{"id":1488,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1488"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-Christmas-Giveaway-Pages-Flooding-Facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"Fake Christmas Giveaway Pages Flooding Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Keep an eye out for fraudulent Christmas themed Facebook Pages promising valuable prizes in exchange for liking, sharing, and commenting. Dozens of the fake pages are appearing on Facebook as Christmas draws near. \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<p>The Facebook Pages claim that you can win prizes such as Christmas \u00a0food and drink baskets, groceries, collections of gift-wrapped toys, tech gear, household appliances, and even cars and holidays. Some claim that you can win a &#8220;completely free Christmas&#8221; worth thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, you can get the chance to win the promised prizes just by liking and sharing as well as adding a comment. \u00a0 Some versions may also instruct \u00a0you to click a link to &#8220;verify&#8221; your entry.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the fake Facebook Pages use names containing the word &#8220;Christmas&#8221; and feature Christmas and Santa graphics for their profile and cover images.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the prizes being offered by these Facebook Pages do not exist and those who participate have no chance of winning anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>As with other Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-like-farming-scams\/\">like-farming scams<\/a>, the Christmas giveaways are designed to gather large numbers of likes and shares as a means of promoting the fraudulent Facebook Pages. Once the scammers \u00a0have thus expanded their potential reach on Facebook, they can launch further scam and spam campaigns that will be seen by a considerably larger number of potential victims.<\/p>\n<p>Some versions of the Christmas scams are also designed to trick victims into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/what-is-a-facebook-survey-scam\/\">submitting their personal information on suspect \u00a0websites<\/a>. Any information that you submit on these websites will be shared with dodgy marketing companies who will later flood you with unwanted phone calls, text messages, emails, and letters.<\/p>\n<p>And, in some cases, the scammers may try to trick people into sending them money. They may contact participants and falsely claim that they have won the promised prize, but then demand that the &#8220;winners&#8221; pay a processing or delivery fee in advance. They may also ask victims to submit identifying personal and financial details, ostensibly as \u00a0a \u00a0way of proving their identity and verifying their prize claim.<\/p>\n<p>Many people who participate \u00a0in these scams believe them to be harmless. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-harm-done-think-again-4-reasons-why-participating-in-bogus-facebook-giveaways-is-not-harmless\/\">they are far from harmless.<\/a> Don&#8217;t be tempted to play along &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/case-just-case\/\">just in case<\/a>&#8221; the giveaways are real. \u00a0 If you do so, you are not only helping scammers but exposing your friends and family to the scams as well.<\/p>\n<p>If one of these fake Christmas giveaway \u00a0posts comes your way, don&#8217;t like, share, or comment on it. \u00a0 Don&#8217;t click on it. And let the person who posted it know that the message is a scam. \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<h2>How To Tell Which Facebook Giveaways are Real and Which are Fake<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, there are also plenty of legitimate competitions on Facebook. Especially around Christmas \u00a0time when many companies \u00a0launch holiday-themed promotions. So, it&#8217;s not accurate to suggest that ALL competitions and giveaways on Facebook are scams.<\/p>\n<p>How can you tell the difference? Click the link below to read a report in which I discuss some ways that can help you ascertain if a \u00a0 Facebook giveaway is a scam or genuine.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/how-to-recognize-facebook-prize-and-giveaway-scams\/\">How to Recognize Facebook Prize and Giveaway Scams<\/a><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Some screenshots of fake Facebook Christmas giveaway posts \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-christmas-giveaway-pages-flooding-facebook\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"511,855\" 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=\"christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3-179x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Christmas Giveaway post 1\" width=\"511\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-3-500x837.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-christmas-giveaway-pages-flooding-facebook\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-2\/\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-2.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Christmas Giveaway post 2\" width=\"502\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-2.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-2-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-2-500x715.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-christmas-giveaway-pages-flooding-facebook\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,969\" 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=\"christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5-186x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Christmas Giveaway post 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5-500x808.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-5-585x945.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-christmas-giveaway-pages-flooding-facebook\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"478,587\" 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=\"christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1-244x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Christmas Giveaway post 4\" width=\"478\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christmas-giveaway-facebook-scams-131218-1-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<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>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-christmas-giveaway-pages-flooding-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-christmas-giveaway-pages-flooding-facebook\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep an eye out for fraudulent Christmas themed Facebook Pages promising valuable prizes in exchange for liking, sharing, and commenting. Dozens of the fake pages are appearing on Facebook as Christmas draws near. \u00a0 The Facebook Pages claim that you can win prizes such as Christmas \u00a0food and drink baskets, groceries, collections of gift-wrapped toys, [&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-1488","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\/1488"}],"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=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/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=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}