{"id":3072,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3072"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Virgin-Airlines-Australia-\"Holiday-Giveaway\";-Facebook-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3072","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Airlines Australia &#8220;Holiday Giveaway&#8221;; Facebook Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFacebook Page calling itself &#8220;Virgin Airlines Australia&#8221; claims that a family of three has just pulled out of a trip to Bali so Virgin has decided to give away the holiday to a fan. Supposedly, all you need to do for a chance to win is like and share the giveaway post.<\/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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe Facebook Page is fraudulent and it is not associated with Virgin Australia in any way. The promised prize does not exist and those who participate have no chance of winning anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>The fake Facebook Page is a scam designed to accumulate large numbers of Facebook likes as quickly as possible. Once the Page has collected a large number of likes, it can then be reused to launch other types of scam. Alternatively, it might be sold on the black market to other scammers.<\/p>\n<p>The genuine Virgin Australia Facebook Page, which features Facebook&#8217;s blue &#8220;verified&#8221; icon, makes no mention of the supposed giveaway.  \u00a0Virgin and a number of other high-profile airlines around the world are <a title=\"Virgin Airways 'Complimentary First Class Flights' Facebook Survey Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/virgin-airways-complimentary-first-class-flights-facebook-survey-scam\/\">regularly targetted<\/a> in Facebook like-farming and survey scams.<\/p>\n<p>This Hoax-Slayer YouTube video explains more about how like-farming scams work:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJ4V66gJH04\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Refer to the following resources for further details about such scams:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"Facebook Like-Farming Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scams.shtml\">Facebook Like-Farming Scams<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"Like-Farming Scam List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scam-list.shtml\">Like-Farming Scam List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nA family of 3 has just pulled out of a holiday to Bali on March 20th &#8211; 27th. Since its such last-minute we thought why not give it to a fan, everything is already paid for (3 People). Like \u00e2\u0153\u201d Share \u00e2\u0153\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/virgin-airlines-australia-holiday-giveaway-facebook-scam\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,464\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1-300x174.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5504\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1.jpg\" alt=\"Virgin Airlines Free Tickets Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/virgin-airlines-like-farmng-scam-2017-1-500x290.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\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 class=\"date\">Last updated: February 20, 2017<br \/>\nFirst published: February 20, 2017<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"Virgin Australia Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/virginaustralia\/\">Virgin Australia Facebook Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Virgin Airways 'Complimentary First Class Flights' Facebook Survey Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/virgin-airways-complimentary-first-class-flights-facebook-survey-scam\/\">Virgin Airways &#8216;Complimentary First Class Flights&#8217; Facebook Survey Scam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/virgin-airlines-australia-holiday-giveaway-facebook-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/virgin-airlines-australia-holiday-giveaway-facebook-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Facebook Page calling itself &#8220;Virgin Airlines Australia&#8221; claims that a family of three has just pulled out of a trip to Bali so Virgin has decided to give away the holiday to a fan. Supposedly, all you need to do for a chance to win is like and share the giveaway post. Analysis: The [&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-3072","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\/3072"}],"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=3072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/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=3072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}