I got a fake prize scam text / link?

POWERBALL ANNOUNCEMENT: You won a prize! Claim here: iiye2.com/26L01n5pis. Got this text this morning. Could anyone investigate it for me ?

@Ihatescammers1896 Welcome to community!

thank you :slight_smile: glad to be here!

number (518)-308-5972

welcome

Thank you. I love it here!

@Ihatescammers1896 welcome to the community!

Hi - welcome once again :slight_smile:

I’ll look into it, one sec

Edit: 404 error

ICANN Lookup shows registered via Namecheap, nameservers point to Cloudflare although that’s not really a hosting company

It’s those links that scammers use when they buy throwaway domains and create throwaway webpages which don’t last long. They are used to scam people.

Ah, I see.

@anon47227696 @AngelFat thank you for checking it out :). They are probably the same people who has sent a " your phone has (3) viruses click here to clean scam texts.

Hi and Welcome :smiley:

I get those all the time. The best way to handle it would be to get adblocker software or an adblocker extension.

If you use Chrome, take a look at this extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-—-best-ad-blocker/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom?hl=en-US
I use this Adblocker and it is free to use and is incredibly effective.

@anon47227696 good idea. idk why but since this new phone ive been getting even more cold calls / scam calls and scam texts than my old one/

@Draco thank you :slight_smile: it means alot

Ublock origin is probably better since it’s open source https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en-US. It also doesn’t follow the acceptable ads program so it should block more ads.