{"id":1543,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1543"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Fake-Thomas-Cook-Facebook-Page-Promises-Free-Holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1543","title":{"rendered":"Fake Thomas Cook Facebook Page Promises Free Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to posts from a Facebook Page that calls itself &#8220;Thomas Cook Fans&#8221;, you can win a family holiday to Tenerife just by sharing and commenting or clicking a &#8220;sign up&#8221; button. \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 Page features the Thomas Cook logo along with videos \u00a0and photographs related to the UK based travel company.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Facebook Page has no connection to Thomas Cook and it is not giving away any holidays. Facebook users who participate \u00a0in the bogus giveaways have no chance of winning the promised \u00a0Tenerife holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the \u00a0Facebook Page is a scam designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/what-is-a-facebook-survey-scam\/\">trick you into providing your personal \u00a0information on dodgy websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The logo, videos, and photographs used on the scam page are stolen from genuine \u00a0Thomas Cook websites and social media pages. The image depicting the supposed free ticket envelope was stolen from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayradvertiser.com\/news\/15798588.girvan-travel-agent-honour\/\">January 2018 news report<\/a> about a Thomas Cook travel agent.<\/p>\n<p>By insisting that people share and comment for a chance to win, the scammers \u00a0ensure that their fake posts are seen by an ever-increasing audience of potential victims. And, clicking the &#8220;Sign Up&#8221; button on the page opens an unrelated website that promises the chance to win further prizes in exchange for supplying your \u00a0name, home address, email address, and phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The information you provide will be shared with unscrupulous marketing companies who will subsequently inundate you with suspect \u00a0&#8220;offers&#8221; and &#8220;deals&#8221; for a range of products and services you most likely neither want nor need.<\/p>\n<p>And, no matter how many websites you sign up on, you will never get any entries into the promised \u00a0Tenerife holiday prize draws. There are no holidays and there will be no winners.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thomascook\/\">genuine Thomas Cook Facebook Page,<\/a> which includes Facebook&#8217;s verified icon to prove its authenticity, makes no mention of the supposed holiday giveaways. \u00a0 \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> If one of these fake posts crosses your \u00a0News Feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/no-harm-done-think-again-4-reasons-why-participating-in-bogus-facebook-giveaways-is-not-harmless\/\">do not be tempted to participate<\/a>. Doing so will only help Facebook scammers and, to reiterate, your chances of winning anything are precisely \u00a0nil.<\/p>\n<h2>A screenshot of the scam posts:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-thomas-cook-facebook-page-promises-free-holidays\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,1064\" 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=\"thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1-141x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1-481x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fake Thomas Cook Facebook Posts\" width=\"500\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thomas-cook-scam-facebook-page-110119-1-481x1024.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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-thomas-cook-facebook-page-promises-free-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/fake-thomas-cook-facebook-page-promises-free-holidays\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to posts from a Facebook Page that calls itself &#8220;Thomas Cook Fans&#8221;, you can win a family holiday to Tenerife just by sharing and commenting or clicking a &#8220;sign up&#8221; button. \u00a0 The Facebook Page features the Thomas Cook logo along with videos \u00a0and photographs related to the UK based travel company. 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