Fake Amazon gift cards offer only malware to Android devices

Fake Amazon gift cards are being sent to Android devices via text message, but it’s malware not a discount that is being spread among the recipients, reports The Register.

ESET detects this virus as the Android/Gazon.A worm, which is said to have infected more than 4,000 smartphones in North America. The virus has already sent out more than 200,000 unsolicited SMS messages containing links that, when clicked, install software on the device and send out identical messages to the user’s contacts.

Fake Amazon gift cards offer only malware to Android devices