{"id":392,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'You-Have-Been-Mentioned-on-This-Photo'-SMS-Spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You Have Been Mentioned on This Photo&#8217; SMS Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this message, which is currently being distributed \u00a0via SMS, you have been &#8220;mentioned on a photo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The message includes a link that you can supposedly tap to see the photo and the alleged mention.<\/p>\n<p>However, the message is fraudulent and following the link does not open a photo. \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> Instead, the link takes you to a dodgy website that claims that you can win prizes by filling in surveys and providing your name and contact details. The website that opens when you tap the link may vary in different incarnations of the spam message. \u00a0 The link displayed in the messages may also vary.<\/p>\n<p>Once you arrive on one of the bogus survey sites, you will typically be told that, for a chance to win, \u00a0 you must register by filling in a form that asks for your name, \u00a0 phone numbers, email address and home address. \u00a0 This information will be shared with unscrupulous marketing companies who will later bombard you with unwanted \u00a0phone calls, emails, text messages, and junk mail.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, spammers and scammers have repeatedly used bogus text messages, social media messages, and emails that try to trick \u00a0recipients into clicking to see photos or videos. \u00a0 Some, like the version discussed here,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/new-photo-received-sms-spam-messages\/\"> lead to survey scam websites.<\/a> Others are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/beware-of-scam-youtube-video-facebook-messages\/\">phishing scams designed to steal account login details<\/a>. Still others \u00a0may take victims to websites that harbour malware.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive one of these messages, do not follow any links that it contains. \u00a0 Just delete it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">An example of the spam SMS<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p>You have been mentioned on this photo: [link removed]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/you-have-been-mentioned-on-this-photo-sms-spam\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,454\" 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=\"mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1-300x227.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mentioned on this photo spam\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1-500x378.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mentioned-photo-spam-041218-1-585x443.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/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><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/you-have-been-mentioned-on-this-photo-sms-spam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/you-have-been-mentioned-on-this-photo-sms-spam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this message, which is currently being distributed \u00a0via SMS, you have been &#8220;mentioned on a photo&#8221;. The message includes a link that you can supposedly tap to see the photo and the alleged mention. However, the message is fraudulent and following the link does not open a photo. \u00a0 Instead, the link takes [&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-392","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\/392"}],"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=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/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=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}