{"id":1418,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1418"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Facebook-Like-Farming-Scam---100-MacBook-Laptop-Giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1418","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Like-Farming Scam &#8211; 100 MacBook Laptop Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook Page claims that it is giving away 100 MacBook laptops. For a chance to win, users are instructed to like and share a photo of the prize, add a comment specifying their colour preference should they win, and like the Page. \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 fraudulent and it is not giving away MacBook laptops as claimed. It is a scam designed to accumulate as many likes as possible in the shortest possible time. Pages with high numbers of likes can be sold on the black market or used to perpetrate further scam campaigns.<\/p>\n<h2>Examples<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p>We are giving away 100 Macbook Laptops. All that you need to do is complete the easy steps below to participate! (Worldwide)<\/p>\n<p>Step 1. Like this photo.<br \/>\nStep 2. Share this photo. *MUST*<br \/>\nStep 3. Comment color black\/white<\/p>\n<p>Like us on FB: [Link removed]<br \/>\nThe lucky winners will be selected in 48 hours. Only people that have completed all steps can participate. Winner will be announced at our Facebook fan page or in private message so make sure you like us on Facebook. Good luck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-like-farming-scam-100-macbook-laptop-giveaway\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"502,703\" 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=\"macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1-214x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mac Giveaway Scam Post on Facebook\" width=\"502\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-1-500x700.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">We have got 100 boxes of Macbooks that can&#8217;t be sold because they have been unsealed. Therefore we are giving them away for free. Want one of them? Just Share this photo &amp; Like our page [removed] and we will choose 100 people completely at random on 22nd of April and winners will be posted here<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>According to posts originating from a Mac fans Facebook Page, you can win one of 100 MacBook laptops just by liking, sharing, and commenting on an image of the prize laptops and then clicking a link and liking the Page itself.<\/p>\n<p>The posts claim that winners will be selected at random and announced via the Facebook Page. It asks participants to add a comment specifying what colour laptop they would like should they win.<\/p>\n<p>The Page contains a series of very similar MacBook giveaway posts.<\/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> Some of the posts claim that the laptops are being given away because they are unsealed and therefore cannot be sold.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Page is a typical \u00a0<a title=\"Facebook Like-Farming Scams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scams.shtml\">like-farming scam<\/a>. No laptops are being given away and there will be no winners.<\/p>\n<p>The Page and the fake giveaway posts it spawns are designed to accumulate large numbers of likes as rapidly as possible. By tricking people into liking, sharing, and commenting the scammers ensure that their bogus promotions will reach an ever-widening audience and gain a great many new Page likes during the process.<\/p>\n<p>Once a Facebook Page has accumulated a large number of likes, the scammers can use it to launch \u00a0<a title=\"What is a Facebook Survey Scam?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/what-is-a-survey-scam.shtml\">survey scams<\/a> \u00a0or other types of fraudulent messages, this time to a considerably larger audience.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, the Page may be sold on the black market to other scammers who will repurpose it and use it to further their own unscrupulous goals. Pages with high like numbers can command quite high resale prices.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook scammers often use the absurd claim that large numbers of expensive items must be given away because they are unsealed. Do not trust any promotion that makes such a claim.<\/p>\n<p>Like-farming scams \u00a0<a title=\"Facebook Like-Farming Scam List\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scam-list.shtml\">continue to be very common<\/a>. Be wary of any post or Page that promises expensive prizes just for liking, sharing, and commenting.<\/p>\n<h2>A screenshot of the scam Facebook Page:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-like-farming-scam-100-macbook-laptop-giveaway\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,788\" 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=\"macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2-266x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mac Giveaway Scam facebook Page\" width=\"700\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2-500x563.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/macbook-laptops-like-farming-scam-2-585x659.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/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\/facebook-like-farming-scam-100-macbook-laptop-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-like-farming-scam-100-macbook-laptop-giveaway\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Facebook Page claims that it is giving away 100 MacBook laptops. For a chance to win, users are instructed to like and share a photo of the prize, add a comment specifying their colour preference should they win, and like the Page. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The Page is fraudulent and it is not giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}