{"id":2206,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2206"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"LIKE-FARMING---'Mercedes-Benz-CLA-45'-Facebook-Giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2206","title":{"rendered":"LIKE-FARMING &#8211; &#8216;Mercedes Benz CLA 45&#8217; Facebook Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook Page claims that users can win a &#8216;Mercedes Benz CLA 45 just by liking the page, liking and sharing a promotional post, and adding a comment specifying what colour car they would like. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The Page is bogus and the competitions that it promotes are not legitimate. There are no winners and no cars are being given away. This is a like-farming scam designed to fraudulently increase the number of likes garnered by the Page. Facebook Pages with high like-numbers can later be used to perpetrate further scams to a large audience. Alternatively, the Pages may be sold on the black market to other scammers.<br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4109949039\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\"><ins id=\"aswift_1_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_1_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>We are giving 6 Mercedes Benz CLA 45 AMG On July 30, 2014<br \/>\nLucky Winners Will Be Announced On July 29, 2014<br \/>\nStep 1) Like this Page<br \/>\nStep 2) Like this Post<br \/>\nStep 3) Comment which color you want. (White OR Red)<br \/>\nStep 4) Share on your wall<br \/>\nWinners will be Chosen &amp; Announced On July 29, on this page.<br \/>\nGood Luck ,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/like-farming-mercedes-benz-cla-45-facebook-giveaway\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"512,738\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1-208x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes Benz Like Farming Scam Post\" width=\"512\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/mercedes-benz-giveaway-like-farming-scam-1-500x721.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to a &#8216;Competitions&#8217; Facebook Page that is currently being promoted across the network, you could win one of 6 Mercedes Benz CLA 45&#8217;s just by liking the Page, liking and sharing a Page post, and adding a Page comment specifying your desired car colour.<\/p>\n<p>The Page claims that winners will be announced on July 29. However, the claims on the Page are lies. No Mercedes Benz cars are being given away. \u00a0 No matter how much liking, sharing, or commenting you do, you will not win a Mercedes or anything else. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> The promised prizes are just a scammer ruse designed to trick you into liking and sharing the Page and its bogus promotions.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of \u00a0l<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-like-farming-scams\/\">ike-farming scams<\/a> \u00a0is to gain as many new likes as possible for a Facebook Page in a short time. By tricking people into not only liking the page itself but also sharing its material and making comments, the scammers ensure that their bogus competition gets seen by many Facebook users, thereby gathering many more likes.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook Pages with high like-numbers are a valuable commodity to scammers and unscrupulous online marketers.<\/p>\n<p>Such Pages can later be used to launch further scam campaigns, this time on a much wider audience. \u00a0 Often, after an initial like-farming campaign, a second fake promotion is launched that is designed to trick people into participating in \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/what-is-a-facebook-survey-scam\/\">survey scams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The scammers may also use the bogus Pages to perpetrate \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/advance-fee-lottery-scams-international-lottery-scam-information\/\">advance fee scams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, the like-heavy Pages can be sold via a lucrative black market to other scammers who will repurpose it to further their own goals.<\/p>\n<p>Such like-farming pages are very common on Facebook. \u00a0 A series of such scam Pages have falsely claimed that users could win \u00a0other brands of luxury cars \u00a0as well as expensive prizes such as \u00a0holidays, \u00a0cash payouts, or \u00a0tech products.<\/p>\n<p>Treat as suspect any Page that claims that you can win an expensive prize just by liking, sharing and commenting.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/like-farming-mercedes-benz-cla-45-facebook-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/like-farming-mercedes-benz-cla-45-facebook-giveaway\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Facebook Page claims that users can win a &#8216;Mercedes Benz CLA 45 just by liking the page, liking and sharing a promotional post, and adding a comment specifying what colour car they would like. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The Page is bogus and the competitions that it promotes are not legitimate. 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