How would they make any money?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIf they have ONE prize and you have to actually fill out an order entry before a deadline, there are rules, terms and conditions; then likely it\u2019s legit. The truth is, the more outrageous the promises, the more likely it\u2019s a scam.<\/p>\n
Spot the Real from the Fake.<\/h4>\n Which is more likely to be a legit company? It\u2019ll be a company page that has a slow but steady increase in Likes. A fake company will resort to nefarious tactics like the ones described above to gain Likes. Or, they’ll buy Facebook Likes. One day a page will have ten likes, the next day 100,000.<\/p>\n
What is the content of the page? Are they offering valuable advice? Product notes? Just generally chatting? Or is it a page that is claiming to have all these free prizes waiting to be given out without any other substantial information? Sounds fishy right? With this economic climate, businesses don’t have free items to just throw away.<\/p>\n
At least with Facebook Like-Farming scams the only thing you really lose is your dignity. When you share some of these Pages with your friends, likely many have pointed out to you that they\u2019re fake. So, you\u2019ve really only embarrassed yourself, rather than given up valuable credit card info which happens with other types of scams.<\/p>\n
The next time you start wondering why you haven\u2019t received all those prizes in the mail, is time to start entering legitimate contests on Facebook instead. There are plenty of them, you just need to hunt around for them. Your IQ has suddenly increased in the eyes of your friends when you tell them to be wary of Facebook Like-Farming scams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Still haven\u2019t won that iPad Mini or Lamborghini yet? You likely won\u2019t. Have you entered to win a ton of Facebook contests recently but still haven’t received your Lamborghini, iPad or Samsung Galaxy in the mail yet, even though hundreds of prizes were offered? Well, you\u2019re going to be waiting a very long time. Most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[54],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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