsWZmBr63-kcblaXgkcnkjHYPGpLBP_8hHxbZXZFqNt1-dGhdZpgrwbBT7I08pwJ_04dUSC0kkODIUwieo6vZHaGzGv2uUK_30k1geVMzBKf-b2nJYrf4oGg2g0BGalb91Sgsn7jVeR_W3mQTy0jZUxl3OLHlXPnaxVzwfpZ7X-ctWz8I_ODPNZ9F6Z2z-kld4Pf9hxRiIw58mCKYNVd8pVyEfcmWIjNS62U&clickid=9035200003242231546-201711-d224cce1b9&affid=102187#

[EDIT]:
Modified the URL so that it does not get changed into clickable link by the forums automatically.
// @amatczak

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

sir give ur email or whatsapp number I send u some screen shots

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

CONGRATULATIONS!
You've been randomly selected to test the new iPhone 8S (coming in 2017)!
Additional testers wanted still: 21
It's not a joke! You are invited to try our brand new iPhone 8S before it is distributed to the public. We're looking for another (30) Opera Mini users for feedback to make this phone the best iPhone yet.
If you want to join our private test group, you have to answer the four questions below.
As a "Thank You" gift, we will send an iPhone X 128GB completely free! Stocks are limited so answer quickly, act NOW!
Question 1 of 4: Do you currently own any Apple products?
Yes

[amatczak]

amatczak Opera last edited by

This is a scam and it is not related nor endorsed by Opera in any way
Just close that browser window and forget about it.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Congratulations! You are eligible to enter the private test group!
Click the button below to get your free iPhone X. This is a small thank you for participating in the survey.
Claim Your Gift Below
CLAIM NOW
Please enter your contact details and a valid shipping address on the next page to receive your iPhone X. Only (3) left in stock, so hurry!

[amatczak]

amatczak Opera last edited by

Moved your posts into a separate thread since it was off-topic.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

sir there r so many winer they claim and receive the gift . its not fair

[amatczak]

amatczak Opera @Guest last edited by

@rehmanjamshoro
Please stop spamming. I have already told you that it is a scam and we're not responsible for it.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK sir who is responsible it. told me

[amatczak]

amatczak Opera last edited by

I don't know that. Some website that you have visited on your phone, had has this spam advertisement included.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by blackbird71

@rehmanjamshoro said in Spam advertisement:

OK sir who is responsible it. told me

This scam has been going on for several weeks. See: http://www.scam-detector.com/online-auctions-and-tech-scams/iphone-8-and-iphone-x-tester-scam

Scams like this can be difficult to trace beyond the original website you visit, since they are often the result of malicious ads running remotely on that website. Many sites don't sufficiently check out to whom they rent ad space on their sites, and sometimes ads on a site are sub-rented out to still other end advertisers by a middle man company. Such ads generate pop-ups independent of the site itself, and can be very difficult to trace back to the authors.

[joshl]

joshl last edited by

General, one should always check the URL when "offered" or asked to submit any personal information, at least when it seems unusual. I do.
I even check the URLs each time I enter my bank account online.
EACH time. Just in case a piece of malware should all of a sudden appear somewhere trying to redirect. Thing is, there are cons trying to mask their pages as something else: bad people can replicate the layout and such, but the browser will always show you the URL - heed it.
A little while ago, with my Firefox there was a redirect to a "Mozilla upgrade offer", but the URL was not of Mozilla's. I had trouble to close the page/tab, managed to only do that with my system Task Manager; then I reopened the browser, found that wrong URL in the history, and reported it. You should do the same

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I received d sane message too. hw can I claim it?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@evanmic Can't you read? Opera is not related to this, ask the site which showed you the ad.

[A Former User]

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[A Former User]

A Former User @amatczak last edited by

@amatczak I also received a message today that I won iPhone X but how can I get it? Or is it another fake thing?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@laygyza I'm sure it is ... if you can't tell your image files were too large - I'm not certain what the size limit is, but if it is too large you get that.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @Guest last edited by blackbird71

@laygyza said in Spam advertisement:

@amatczak I also received a message today that I won iPhone X but how can I get it? Or is it another fake thing?

MacBook scams actually have been around longer than iPhone scams... but the product these scams offer "for free" are limited only by the imagination of the scammer. The scammer's only requirement is that the item be popular, since they don't have any intentions of giving away an actual item... they just want a click/user response to their scam message.