Dubai: UAE residents have been warned of fake online surveys that promise to give away hundreds of free tickets from Emirates. The Dubai-based carrier issued an alert on Thursday, advising social media users that fraudulent online posts have been doing the rounds in WhatsApp and other platforms, enticing people to participate in competitions or surveys in exchange of a free ticket. In one of the posts that have gone viral, scammers claim that Emirates is “giving free tickets to 500 people” to celebrate New Year.
The same post, bearing an Emirates logo, was later updated on Thursday to read “We are giving free tickets to 500 people to celebrate our anniversary.”
Recipients are then enticed to answer some questions first, a common phishing technique that often tricks people into providing credit card or other personal information.
