Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A message on the WhatsApp communication application is circulating among phone numbers in Kosovo.
This SMS offers a link, which claims to offer the opportunity to receive a free top-up of 5 euros.
This SMS is being sent from the contact numbers owned by the user.
What did hibrid.info find?
Hibrid.info has verified the link provided in this SMS “tinyurl.com/solde-kx”. After clicking on it, a web page named “maeoi.com” opens.
Hibrid.info has verified this website and the results show that it is suspicious.
Hibrid.info has verified the credibility of this website through the platform that assesses the credibility of websites, “Scamdoc.com”. The results show that this website has low credibility and is suspicious (see here).
This suspicious website "maeoi.com" presents an opportunity to click, claiming that telephone operators IPKO and VALA are offering free 5 euro top-up and 10 gigabytes of free internet.
Hibrid.info has researched the official Facebook pages of these operators, and it is noted that such an offer has not been made by IPKO or VALA. (see here and here)
Analyze:
An SMS with a link is circulating on the WhatsApp application, through which it is claimed that after clicking on it, the opportunity to benefit from free top-up and internet from IPKO and VALA is offered.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the link presented in this SMS is suspicious. Also, such an option is not offered by these two telephone operators.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this SMS as "Scam".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.