{"id":388,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Win-a-Vacation-to-The-Maldives'-Facebook-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=388","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Win a Vacation to The Maldives&#8217; Facebook Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFacebook Page \u00a0claims that you can win a vacation for 4 people to The Maldives along with $3000 spending money just by sharing a promotional post.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe Facebook Page is fraudulent. There is no Maldives vacation prize and no winners. It \u00a0is a scam designed to gather large numbers of likes and shares so that the \u00a0Page can be reused for further scam attacks or sold on the black market to other scammers.<\/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<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nIn the next 24 hours we&#8217;re flying one person off to the Maldives along with 3 friends staying in one of our 5 star villas + $3,000 spending cash. Want to win? Just share this post, one share will be chosen at complete random. The winner will be announced, like our page for updates<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1881\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-vacation-to-the-maldives-facebook-scam\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1380\" 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=\"maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2-174x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2-594x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1881\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2.jpg\" alt=\"Maldives Vacation Like-Farming Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2-768x1325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2-594x1024.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maldive-vacation-facebook-scam-2-116x200.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\" 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><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this supposedly travel related Facebook Page, you can win a vacation \u00a0to The Maldives for four people as well as $3000 spending money just by sharing a promotional post with your friends. The post claims that one share will be chosen at random as the winner and announced on the Page. It instructs you to like the Facebook Page for prize updates.  \u00a0The post features a montage of images depicting a holiday resort in The Maldives.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Facebook Page is yet another like-farming scam. The promised prize does not exist and those who participate have zero chance of winning anything at all. The purpose of the bogus Page and post is simply to gather as many Page likes as possible in the shortest possible time. By tricking people into sharing the fake prize post, the scammers ensure that their Facebook Page is promoted to an ever-widening audience of Facebook users. And, most people who share the post will also like the Page \u00a0in the hope of getting prize updates. Thus, the Page can \u00a0get thousands of new likes within just a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>Once the fake Facebook Page has gained a large number of likes, the scammers can then use it 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 fraudulent activity, this time to a much larger pool of potential victims. Alternatively, the scammers may sell the Page to other scammers via a thriving black market. The more likes a Facebook Page has, the more money it is likely to sell for.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Facebook Like-Farming Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scams.shtml\">Like-farming scams<\/a> like this one are <a title=\"Like-Farming Scam List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scam-list.shtml\">extremely common<\/a> on Facebook and new versions appear every day. Despite widespread publicity about such scams, many Facebook users continue to fall for them. Be wary of any Facebook Page or post that claims that you can win valuable prizes such as vacations, cruises, or airline tickets just for sharing and liking. Don&#8217;t \u00a0help these scammers by participating in their schemes.<\/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 class=\"date\">Last updated: May 25, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: May 25, 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=\"Like-Farming Scam List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/like-farming-scam-list.shtml\">Like-Farming Scam List<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-vacation-to-the-maldives-facebook-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/win-a-vacation-to-the-maldives-facebook-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Facebook Page \u00a0claims that you can win a vacation for 4 people to The Maldives along with $3000 spending money just by sharing a promotional post. Brief Analysis: The Facebook Page is fraudulent. There is no Maldives vacation prize and no winners. It \u00a0is a scam designed to gather large numbers of likes and [&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-388","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\/388"}],"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=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/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=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}