Be careful with the fake mediamarkt sms, we will tell you why

Dozens of users have reported in the last hours having received an SMS from MediaMarkt notifying of an alleged draw for an iPhone 11 Pro in which we have been winners of the first prize. As usual, the content of the message is accompanied by a link to a page where we will have to provide the telephone number and different contact information to "validate" the award and receive the product as soon as possible.

Don't open this text SMS from MediaMarkt

Crowds of people have taken to Twitter to report the receipt of a text message signed by MediaMarkt. The SMS in question reads as follows:

Of course, MediaMarkt has already confirmed that this is a fraud attempt. Apparently, it is a case of phishing . This method is known in the world of computer security for impersonating a website or institution.

In this case, the extracted data is most likely used to subscribe to a premium SMS service or to extract bank details (credit cards, bank account numbers…)

How to block SMS from MediaMarkt

Blocking SMS from a sender without a number is really easy. On Android phones (Samsung, Huawei, LG, Xiaomi) we will have to access the content of the message and then click on the three points in the upper right corner that are shown on the screen. Later we will click on Details or Information and finally on Block and mark as spam.

The way to proceed on iPhone is practically identical. In this case, we will have to click on the sender's name with the text message open to discover the option that allows us to block the sender's messages, as we can see in the screenshot below.

What can I do if I have entered my data on the web?

Depending on the type of information that we have entered on the web, we will have to follow a series of steps depending on the potential danger. If we have entered any bank data, it is best to contact our bank branch immediately to block any unauthorized operation from the checking account. We leave you below with the contact number of several of the best known entities in Spain:

• Banco Santander customer service number: 915 123 123 (national rate).
• Banco Sabadell customer service number: 935 20 29 10 (national rate).
• Bankia customer service number: 916 02 46 80 (national rate).
• BBVA customer service number: 912 24 94 26 (national rate).
• La Caixa customer service number: 900 404 090 (free number).

If you have entered the phone number, we will have to contact our telephone operator to unsubscribe from any premium SMS service. In fact, the operator itself will offer us to deactivate this service to avoid the accidental contracting of this type of payment services.

List of suspicious SMS identified by tuexpertomovil.com

• 603828305
• 900649474
• 900820848
• 900820123
• 900100247
• 900900078
• 610928472