{"id":3155,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3155"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Whole-Foods-Market-\"Free-$275-Grocery-Coupon\";-Facebook-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3155","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods Market &#8220;Free $275 Grocery Coupon&#8221;; Facebook Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPost being shared on Facebook claims that US supermarket chain Whole Foods Market are giving \u00a0away grocery coupons worth \u00a0$275  \u00a0to everyone who clicks on the link.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe post is not associated with Whole Foods Market in any way. And, the claim that Whole Foods is giving everyone free $275 coupons is a lie designed to trick \u00a0people into clicking. Those who do participate will win nothing whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one more version of an ongoing &#8220;anniversary giveaway&#8221; scam that has used the names and details of <a title=\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Free $275 Aldi Grocery Coupon\" Facebook Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/free-275-aldi-grocery-coupon-facebook-scam\/\">many companies<\/a> all around the world. The goal of the scammers \u00a0who create these fake giveaway posts is to trick people into supplying their personal information on dodgy &#8220;survey&#8221; and &#8220;offer&#8221; websites. The information provided will be shared with unscrupulous \u00a0marketing companies who will later bombard their victims with unwanted and annoying phone calls, emails, text messages, \u00a0and letters. The scammers \u00a0earn commissions each time somebody \u00a0discloses information on one of the survey sites.<\/p>\n<p>Whole Foods Market has confirmed that the post is fraudulent via comments on its <a title=\"Wholefoods Markert Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WholeFoods\/\">official \u00a0Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/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=\"What is a Facebook Survey Scam?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/what-is-a-survey-scam.shtml\">What is a Facebook Survey Scam?<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"Survey Scam List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/facebook-survey-scam-list.shtml\">Survey Scam List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\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<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3094\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/whole-foods-market-free-275-grocery-coupon-facebook-scam\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,690\" 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=\"wholefoods-surevy-scam-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2-300x259.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3094\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2.jpg\" alt=\"Wholefoods Market Scam Post\" width=\"800\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wholefoods-surevy-scam-2-232x200.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: November 8, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: November 8, 2016<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=\"Hoax-Slayer on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCW5AktW8PdP88Pa0tgCVY6w\">Hoax-Slayer on YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Wholefoods Markert Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WholeFoods\/\">Wholefoods Markert Facebook Page<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Free $275 Aldi Grocery Coupon\" Facebook Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/free-275-aldi-grocery-coupon-facebook-scam\/\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Free $275 Aldi Grocery Coupon&#8221; Facebook Scam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Primary Matched Content --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"2703041438\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/whole-foods-market-free-275-grocery-coupon-facebook-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/whole-foods-market-free-275-grocery-coupon-facebook-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Post being shared on Facebook claims that US supermarket chain Whole Foods Market are giving \u00a0away grocery coupons worth \u00a0$275 \u00a0to everyone who clicks on the link. Analysis: The post is not associated with Whole Foods Market in any way. And, the claim that Whole Foods is giving everyone free $275 coupons is a [&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-3155","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\/3155"}],"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=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/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=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}