Samsung is advertising a malicious scam website in the Samsung Pay app.

I was just checking Samsung Pay and saw a banner ad on the 'Pay' tab. This is not new, but today they are hosting a malicious scam website ad.

Video Gif of it occuring: (white edits are to cover up my cashback and reward points)

https://imgur.com/a/Nqg4aN6

The banner ad shows a bike, with the brand name Trek next to it, and $89. When you click it, it takes you to:

Beap.gemini.yahoo. com (dont click) Google says it is a malicious redirect.

Which then immediately loads the site:

https://www.offroadsale. com/

This website has countless bikes with fake MSRP's and prices far too good to be true ($79-$89), like electric hybrid bikes, that should cost hundreds of dollars. Shipping is also a hilarious $9. They also use one of those fake scare tactic 'sale ends in 7 hours' banner. The website was just registered on 10/21/20 the "About" page is a copy pasta.

If that's not enough proof its a scam, the contact phone number listed is +1 6316043245, if you Google that, the first result is a website pointing out that an identical website with a different URL is a scam www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2020/7/21/is-bicyclemajor-a-scam-review-of-the-online-store/ (read the comments and people point out that various scam websites all use the same cloned HTML) The support email is "helpdesk @customerservicebest. com" google that again, and more sites claiming its linked to scam websites.

Samsung you need to fix this. Showing ads is one thing, showing malicious ads is another, and doing so in what's supposed to be a secure pay app is ridiculous.



Submitted October 28, 2020 at 08:20PM by Put_It_All_On_Blck https://ift.tt/3e67YmL https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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