It is no surprise that scammers try to use the best weapon they have that works for their victims. An “adult” industry is a very profitable for scammers. Sex sells are widely used in a marketing world, so, scammers use adult content to attract unwary victims.
Lately, Trojan-like APKs was tracked that was using adult content to trick users into sending premium SMS messages. When the message is opened, you’ll see a page with a button “GET IT NOW” in the middle and “NEXT” at the lower right corner. If you click “GET IT NOW”, it pops up a message saying “Request sent. Thank You”, and goes to the next screen. If you click on “NEXT” button, you‘ll be hijacked to the next screen without a message. Moreover, after such screens you’ll end up at the last one that contains a “T&C” button, which means “Terms & Conditions”. This opens up an SMS agreement screen.
This text is Indonesian, so if you try to translate a message with google translator, you’ll get something like this:
Subscribe to a few videos now! Click on the mobile, you will be a customer subscription and retrievable content, cost RM3.00/SMS caj, 1-2 day per SMS (not including GPRS caj so canceled). To deselect, sms STOP conductivity to 39 997. Talian CS: 03-7493 1352 (Isnin to Friday). By concatenated, you agree with the terms and conditions that presented.
Click “OK” and you’ll be charged via premium SMS. So, if you started to click all that buttons to see the promised content you‘ll not going to see it but you end up giving your money for scammers. Be careful about the content you get via email, sms or other way. Check legitimacy of the content and source first instead of clicking all buttons you are advised to.
