This explains the number of bogus gift cards, give aways and free coupons rapidly spreading in the social network. Scammers are taking advantage of facebookers who are eager to receive freebies this holiday season.
One of these new scams appear to target ladies who may drool on the supposed Victoria's secret merchandises that they dream of getting their hands to if they receive the supposed free gift cards on Facebook. By how the messages are reshared on Facebook, it appear that the gift cards are distributed by the popular lingerie brand for Facebook users.
FREE $500.00 Victoria Secret Gift Card!! (limited time only)
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Victoria's secret is currently giving away gift cards to all facebook users
Unfortunately, the Victoria's Secret free gift cards on Facebook is a hoax. Do not fall to this scam. Here's what you must do once you see the misleading message being spread on Facebook:
1. Be reminded that the Free $500.00 Victoria Secret Gift Cards or vouchers is a bogus offer. Make sure not to reshare the message on your wall.
2. Report "Free $500.00 Victoria Vouchers" messages as spam. Click the x mark beside the post and report as spam. The image below shows how you do it:
3. Share this post on Facebook and inform your friends not to fall for the fake Victoria Secret give aways on Facebook
My friend Karen was nice enough to share this with me!
ReplyDeleteOoops, I realized too late to check the credibility of this ;).
ReplyDeleteDeborah: Check out this article I read yesterday in the WSJ describing your very experience. Let the surfer beware!
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Thought I'd share this!
ReplyDeleteIf it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
ReplyDeleteI clicked before I discovered this was a scam. I did win tickets to CATS on FB today and that was legit.
ReplyDeletehow utterly disapointing!
ReplyDeleteIt's an awesome article for all the internet users; they will take advantage from it I am sure.
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