Viral Facebook posts claim that those who share a post can win an all-inclusive holiday to Costa Rica for two people.
The post was published by a Facebook page named First Choice Holidays. The page also asks users to click a link to “submit their email” so they can be notified if they are a winner.
Someone who shares by 11pm will get an all inclusive Costa Rica holiday for two
The Facebook page is a scam. The page isn’t run by First Choice Holidays, the travel company, despite clearly masquerading as them. The real First Choice Facebook page as the blue verification tick showing it is the legitimate page.
Additionally those who share the Facebook post won’t win a holiday to Costa Rica. This is a ruse to lure Facebook users into sharing the post to their friends so it goes viral across Facebook.
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And finally, the link users are urged to click actually leads to a spammy marketing website that baits visitors into giving up their contact information so they can be relentlessly spammed through SMS, email, phone and postal.
The final part above is typically the reason why these spammy Facebook pages exist – to lure Facebook users to spammy marketing websites. We don’t recommend interacting or engaging with such posts whatsoever.
You can learn more about fake Facebook competitions through this link.
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