“First Time In Facebook History”; Car Giveaway Scams Continue
The original site is no longer online; links go to the Internet Archive copy.
The claim
Facebook Page that calls itself “Audi & Bmw & Mercedes” claims that, for the first time in Facebook history, you can win one of two “Beautiful Mercedes C” just by liking, sharing, commenting, and supplying your name and email address.
What the fact-checkers found
The Facebook Page is bogus. It is certainly not giving away any cars and those who participate will win nothing at all.
It is yet another scam designed to gather large numbers of Facebook likes as quickly as possible. Once the Page has collected a large number of likes, it can then be used to perpetrate survey scams and other types of fraudulent activity. Or, it might be sold on the black market to other scammers.
This version also attempts to trick people into supplying their name and email address via a fake “confirm application” website. The information you supply will be used to send you spam and may also be sold to other spammers and unscrupulous online marketing companies.
Report continued below…
Like-farming scams like this one are very common. In fact, very similar scams have been falsely claiming to give away luxury vehicles “for the first time in Facebook history” for several years now.
This Hoax-Slayer YouTube video explains more about how like-farming scams work:
Refer to the following resources for further details about such scams:
Facebook Like-Farming Scams
Like-Farming Scam List
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