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Spammers Abuse KiK for Survey Revenue

published on 2014-03-20 00:51:00 UTC by Trojan7Malware
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Recently I discovered a spam campaign that utilises the popular messaging service kik to monetize the spammers efforts.

As you can see the message was sent by the unofficial kik account (upon creating a account you automatically add the official account) and is asking you to visit a unknown website. Two warning signs that should scream at you not to visit. 

So what does this campaign do? Firstly, the front page at kikgift(.)com asks for your username. This servers two purposes. This adds a sense of reality to the website and secondly it can be used to asses how well the message gets clicked.Commonly called a call back rate.

Secondly, after you enter your username the website checks if you're visiting on iOS or android and shows appropriate pages asking for you to download a app. 



It is currently unconfirmed if the android ad pages lead to malware hosting app markets. 

The Official KiK team has received a full report regarding this scam site 
Article: Spammers Abuse KiK for Survey Revenue - published over 10 years ago.

http://trojan7malware.blogspot.com/2014/03/spammers-abuse-kik-for-survey-revenue.html   
Published: 2014 03 20 00:51:00
Received: 2021 06 06 09:05:03
Feed: Trojan7Malware
Source: Trojan7Malware
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security
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