Strange news on the test bench
Currently, weird emails from ARD can be found in many mailboxes. Here you will be informed that Günther Jauch is using cryptocurrency for trading. It is said that you can also benefit from it. There are suspicious emails and websites in fake checks.
Did you also find an email with the subject line "German TV host Günther Jauch announced unexpectedly this morning"? Probably this comes from ARD, the TV station will inform you about the method of using cryptocurrency to make money. A strange message can be found in many mailboxes in April.
Together with us, the email was directly banished to the spam folder, and this is where the message belongs. The message is a bold counterfeit designed to lead you to a fake online article that introduces you to the Crypto platform. The entire contents of the email are as follows:
"Günther Jauch is in trouble after announcing a financial loophole that will make many Germans rich in a short time
After the show ended in RTL's popular show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", The newly graduated college graduate showed his thoughts on an automated crypto trading platform.
"I heard about Crypto, you can use it to make a lot of money, but I have never bought it myself. I do n’t know where to start. It ’s really easy, I can use a credit card to swipe. Save the money, the platform will do it for me I bought the money, "Mr. Jauch said.
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In addition to this text, the e-mail contains pictures of Günther Jauch, of course, it just seems credible. There is also a link to a prominent location that can take you to the website.
This email should draw you to the website
If you use Gmail as an email program, you will be warned directly about the website. Behind it is the promotional product of the crypto platform "Bitcoin Era". If you search the platform on the Internet, you will find many suspicious websites that are obviously related to crypto banks.
The site is phishing with Günther Jauch
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Phishing with GüntherJauch (1)
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The Consumer Advisory Center had already warned the platform in May 2019, because the Pyramid plan usually becomes the reason behind such proposals, and fraud cannot be ruled out. Even if the promise of the “Bitcoin Age” sounds promising, you should stay away from such proposals.
Abuse of celebrities for promotional purposes
Günter Jauch is not just a so-called bitcoin fan, his fate is not richer than crypto fans or through car transactions. These emails are also false information, and you can see them in emails and certain places on the website.
Therefore, you should always check the address line to see if it is actually an article from the ad provider. In addition, Netzwelt search or Internet search can help you expose fake pages.
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