"Win Free iPhone 6" scams hit Facebook

  • 16 September 2014
  • 1 reply
  • 561 views

Userlevel 7
Badge +54
When will people realise that nothing is free these days?
 
Posted on 16 September 2014.
 
"As the day of the release of Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus draws near, scammers have expectedly begun using the new devices as a lure in Facebook scams.

As usual, the offer is a free iPhone - you only have to go through "three easy steps" to get a chance to win the device: like the Facebook page created to propagate the scam, share it with your Facebook friends, and download a "participation application."

But before this last step can be made, the page will force you to complete a survey in order to continue. Depending on the survey, you are also asked to share your name, address, phone number and email - information that is collected by the third-party operating the survey page, and likely sold on to marketers."
 
Full Article
 

1 reply

Userlevel 7
If something is being offered for free (there is a hidden agenda) this goes without saying!! As stated in this thread nothing is free......without a price you'll have to pay.

Reply