99% Off! Don’t Fall For This Amazon Sale WhatsApp Scam

Don’t fall for this WhatsApp-Amazon Online Mall scam. The message claims to offer upto 99 percent off on products.

A message offering massive discounts on the Amazon online mall is doing the rounds on WhatsApp. The message claims to offer up to 99 percent discount on a variety of products.

The “Shop Now” link mentioned in the message directs you to select a product, and then ‘buy’ it by providing personal details such as name, address, payment options etc. Following which, the users are asked to share the said message with minimum 10 friends on WhatsApp.

Until you share it with other WhatsApp users, the link does not allow you to proceed.

Several users took to Twitter to report and inform about the scam:

@AmazonHelp Please take action against this website which is claiming to be Amazon India. Its a SCAM and people are falling for it. Many of my friends and even others are forwarding this link. https://t.co/1ZxbMsY7Nr

— Tejan Shrivastava (@BeingTeJan) November 15, 2018

@amazonindia8 The following link is doing rounds on my whatsapp groups, is this from Amazon India? or some phishing scam? https://t.co/hF0Wa93jns

— Amardeep Mohanty (@MohantyAmardeep) November 13, 2018

A new message is circulating on #WhatsApp which claims to provide up to 99 per cent discount on a range of products along with "Shop Now".
Don't fall for this WhatsApp-Amazon scam - #CyberSecurity
cc - @DDNewsLive @TOIBengaluruhttps://t.co/s4bkTwt72Z via @gadgetsnow

— Mr. LakshmiChetan (@lakshmichetan) November 12, 2018

Amazon Help replied to one of the users saying that it has already shared the information with the concerned team.

Thanks for flagging this issue. I've already shared this with the concerned team internally. Please don't share your order/account/personal details in such websites. Kindly refer to https://t.co/1zbdKmgwPT for genuine discounts and offers. ^NC

— Amazon Help (@AmazonHelp) November 13, 2018

As pointed out by Gadgets Now, the message mentions “Amazon Big Billion” offer even though “Big Billion” is a term that is used by Flipkart and not Amazon. The “Shop Now” link has since been deleted/suspended.

Previously, various other WhatsApp scams were reported, like the Ayushman Bharat scam. A viral message asked WhatsApp users to apply on a website to enjoy benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana.

(With inputs from SMHoaxSlayer)

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