Outline:
Facebook Page claims that you can win the small country cottage depicted in photographs on the Page just by liking, sharing, and commenting.
Analysis:
No cottages are being given away. Participants have no chance whatsoever of winning the little house shown in the photographs.
The fake Facebook Page is a scam designed to collect large numbers of Facebook likes as quickly as possible. After the offending Page has collected a large number of likes, it can then be used to perpetrate survey scams and other types of fraudulent activity. Or, in some cases, the fake Facebook Pages might be sold to other scammers. There is a thriving black market for such Pages. The more likes a Page has, the more it can be sold for.
There is a seemingly endless stream of these scam post hitting Facebook. More of the Fake Pages appear every day. Don’t be fooled into participating.
This Hoax-Slayer YouTube video explains more about how like-farming scams work:
Refer to the following resources for further details about such scams:
Facebook Like-Farming Scams
Like-Farming Scam List
Last updated: December 11, 2016
First published: December 11, 2016
By Brett M. Christensen
About Hoax-Slayer
References
Mega Luxury Dream House Giveaway’ Facebook Scam
Importance Notice
After considerable thought and with an ache in my heart, I have decided that the time has come to close down the Hoax-Slayer website.These days, the site does not generate enough revenue to cover expenses, and I do not have the financial resources to sustain it going forward.
Moreover, I now work long hours in a full-time and physically taxing job, so maintaining and managing the website and publishing new material has become difficult for me.
And finally, after 18 years of writing about scams and hoaxes, I feel that it is time for me to take my fingers off the keyboard and focus on other projects and pastimes.
When I first started Hoax-Slayer, I never dreamed that I would still be working on the project all these years later or that it would become such an important part of my life. It's been a fantastic and engaging experience and one that I will always treasure.
I hope that my work over the years has helped to make the Internet a little safer and thwarted the activities of at least a few scammers and malicious pranksters.
A Big Thank You
I would also like to thank all of those wonderful people who have supported the project by sharing information from the site, contributing examples of scams and hoaxes, offering suggestions, donating funds, or helping behind the scenes.I would especially like to thank David White for his tireless contribution to the Hoax-Slayer Facebook Page over many years. David's support has been invaluable, and I can not thank him enough.
Closing Date
Hoax-Slayer will still be around for a few weeks while I wind things down. The site will go offline on May 31, 2021. While I will not be publishing any new posts, you can still access existing material on the site until the date of closure.Thank you, one and all!
Brett Christensen,
Hoax-Slayer
