Links are spreading via Facebook that claim pub chain JD Wetherspoons are giving away £150 coupons to those that click a link and share a Facebook post.
The links, which can be seen below, lead to an external webpage that asks its visitors to share it on their Facebook timelines, post a link to the page in 5 Facebook groups to which they are a member and like a Facebook page.
JD Wetherspoon is giving away free £150 Coupon to EVERYONE to celebrate their 37th Anniversary
Get Your Coupon now before offer ends!
This is just yet another spammy Facebook fake giveaway designed to lure Facebook users into completing spammy surveys and questionnaires that harvest their personal information and which will inevitably lead to being spammed.
Facebook users are tricked into spreading the scam on behalf of the scammers by sharing the link from their own timelines as well as posting it to Facebook groups. In reality this is yet another classic survey-rewards scheme designed to deceive Facebook users into filling out spammy surveys which harvest personal information and target other Facebook users with further spam.
There are no £150 Wetherspoon coupons being given away, and once the victim discovers this it will be too late and they will have already plastered the spammy links over Facebook as well as parted with their personal information.
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Spammers get paid every time they trick someone into completing the spammy surveys, so are willing to trick people into thinking they will get free prizes for doing so.
Our usual advice is applicable here when it comes to spammy Facebook links purporting to offer freebies. Don’t click on suspicious links. Don’t share webpages on your timeline to enter competitions or giveaways since this is against Facebook’s terms of service.
Don’t share webpages to Facebook groups to enter competitions of giveaways since this is also against Facebook’s terms of service and don’t complete spammy surveys to enter competitions or surveys.
If you ignore all of those tips you’re going to find yourself the target for spam and possibly identity theft and you would have already invited all of your friends to fall victim to the scam too.
Read our article on how these scams work in more detail on our article on Facebook giveaway scams.
