Thousands fall for Free Audi R8 Facebook scam

  • 20 November 2014
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Posted on 20 November 2014. Over 200,000 Facebook users have so far fallen prey to a like-farming scam promising two free Audi R8 cars, and thousands are joining the victim list each hour, according to Bitdefender.

The bait spreads on fraudulent web pages and Audi communities, targeting car lovers with malicious videos depicting an Audi R8 racing against a Nissan GT-R.

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At the time of analysis, the misleading Audi page had gathered almost 180,000 likes and over 210,000 shares. The numbers are growing by the thousands from one hour to the next. Facebook users that have enrolled in the free Audi R8 “giveaway” to date are from the UK, Germany, Denmark, the US, Australia, South Africa and Malaysia. Full Article.

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