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  • ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrate Sales Exceeding 30 Million’ Fake Message: ‘China-Based Hackers Luring Indians Into Scam’, Says Report

    ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrate Sales Exceeding 30 Million’ Fake Message: ‘China-Based Hackers Luring Indians Into Scam’, Says Report

    New Delhi, June 10: Cyber-security researchers in India on Thursday said they have discovered a malicious free gift campaign pretending to be an offer from Tata Motors that is collecting users’ data, and the campaign has been traced to China-based hackers.

    The research wing of New Delhi-based CyberPeace Foundation received some links via WhatsApp, related to a free gift offer from Tata Motors, collecting browser and system information as well as the cookie data from the users.

    “The campaign is pretended to be an offer from Tata Motors but hosted on the third-party domain instead of the official website of Tata Motors which makes it more suspicious,” the research team said in a statement.  ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari’; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    If any user opens the link from a device like smartphones where WhatsApp application is installed, the sharing features on the site will open the WhatsApp application on the device to share the link.

    “The prizes are kept really attractive to lure the laymen,” the team said.

    The title of the fake website is “Tata Motors Cars, Celebrates sales exceeding 30 million.”

    On the landing page, a congratulations message appears with an attractive photo of a Tata Safari car and asks users to participate in a quick survey to get a free TATA Safari vehicle.

    “Also, at the bottom of this page, a section comes up which seems to be a Facebook comment section where many users have commented about how the offer is beneficial,” the research revealed.

    After Clicking the OK button, users are given three attempts to win the prize.

    After completing all the attempts, it says that the user has won “TATA SAFARI”.

    “Congratulations! You did it! You won the TATA SAFARI!” Clicking on the ‘OK’ button, it then instructs users to share the campaign on WhatsApp.

    The user then has to click the WhatsApp button in order to complete the progress bar. After clicking on the green ‘Complete registration’ button, it redirects the user to multiple advertisements webpages, and it varies each time the user clicks on the button.

    According to the researchers, cybercriminals used Cloudflare technologies to mask the real IP addresses of the front-end domain names used in the free gifts from Tata Motors campaign.

    “But during the phases of investigation, we have identified a domain name that was requested in the background and has been traced as belonging to China,” the researchers revealed.

    CyberPeace Foundation, a think tank and grassroot NGO of cyber security and policy experts, along with Autobot Infosec Private Limited looked into this matter to realise that these websites are online fraud.

    “The campaign is pretended to be an offer from Tata Motors but hosted on the third-party domain instead of the official website of Tata Motors which makes it more suspicious,” the Foundation said.

    The Foundation recommended that people avoid opening such messages sent via social platforms.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 10, 2021 11:33 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari’; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    ‘Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari’; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    Mumbai, June 8: You might have received a message on WhatsApp which says you can win a Tata Safari by filling a questionnaire. The WhatsApp message, which also contains a link, claims the “offer” is made because automobile major Tata Motors Cars reported sale exceeding 30 million. The message is going viral on WhatsApp as well as on Twitter, and people are filling the questionnaire in hope to win Tata Safari. But, the fact is this message is fake. Ratan Tata Again Calls Out Fake News as Rumour Mongers Quote Him as Saying That ‘2020 Is Year to Survive, Not to Make Profit’.

    “Tata Motors Cars, Celebrates sales exceeding 30 million! Through the questionnaire, you will have a chance to get a TATA SAFARI (sic),” read the viral message. While some filled the questionnaire, others went on Twitter and asked Tata Motors if the claimed offer is made by the company. Tata Motors Cars has now issued a statement stating that the offer or scheme is circulated “with malicious intent of enabling data pilferage and phishing of anyone who opens the links”. Tata and Tesla to Team Up? Tata Motors Denies Any Partnership After ‘Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche’ Tweet to Welcome Elon Musk’s Company Sparks Rumours on Their Alliance.

    “Please note that Tata Motors has not announced any such contest and categorically denies any such association with such schemes. Moreover, we strongly suggest that such fraudulent messages should not spread further on social media and be deleted immediately,” read the statement issued by Tata Motors. The company also asked people to refrain from clicking on suspicious links and messages.

    Tata Motors Clarifies:

    Here it may be noted that Tata Motors’ domestic total sales for May rose to 24,552 vehicles sold, compared to an off-take of 4,418 units during the corresponding month of 2020. The company had in April reported that its global wholesales in Q4FY21, including that of Jaguar Land Rover rose by 43 per cent on a YoY basis to 330,125 units.

    Fact check

    'Tata Motors Cars Celebrates Sales Exceeding 30 Million, Fill Questionnaire to Win Tata Safari'; Fake WhatsApp Message Goes Viral, Company Debunks Claim

    Claim :

    Tata Motors Cars is celebrating sales exceeding 30 million and has thrown offer to win Tata Safari.

    Conclusion :

    The viral message is fake. No such offer is made by Tata Motors Cars.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Jun 08, 2021 10:57 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).