{"id":384,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Win-a-Free-Samsung-Smart-TV'-Scam-Message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Win a Free Samsung Smart TV&#8217; Scam Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to a message currently spreading rapidly via social media, you can win a \u00a065 inch Samsung Smart TV by entering a code into Google and \u00a0clicking on the first link in the results page. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The message \u00a0claims that you will just need to correctly answer 4 questions and open an account with the video streaming service Stan to get your free TV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>However, the message is a scam and it has no connection whatsoever with either Stan or Samsung. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stan is a legitimate video streaming service but it is in no way associated with this supposed TV giveaway promotion and the scammers are using its name fraudulently.<\/p>\n<p>Those who choose to participate will never receive the promised TV. The scam is designed to trick people into submitting their credit card details \u00a0and other personal information on a decidedly dodgy video streaming website.<\/p>\n<h2>An example of the scam post:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">Hi Everyone! A few d \u00b7a \u00b7y \u00b7s ago there was an advertisement on T \u00b7V where you could win a FREE 65&#8242; Samsung Smart T \u00b7V when you open a free STAN account!, just you need to answer 4 questions correctly! \u00f0\u0178\u2122\u201a<br \/>\nIt turned out that all you need to do is simply enter the code &#8220;IPX256GPM&#8221; in Google and click on the first link in the results, , read this article to learn more. It&#8217;s very easy! \u00f0\u0178\u2122\u201a Yesterday, a courier brought me a package which contained the new Samsung Smart TV!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIf you enter the code into Google, clicking the first result opens a web page with only the following \u00a0content<\/p>\n<pre>\"If you live in Australia and want the brand new 65' Samsung Smart TV, then this is definitely the most exciting article you'll ever read. IPX256GPM\/ipx256gpm<\/pre>\n<p>The page features upper and lower case versions of the code in the content. It also \u00a0includes the code in the web address of the page. Via this simple tactic, the scammers are able to ensure that the page with the code appears in the first position in Google searches. The string of numbers and letters that the scammers use is unlikely to be included on other \u00a0websites, so it is thus more likely to be listed first in Google results. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> This initial page quickly redirects \u00a0to another page titled &#8221; \u00a0How the Australians Are Getting the Brand New 65&#8243; Samsung Smart TV for only 1$&#8221;. The page is presented in news format and supposedly explains why the promotion is being run and how users can get the promised free TV:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-free-samsung-smart-tv-scam-message\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"samsung-tv-scam-message-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1-209x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1.jpg\" alt=\"Free Samsung TV Scam Page\" width=\"600\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1-500x718.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-1-585x840.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you click one of the links in the bogus news report, you will be taken to another website that asks you to answer \u00a04 questions. One of the questions asks if you are over 18 years old. The other three ask about TV brands and video streamings services. \u00a0 But, regardless of which answers you give, you will always be told that you have \u00a0indeed won the TV:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-free-samsung-smart-tv-scam-message\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,387\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"samsung-tv-scam-message-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2-300x194.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fake congratulations message\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2-500x323.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/samsung-tv-scam-message-2-585x377.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are then told that you must click a button to open a free account on a video \u00a0streaming website before you can claim your TV.<\/p>\n<p>The site that opens when you click the button claims that you can sign up to get free access to thousands of free movies. \u00a0 However, it insists \u00a0that you provide valid credit card details along with your name and contact information as a means of verifying your identity and validating your account.<\/p>\n<p>Any company that users such deceptive tactics to gain new members \u00a0should certainly not be trusted with your credit card numbers or any other \u00a0personal information.<\/p>\n<p>Note that details such as the supposed code and the name of the video streaming site changes in different versions of the scam. \u00a0 There are in fact multiple versions of the sites used in this scam campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The messages and web pages used in the scam claim that you need to hurry because the promotion is about to end. However, this supposed deadline is just a ruse designed to get people to quickly proceed without due caution. The deadlines will change depending on what date you visit the scam sites.<\/p>\n<p>If one of these messages comes your way, do not be tricked into entering the code into Google and clicking any links.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-free-samsung-smart-tv-scam-message\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-free-samsung-smart-tv-scam-message\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a message currently spreading rapidly via social media, you can win a \u00a065 inch Samsung Smart TV by entering a code into Google and \u00a0clicking on the first link in the results page. \u00a0 The message \u00a0claims that you will just need to correctly answer 4 questions and open an account with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}