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  • Some are speculating that this has something to do with a Victoria's Secret (fake) comp last week that tagged everyone on people's friends list?

    I didn't enter that one so that's not it.

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  • BlueBella wrote: »
    do you know what the company was called or was it called 'Victoria's Secret'?

    Actually thinking about it, it wasn't a competition, it was a notice that Victoria's Secret were giving away free gift cards. It appeared on my wall as though it had come from one of my comping friends - it hadn't come from her but appeared on all her friends' walls
  • tghe-retford
    tghe-retford Posts: 1,021 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Some are speculating that this has something to do with a Victoria's Secret (fake) comp last week that tagged everyone on people's friends list?
    Actually thinking about it, it wasn't a competition, it was a notice that Victoria's Secret were giving away free gift cards. It appeared on my wall as though it had come from one of my comping friends - it hadn't come from her but appeared on all her friends' walls
    Can't be, I wouldn't claim for a free gift card for a company selling bras, knickers and women's clothing, yet I still got hit, so it won't be that.
  • Alison18
    Alison18 Posts: 5,001 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thinking about it there was something not long ago flying around about Free UGG boots and that kept sending me notifications, I didn't enter it though. I wonder if its something to do with that?

    I dont recall the Victoria's Secrets one.
  • Amusville
    Amusville Posts: 73 Forumite
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    I definately saw the Victorias Secret one that was spamming everyones accounts. Anyone know how soon you can try again after you fail the photo recognition bit? I seemed to only get 1 lot of pictures with people in the rest were all comp photos so I failed
  • tghe-retford
    tghe-retford Posts: 1,021 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I've never liked and shared anything involving free gifts, they're usually too good to be true and in particular, don't trust anything which isn't from the official companies profile. The first thing I do (well, did on Facebook anyway) is check Hoax Slayer and Facecrooks.
  • toniq
    toniq Posts: 29,340 Forumite
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    The day before appliances online spammed me with 29 messages for a comp x
    #JusticeForGrenfell
  • Alison18
    Alison18 Posts: 5,001 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Have just gone into the groups, this group was created 10/02 and has over 2000 members which somehow I'm a member of.

    Anyone else? Could this be the cause?

    http://www.facebook.com/groups/337730573010885/
  • Those iphone5 comps looked a bit dodgy too come to think of it........
  • Barnabysue
    Barnabysue Posts: 9,058 Forumite
    toniq wrote: »
    The day before appliances online spammed me with 29 messages for a comp x

    Me too, but I've been okay so far, still able to access Facebook.
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