"So who is behind tricking the masses into the contest of their dreams?
Last summer, when the scam du jour was a tiny home (which, incidentally, has resurfaced this week), WFMY explained how the fake contests work and why someone would go through the trouble of creating a contest that doesn't exist.
It's called "Facebook farming."
A Facebook user creates a fake giveaway to get lots of likes on one page. They then sell the page on the internet's black market. A page with 100,000 likes goes for $1,000, according to some tech experts.
After the sale, the new owner will pull all signs of the giveaway from the page and use it to then promote their own products or to send you a new scam aimed at getting your personal information."
https://www.wthr.com/article/features/trending-today/facebook-contest-scam-likes-shares-rv-tiny-homes/531-f5a2b1d1-4aeb-4f41-9356-fc9f76c1ee61
Last summer, when the scam du jour was a tiny home (which, incidentally, has resurfaced this week), WFMY explained how the fake contests work and why someone would go through the trouble of creating a contest that doesn't exist.
It's called "Facebook farming."
A Facebook user creates a fake giveaway to get lots of likes on one page. They then sell the page on the internet's black market. A page with 100,000 likes goes for $1,000, according to some tech experts.
After the sale, the new owner will pull all signs of the giveaway from the page and use it to then promote their own products or to send you a new scam aimed at getting your personal information."
https://www.wthr.com/article/features/trending-today/facebook-contest-scam-likes-shares-rv-tiny-homes/531-f5a2b1d1-4aeb-4f41-9356-fc9f76c1ee61