AED Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I appear to have won an Iphone by following the message on this forum. Is it a scam as they are asking for £1.98p from my credit card? Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Is that an 'advert' that pops up? If yes then DO NOT reply and report the advert to the forum administrator via the link at the bottom centre of the page. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weldted Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 The old saying if it appears to be to good to be true it probably is, by comparison I have just ordered an IPhone 12 Pro Max £1099, so I would think not many of them are going to given away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 This was discussed here a couple of weeks ago https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/FAKE-MESSAGE/57597/ At that time the Forum Administrator said The advert should now have been blocked but if you notice any more, please email the forum moderator email address already highlighted by Derek and we'll forward it onto the web team to handle. It doesn’t greatly surprise me that the ‘advert’ continues to appear on these forums as (as I said on the earlier forum thread) it may prove difficult for Warners to permanently block the damned thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AED Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 Ok, sent that. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AED Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Having alerted the Administrator, I have had a message from Rachel Stothert confirming the Internet team is looking in to it, but she goes on to say that she fears " It will be an ongoing battle " Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AED Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Looks like I am the luckiest man alive ,not only did I win a brand new £1000 iphone last week if I just sent £1.98, today I have "won " £1000 !. I hope no one will be fooled by these scams that appear as a pop up on the Forum. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 You might want to check what you need to do to block these, I don't get any pop up's or adverts on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowdriver Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Without getting into too technical a discussion, for which I am most definitely not qualified, I can only say that using Safari as my browser (on a Mac OSX operating system) with the addition of Adguard, and DuckDuckGo as my search engine means I never see adverts anywhere. Plus I am subject to much less tracking than would otherwise be the case. I hear good things about Brave as a browser both because it limits tracking and blocks ads and is quick. Versions of Brave are available for Windows 64-bit, Windows 32-bit, macOS Intel, macOS ARM64 and Linux. Add DuckDuckGo as your search engine and you should be out of the woods. DuckDuckGo's search results are on the odd occasion not quite as helpful as Google however it's rare that I need to revert. Good enough and reduced noise/distractions works for me. It might be worth taking a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyS Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 These scams quote a very low cost so people might think its worth a go. But many of them are not primarily interested in your money, more your personal details and your bank and card details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I had the "You have a message" advert for a nearly-free iPhone display on this forum a couple of days ago - so it's still not being blocked at the Warners end. As I've opined before I don't think Warner's can stop it, which means it will be down to forum participants to either ignore it or run an advert suppression application on whatever device they are using to access the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec176 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 We are constantly being told that if it appears too good to be true it probably is and that if you didn't enter a competition how can y ou win so come on folks instead of complaining that something hasn't been done to stop us being conned just take a moment and think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AED Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 I only took a look at it as it was on the Forum . You are actually invited to enter the competition, which of course you will always win No one is going to give you an iphone for £1.98p, but it is a very clever professional website which must have been expensive, so they are hoping to catch someone. Possibly some one might say l`ll give it a go for £1.98 what can I lose ? well your credit card details for one.We all have to be very careful these days and the reason I flagged it up was to alert members about it. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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