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Posted: Sun 12th Jun 2022
Cyber crime police in North Wales have warned about a B&Q Father’s Day competition scam that appears to be doing the rounds.
There have been reports regarding suspicious WhatsApp messages in the run-up to Father’s Day, offering a chance to win a Weber BBQ as a present.
⚠️BEWARE⚠️
Scammers are sending fake Father’s Day competitions via WhatsApp
The text reads B&Q Father’s Day Contest 2022 and goes on to advertise 5,000 free gas barbeques. Do NOT click the link, report it to 7726 then BLOCK the number
Find out more here https://t.co/05Y4DdG96U pic.twitter.com/TszzWyovkG
— HGC Troseddau Seiber / NWP Cyber Crime (@NWPCyberCrime) June 12, 2022
The text reads “B&Q Father’s Day Contest 2022” and advertises “5,000 free gas barbeques available to be won by entering a competition by clicking on the link below.”
According to Malwarebytes Labs, “the barbeque bait arrives out of the blue, from a somebody who has your number, as a random message bringing word of a supposed B&Q Father’s Day Contest.”
“The message is plausible, and the only clue that something is amiss, other than it being unsolicited, is the Russian .ru domain name.”
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