Hello people ! We hope you are doing good. This is another off-the-topic articles in which we wanted you to become aware of a "Fake Promotion" going on name of Reliance 4G Jio Sim.
Yes as you might be knowing that Reliance has launched their 4G Service named - Reliance Jio and offered Reliance Jio 4G Sims to people through employee invites at just Rs 200 with 80 GB free data and that too at blazing fast speeds which you most likely would never have experienced before ! Due to this , the craze of getting this sim is growing among the people. However, its not that easy to get this sim connection as it needs an invite from a Reliance Employee.
Well, this became a business idea for someone and they launched a website -http://www.get-reliance-jio.in/ where they started convincing people that if they share their personal details and then share their website on 5 whatsapp groups, they will provide them with this dream 4G service free of cost !
And people just love free things and for some of them -Sharing their personal details and then sharing it with 5 groups is no big task if they are getting something for free as we have already seen this thing with Samsung Curved TVs scam and Flipkart Amazon Rs 5000 Gift Cards. I have been receiving a number of whatsapp messages regarding this Jio thing from the past few days and that's when I decided to spread awareness regarding this fake promotion so that people can save their time.
What is http://www.get-reliance-jio.in/ ?
This is a website that is promising to choose random users to award them free 4G SIMs with said data packs and below are the the steps a user needs to make to get their name registered for the lucky draw -
a) Provide your personal details where you need to select Your State and Provide Your Current Mobile No & Email.
b) Step 2 is sharing a promotional message of this website on 5 whatsapp groups.
c) Final Step is downloading an app and installing it.
Why we call it "Scam" ?
Is the website looking quite cool to you and you are thinking to do the complete process in order to get a Sim. Well wait. Read the following points and then decide by yourself.
- Firstly, the website is completely new and this program is not an official one launched by Reliance Jio
- Secondly, when the website asks you to share the whatsapp message on 5 groups, you can actually just click on "Share on Whatsapp" 5 times and without even sharing it actually, it will count it as being shared on 5 groups. A genuine program would never have been such poorly programmed.
- Poor use of English Language on website - Just have a look at their language skills.
Get-Reliance-Jio' this is only the name of domain and/or nothing
The contest will choose random users to award them free 4G SIMs with said data packs. Get-Reliance-Jio is not getting pressure to participate this is your own decission
Well tried guys ! Slow claps for you..
- Then they also ask you to download an app which requires atleast 40 permissions like even accessing your USB Storage, permission to delete the contents and much more. Why do they need that ?
- Last but not the least - Drama of a lucky draw. Now that's their strong point. They know since they have named it a lucky draw, people will never come to know who won or not and they will never question even they don't win ! Smartly played.
Why are they doing this ?
The answer is pretty simple - To get people's personal data & to get traffic on their website.
Now the decision is yours - Do you want to be scam-smart and ignore not only this campaign but also others like these or still participate and waste your time/
Thanks people for reading the article. I hope it was helpful. Also please share it with others and make them aware as "The first step towards change is awareness".