Viberpromotion.com is it a scam

gfplux · 8 November 2014 at 9:45AM

my wife received a Viber message saying she had won a iphone6. She is asked to visit Viberpromotions.com and enter a four digit code that is in the message.
We are very suspicious is it a con. It must be.
Nothing is for free?

Browntoa · 8 November 2014 at 9:56AM

Hard to say, both viber.com and the above have hidden ownership

But to "win" you have to complete an offer so to me it's a scam

Ps I made up a 4 digit code and it let me through as a winner by the way

kwikbreaks · 8 November 2014 at 10:44AM

Browntoa wrote: »

Ps I made up a 4 digit code and it let me through as a winner by the way

Hope you've run malwarebytes after that then...
Probably nothing there but drive-by infections are possible these days and I wouldn't visit unknown sites from spam emails.

gfplux · 8 November 2014 at 12:59PM

However this is not a spam email but possibly a spam viber message.
Very surprised that there is no "buzz" about this scam as my wife received her version of the message (in French) 5 hours ago.

Browntoa · 8 November 2014 at 8:13PM

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Hope you've run malwarebytes after that then...
Probably nothing there but drive-by infections are possible these days and I wouldn't visit unknown sites from spam emails.

Did it on the iPad so nil risk

Coopdivi · 9 November 2014 at 1:52AM

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Hope you've run malwarebytes after that then...
Probably nothing there but drive-by infections are possible these days and I wouldn't visit unknown sites from spam emails.

The website itself is clean although it's using outdated software.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/26002f32948eead82d2831b0afeff92ee2564f65207d7af42b6f018f882b00c3/analysis/1415493785/
http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.viberpromotions.com/

However after inputting a random 4 digit number and hitting the Verify button I got taken to Mgjimp.com which, according to Web of Trust, is engaged in the distribution of malware and is an abusive spammer.

https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/mgjmp.com

So yes, definitely a scam.

Viberpromotion.com is it a scam

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