A couple of times recently an unusual page has popped up in my browser (using Microsoft Edge) with the following message.
Dear Vodafone customer:
Congratulations. You are one of 100 users we have selected as a part of our reward program. You can win the Samsung S10, iPhone XS or iPad Pro.
I thought it was interesting because I do use Vodafone.
Of course this is a scam. You should ignore these.
The fact that I am a Vodafone user is easy to determine via my IP address.
The first time I got one I didn't quite see where it came from. The second time I clicked on the back button which took me back to the Oxford Dictionary's site www.lexico.com. I've used this site many, many times, so there's nothing suspect about the site. The problem is the site uses Google's AdSense advertising and I'd be fairly sure a malicious ad has crept through. The means potentially any site that uses advertising (and that's probably hundreds of millions) could be carrying nasties.
If something pops up unexpectedly when using your browser don't trust it. Close the tab and move on.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Dear Vodafone customer:
Congratulations. You are one of 100 users we have selected as a part of our reward program. You can win the Samsung S10, iPhone XS or iPad Pro.
I thought it was interesting because I do use Vodafone.
Of course this is a scam. You should ignore these.
The fact that I am a Vodafone user is easy to determine via my IP address.
The first time I got one I didn't quite see where it came from. The second time I clicked on the back button which took me back to the Oxford Dictionary's site www.lexico.com. I've used this site many, many times, so there's nothing suspect about the site. The problem is the site uses Google's AdSense advertising and I'd be fairly sure a malicious ad has crept through. The means potentially any site that uses advertising (and that's probably hundreds of millions) could be carrying nasties.
If something pops up unexpectedly when using your browser don't trust it. Close the tab and move on.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
