{"id":3083,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3083"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Walmart-'Free-85%-Off-Coupon'-Facebook-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3083","title":{"rendered":"Walmart &#8216;Free 85% Off Coupon&#8217; Facebook Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Update:<\/h2>\n<p>In November 2018, another variant of this scam appeared. According to a post being shared on Facebook, Walmart is giving away free $50 off coupons to celebrate Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/happy-thanksgiving-from-walmart-free-coupon-scam-post-hitting-facebook\/\"><strong>Read about the 2018 \u00a0Thanksgiving version. \u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Yet another coupon giveaway scam is hitting Facebook.  \u00a0This version claims that giant US \u00a0retail chain Walmart is giving everyone a free 85% off coupon as a means of celebrating shopping week.  \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 post instructs you to share and comment on a promotional video, like the associated Facebook Page, and click a link to register your entry.<\/p>\n<p>However, the post is fraudulent. It is not associated with Walmart and those who participate have no chance of getting the promised coupon. Like the <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/beware-of-anniversary-giveaway-facebook-voucher-and-coupon-scams\/\">countless other fake giveaways<\/a> that have preceded it,  \u00a0the post is designed to trick people into spamming their Facebook friends and submitting their personal information on scam survey sites.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook scammers are <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/facebook-scammers-increasingly-using-live-video-scam-posts\/\">increasingly using video<\/a> as a means of reaching even more victims.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/what-is-a-facebook-survey-scam\/\">Get More Information about Facebook Survey Scams \u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s what the scam post looks like:<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Walmart is giving Free 85% off Coupon to Everyone today to celebrate Shopping Week<br \/>\nShare &amp; Comment &#8220;Thanks Walmart&#8221; on this video to get your coupon. Once Your share &amp; comment is confirmed we will send your coupon to your inbox within 5 hours.<br \/>\nRegister your entry at [link to scam website removed]<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t Forget to Like us.<br \/>\nGood Luck!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8959\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/walmart-free-85-off-coupon-coupon-facebook-scam\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1073\" 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=\"walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-763x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8959 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1.jpg\" alt=\"Walmart 85% Off Scam Post\" width=\"800\" height=\"1073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-500x671.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/walmart-85-percent-off-scam-post-1-585x785.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/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\/walmart-free-85-off-coupon-coupon-facebook-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/walmart-free-85-off-coupon-coupon-facebook-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: In November 2018, another variant of this scam appeared. According to a post being shared on Facebook, Walmart is giving away free $50 off coupons to celebrate Thanksgiving. Read about the 2018 \u00a0Thanksgiving version. \u00a0 Yet another coupon giveaway scam is hitting Facebook. \u00a0This version claims that giant US \u00a0retail chain Walmart is 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-3083","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\/3083"}],"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=3083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083\/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=3083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}