{"id":379,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Win-a-Butlins-Holiday'-Facebook-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Win a Butlins Holiday&#8217; Facebook Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFacebook Page claims that you can win a holiday for four people from UK holiday camp company Butlins by sharing a promotional post and liking the Page.<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\"\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><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe Facebook Page is fraudulent and has no connection to Butlins. There are no prizes. The Page is a scam designed to quickly \u00a0gather large numbers of likes so that the Page can be \u00a0reused for further \u00a0scams or sold on the black market to other scammers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nShare this post to enter, we&#8217;re giving 50 people the chance to win a Butlins holiday for 4 people on a date of your choice. Winners will be notified, like our page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-butlins-holiday-facebook-scam\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1377\" 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=\"butlins-like-farming-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1-174x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1-595x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1614\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Butlins Like-Farming scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"1377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1-768x1322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1-595x1024.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/butlins-like-farming-scam-1-116x200.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to a promotional post on a Facebook Page that calls itself &#8216;Butlins Holidays&#8217;, you can win a Butlins holiday for four people on a date of your choice just by sharing \u00a0the post. The post advises you to like the Facebook Page for updates and winning notifications.<\/p>\n<p>Butlins is a holiday camp chain based in the UK. However, this Facebook Page is not associated with Butlins in any way and it is not giving away holidays as claimed. Instead, the Facebook Page is a scam designed to accumulate large numbers of Page likes as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Butlins Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/butlins\/\">genuine Butlins Facebook Page<\/a>, which is called &#8216;Butlins&#8217;, not &#8216;Butlins Holidays&#8217; and features Facebook&#8217;s blue &#8216;verified&#8217; tick icon, is aware of the scam and has informed concerned users that it is currently working with Facebook to have the fake \u00a0Page removed.<\/p>\n<p>By tricking people into sharing the bogus prize post, the scammers who created the fake Page ensure that it is widely promoted across Facebook.  \u00a0The fraudulent Facebook Page will thus gain a great many new likes within just a few days of its launch. Once the Page has accumulated a large number of likes, it can then be used to launch <a title=\"What is a Facebook Survey Scam?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/what-is-a-survey-scam.shtml\">survey scams<\/a> or other types of scams, this time to a much \u00a0larger potential audience.<\/p>\n<p>Or, the Page may be sold on a very active black market to other scammers who will repurpose it to fit their own nefarious goals. Generally speaking, the more likes a Page \u00a0has the more money it can be sold for.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Facebook Like-Farming Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scams.shtml\">Like-farming scams<\/a> \u00a0like \u00a0this one are very \u00a0common. Be wary of any Facebook Page \u00a0or post that claims that you can win holidays, cruises, flight tickets, cars, tech gear, or store vouchers just by liking sharing and commenting. Remember that there are no prizes and, by participating, you are exposing all of your Facebook friends to the scam and helping scammers achieve their aims.  \u00a0So, don&#8217;t \u00a0be \u00a0tempted to participate &#8216;just in case&#8217; or &#8216;just for fun&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\"\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: April 18, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: April 18, 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=\"Facebook Like-Farming Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scams.shtml\">Facebook Like-Farming Scams<\/a><br \/>\n<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><br \/>\n<a title=\"Butlins Facebook Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/butlins\/\">Butlins Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-butlins-holiday-facebook-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-butlins-holiday-facebook-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Facebook Page claims that you can win a holiday for four people from UK holiday camp company Butlins by sharing a promotional post and liking the Page. Brief Analysis: The Facebook Page is fraudulent and has no connection to Butlins. There are no prizes. The Page is a scam designed to quickly \u00a0gather large [&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-379","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\/379"}],"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=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/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=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}