Kaspersky Lab experts detected a new cyberoszustwo using the image of Starbucks. Under the guise chance to get a coupon for $ 500 (there are also versions with other currencies) urge scammers coffee lovers to fill in the questionnaire and send it to more people. A link to the survey can lead you to a spoof page informing the user about detected threats on his computer.
The news of the supposed possibility of obtaining the coupon are distributed primarily through mobile messaging (including WhatsApp). They contain a link leading to the survey. If you decide to fill it, you will be informed that in order to get the coupon, it must send out a link to 10 of your friends. In this way the fraud spreads without cybercriminals.
The attackers prepared script that detects the language used by your web browser and on the basis of converts currency for the amount that the user wishes to receive. Americans will therefore be tempted coupon for $ 500, 500 pesos Argentines etc. There are many options, and cybercriminals add further currencies of countries where there are Starbucks. We are therefore also looking forward version of the scam, which will beckoned coupon for 500 zł.
Fraudsters went a step further and also examine what device the user enters the site to the survey. If the mobile device, everything works according to the mechanism described above. However, if the page is opened using a browser on a desktop or laptop computer, the user is redirected to sites with a fake error detection of malicious programs and unauthorized access to a computer. Cybercriminals offer “help” provided by the user permits remote access to his computer. Error detected threats is to frighten a potential victim, and users who choose to use this “help” open up their machines for real cyber attacks.
“Cyberoszuści used the image of a popular chain of coffee shops, and prepared a scheme attack that has a good chance of success. They do not even have to worry about the proliferation of scams – deal with the attacked person. It is important, therefore, to break this chain, avoid opening suspicious links and carry out similar surveys, especially if they convince people to send private messages to other people, “- said Dmitry Bestuzhev, director of the Global Team. Research and Analysis (GReAT) to the area of America Latin Kaspersky Lab.
Kaspersky Lab emphasizes that Starbucks has nothing to do with sending these messages and links. We are dealing with a cyberattack, which illegally uses the image of a famous company.
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