Outline:
Circulating Facebook post claims that you can click to get two free tickets to fly anywhere in the world courtesy of Air India.
Analysis:
The post is yet another fake Facebook giveaway. It is not associated with Air India in any way and it is certainly not giving away any free air tickets.
The post is a Facebook scam designed to trick you into first spamming your friends with the same fake giveaway and then supplying your personal information on scam survey websites.
This video from the Hoax-Slayer YouTube Channel discusses a similar survey scam attempt that promises participants the chance to win a Range Rover rather than air tickets:
Scams like this one are very common on Facebook.
Refer to the following resources for further details about such scams:
What is a Facebook Survey Scam?
Survey Scam List
The link in the scam post opens the fraudulent website depicted in the following screenshot:
Last updated: October 2, 2016
First published: October 2, 2016
By Brett M. Christensen
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References
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“2 Free EasyJet Tickets” Facebook Survey Scam
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