Competition Scams - Please Post Them Here

SuzieTheCat

Have PM'd Glad for a possible delete. Wasn't really sure what to do. Is there anyway of actually know for sure if it is a scam..? I've checked the facebook page and it just seems to be lots of posts of news stories with the occasional kitten thrown in, perhaps a little odd. Their actual website looks legit. Arh well...

Posiekins

Have woken up this morning to find Facebook notifications from five people have liked this and shared me into to this "competition".
We desperately want to go but can't afford it so my friends are kindly trying to help but (ungrateful as I sound), I can't believe they can't see it's obviously a data harvesting scam.
I have contacted them individually to warn them, nicely, obviously rather than comment on the post itself.

(PLEASE DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINKS WITHIN THIS ONE, I AM JUST LINKING TO THE PAGE TO DEMONSTRATE!)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Disney-Land-Paris/1461075344172987

I mean, for starters, Disneyland is one word, not two. No social media trained employee would put a full stop in a page title and who in their right mind is going to give away 250 rooms for two weeks, and another £100,000 in spending money and make such a hash job of promoting it?

So far one friend has told me not to be miserable and another that I don't deserve to win. I despair! :rotfl:

Bet I see messages saying they've been hacked within days.

Ungrateful, aren't I?:)

cagsd

This has been doing the rounds for at least a year this one. I keep seeing the same couple of friends posting it and saying "worth a try" or "ooh yes please" and every time I comment on it telling them it's a scam, but nobody seems to want to believe me!!

cagsd

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/disney-world-vacation-like-farming-scam.shtml


This is a variation on the one that's going round at the minute, but you see the point!

Moneybot

Thanks

Posted here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=66376751&postcount=1038

hamsterfan1

I know this page has been reported as a scam - if it is still ther perhaps more people need to do so

CheCazzo

I'd have to question whether I could continue to be FB friends with people too thick to believe you when you say it's a scam. They could, in less than five minutes, find out that you're not lying or being miserable. Or they could just look at it and believe you because it is so so obvious. But that's just me - I have a low tolerance of idiots.

PDC

You would think so but as per the other poster, some people just can't seem to help reposting things even when they acknowledge it looks like a scam.

Official page is here for reference and has a Facebook verified status http://www.facebook.com/disneylandparis

Dreaming_of_Kubera

It would appear this clown (bunch of clowns?) have reappeared again..


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raspberry3

Do you reckon this is a possible e-mail scam...? I remember entering a couple of raffle comps yesterday but I'm sure I would have provided them with my name already.


<adamkova1@post.sk> wrote:
..............................................Your Email was confirmed the winner in Euro Raffle.

FOR CLAIMS

Send Name:________Tel:________

Congrats,
Director Of Claims
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