{"id":3156,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3156"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Whole-Foods-Market-'Free-$75-Coupon'-Facebook-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3156","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods Market &#8216;Free $75 Coupon&#8217; Facebook Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A post circulating via Facebook claims that you can share and comment on a video to get a free $75 coupon from American supermarket chain Whole Foods Market.<\/p>\n<p>The post, which comes from a Facebook Page called &#8220;Whole Foods Market&#8217;s Club&#8221;, claims that the company is giving EVERYONE a coupon as a means of celebrating its 37th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The post instructs you to share the video, add the comment &#8220;Thanks&#8221;, and then click a link to confirm your entry. It promises that your free coupon will be sent to your inbox within 2 hours.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nHowever, both the post and the originating Facebook Page are fraudulent. Despite its name and logo, the Facebook Page is in no way associated with Whole Foods Market and it is not giving away any coupons.  \u00a0Those who participate have no chance \u00a0whatsoever of getting one of the promised coupons and may be tricked into divulging their personal information on <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/what-is-a-facebook-survey-scam\/\">suspect &#8220;survey&#8221; websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/WholeFoods\/posts\/?ref=page_internal\">genuine Whole Foods Market Facebook Page<\/a> has Facebook&#8217;s blue &#8220;verified&#8221; icon beside its name to prove it&#8217;s authenticity. And, the genuine \u00a0Page is called &#8220;Whole Foods Market&#8221; not &#8220;Whole Foods Market&#8217;s Club&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Anniversary coupon giveaway scams like this one are very common on Facebook.  \u00a0You can <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/beware-of-anniversary-giveaway-facebook-voucher-and-coupon-scams\/\">find out more about how these scams work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>An example of the scam post:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8657\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/whole-foods-market-free-75-coupon-facebook-scam\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1154\" 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=\"whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-208x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-710x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8657\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Whole Foods Coupon Giveaway Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-500x721.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/whole-foods-market-facebook-scam-1-585x844.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/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\/whole-foods-market-free-75-coupon-facebook-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/whole-foods-market-free-75-coupon-facebook-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post circulating via Facebook claims that you can share and comment on a video to get a free $75 coupon from American supermarket chain Whole Foods Market. The post, which comes from a Facebook Page called &#8220;Whole Foods Market&#8217;s Club&#8221;, claims that the company is giving EVERYONE a coupon as a means of celebrating [&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-3156","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\/3156"}],"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=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/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=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}