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iPad lure used as bait in mobile phones scam
Information technology security and data-protection firm Sophos is warning that thousands of Facebook users have been tricked into signing up for a premium-rate mobile-phone service, after being duped into believing they were registering to beta-test the upcoming Apple iPad.
Facebook pages with names such as “iPad Researchers Wanted – Get An iPad Early And Keep It!” and “The Mega iPad Giveaway!” prey on the public’s desire to own a free iPad.
Sophos has made a YouTube video demonstrating the scam.
The scam pages typically take their intended victims through a tree-step process:
1. Become a fan of the page.
2. Invite your friends to also become fans of the page and take part in a “special promotion”.
3. Claim or apply for your prize.
Some of the pages display thousands of position comments from other Facebook users claiming that the offer is genuine. When victims apply for their prize, they are taken to an online quiz and their mobile-phone number is requested so they can be sent the result.
“As if inviting all of your friends to participate in a scheme that you haven’t properly investigated wasn’t bad enough, the biggest mistake of all is to hand over your handphone number,” said Mr Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
“You will be signed up for a premium-rate service, costing you in the region of US$10 every week, until you unsubscribe”
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