Beware, this exceptional gift from Lidl is nothing but a huge scam

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Scammers will stop at nothing to push us into making a mistake. They often play on fear to encourage you to act on impulse. Conversely, an offer that seems particularly tempting should alert you. And that is precisely what happened during this phishing campaign that impersonates Lidl.

The safeonweb site presents the example of a fraudulent email. We can read that the customer is rewarded for their loyalty with a ” exceptional offer “. In this case, a vacuum cleaner offered by the retailer. All you have to do is claim the gift by clicking on a link. As is often the case in such cases, the link redirects to a fraudulent portal with the aim, most likely, of recovering personal data or directly money from the targeted Internet users.

How to avoid the worst ?

To avoid being scammed, you should adopt the right reflexes. Under no circumstances should you click directly on a link in an email or text message. If in doubt, you can log directly into your account to be sure. If you accidentally end up on one of these fraudulent sites, you should never fill in the fields or give your usernames and passwords. If so, please consider changing it immediately.

If the wrong has been done and you have lost money, you must file a complaint with the Gendarmerie or the National Police depending on where you live. Finally, you can report these attempted scams on the Signal Spam website and on the Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr platform. By notifying the authorities, you will strengthen the protections and prevent other Internet users from being fooled.

A Netflix scam in vogue

Unfortunately, these phishing campaigns are becoming more and more frequent. To cite just one example, we recently told you about this attack where the hackers pretended to be Netflix. In 23 countries, including France, Internet users received this message: “NETFLIX: There was a problem processing your payment. To keep your services active, please log in and confirm your details on (followed by a fake address, Editor’s note)”.

The idea here was again to recover login credentials, personal information and credit card details of customers who would be fooled by this message. To find out more, do not hesitate to reread our previous article here.

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