ABC reported on October 19, 2026, that a WhatsApp message asking recipients to vote for a supposed dancer named Eliska had circulated in the hours before its article appeared. The message promised a free dance class and led to a fake voting page. Opening the link alone does not prove that an account was taken over, according to Faro de Vigo; reports describe possible follow-up requests for personal information or account verification.
The Eliska vote lure
The message presents the vote as a favor for someone the recipient knows. ABC described the contest page as fake and said the named First International Ballet School in Prague is real. Telecinco and La Razón also reported versions using the name Sophie.
The reported voting lure differs from the money-request impersonation described in NeoTeo’s earlier report from Jaén. That report concerned payment requests sent from a real account; the Eliska message asked recipients to vote through a contest link.
ABC said the page requested personal information. Telecinco and La Razón described other possible prompts, including a phone-number request, a QR scan, or a verification or device-linking step. The descriptions vary, so a recipient may encounter different requests. Faro de Vigo reported that opening the link by itself does not prove account compromise and that a further verification or linking action is commonly involved.
ABC also reported that a compromised account could send the lure to its contacts, with those messages hidden from the owner’s usual chat history.
What to check if you opened the link
If you interacted with the page, review WhatsApp’s Linked devices list and log out any session you do not recognize. Faro de Vigo and La Razón reported this as a way to check for unfamiliar access.
If you can no longer access the account, Telecinco advised registering your phone number in WhatsApp again and following the app’s verification prompts. Faro de Vigo and La Razón also recommended warning contacts through another channel, rather than relying on the affected account.
Those outlets additionally recommended not sharing verification codes, enabling two-step verification, updating WhatsApp and the phone’s operating system, and saving screenshots of suspicious messages. Faro de Vigo and La Razón identified Spain’s INCIBE 017 helpline as a support option for people in Spain.
