A backpack for two euros or jewelry with an 80 percent discount: do not fall into the fall of fake ads
They imitate well -known brands, use familiar faces or invent ‘secret tips’ from former employees. The only goal? Steal your money or your data. Because now say for yourself, why would a store sell luxury goods for a few euros? And yet many people fall into the fall. Because there are always beautiful stories attached to it. A positive comments from so -called satisfied customers who do not in fact exist.
Take Daphne’s post on Facebook now. « I’m so angry, » she writes. « I have been working at Decathlon in Brussels for 3 years, but they have never given me a permanent contract, only temporary. And now they have just thrown me out because I did not want to do unpaid overtime for the launch of their new collection. How Unfair is that, » she complains.
From revenge she wants to share a secret: “At Decathlon you can now The North Face Borealis backpack score for just a few euros ”. And of course, that’s how she goes on, they don’t want us to share this. » But honestly? After all this I don’t care anymore! On their website there is a hidden corner where you have to answer a few simple questions and the backpack is yours! They do this to clean up the stock for the new collection. «
She also adds a photo. And even a cashier ticket. Just real.
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According to Daphne, the backpack only costs 2 euros. According to Marloes, we read in another advertisement, 3 euros. Her father was fired after 7 years, so that she is now throwing ‘commercial secrecy’ on the paving stones.
« We see more and more sponsored advertisements appear that tell similar stories: » I worked at this company and I know how to get this product for a bargain price … « , says Safeonweb, the government institution that warns us of abusing the internet.
This is about backpacks, but similar advertisements circulate about expensive sneakers, about kitchen robots, about clothing, jewelry from Swarovski or irons at MediaMarkt. Or from BVs that recommend investments in crypto coins and claim that they have already earned a lot of money with it. They all have one thing in common: they really seem, but are false. They confirm that to the companies that are victims.
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« These messages, which create the illusion of privileged access, are completely invented by fraudsters. The website to which the advertisement leads is fraudulent. Surprises respond to urgency or exclusivity: » limited stock « , » secret sale « , » bankruptcy selling, because everything is conceived by thinking about it.
Under these advertisements are numerous reactions: « Receive within 2 days, super quality! », « Crazy deal, thanks! ». But don’t be misled. « These testimonies are false, often placed by false profiles or automatically generated to turn on an order, » says Safeonweb.
At the FPS Economy they are clear: « What is too good to be true is usually not true ». A backpack of The North Face For 2 euros is just unrealistic. « The economic inspection received more than 300 reports about fake ads in 2024. »
Clicked, what now?
Did you click on a suspicious link? Then close the page without filling in anything. Also never pass on your personal information and immediately change your passwords if you have passed it on.
Have you fallen victim? Call your Bank of Card Stop (078 170 170) if you have passed on bank details. Report the local police and also report it on it government reporting point.
