Fake Petronas lucky draw ad contains malware, say police

 

The fake ‘Petronas lucky draw’ website that claims to provide RM5,000 in ‘government subsidies’.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have issued a warning not to click on a widely-shared link advertising a lucky draw supposedly organised by Petronas.

Bukit Aman’s director of commercial crime investigations, Kamarudin Md Din, said the link, which has been circulated through chat messages, would take users to a “phishing” website.

“After clicking on the link, users will be asked to answer four simple survey questions that are believed to be designed for the purpose of obtaining user data (phishing),” he said in a statement today.

Kamarudin said, after answering all the questions, users were required to send the link to 20 other people and further review found that the website was fake and had nothing to do with Petronas.

As a precautionary measure, Kamarudin advised the public not to browse the content of the website because it is believed to contain “trojans/malware” that can harm the data stored on users’ devices.

For advice or further information, the public can contact the CCID Scam Response Centre at 03-26101559 or 03-26101599. - FMT