A Facebook post purporting to offer a free balcony room with Disney Cruise Lines for 3 people is a scam designed to lure visitors to spammy marketing webpages.
The post links to a marketing webpage that claims visitors must complete a series of questionnaires and surveys to obtain the free room, which is – according to the post – being given away for free due to a last minute cancellation. The post can be seen below.
Due to a last minute cancellation we have a 1 bedroom balcony room for 3 people available so we’re giving it away. The 14 day Mediterranean cruise departs on 1st January 2017. Simply follow the steps below to win.
1. Share this photo.
2. Visit: http://familywegooout.net to claim your cruise.
3. Like our page.
However the offer has nothing to do with Disney Cruises and the Facebook page that made the post – called Disney Cruise Lines – is a like-farming page that posts these fake offers in order to lure people into liking the page. You can learn more about like-farming and how they work through this link here.
You can also learn about “share to win” type Facebook posts in our blog post here.
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In this case the page that made the post is clearly a typical like-farming Facebook page. It was only created the day prior and only contains 2 posts. It also lacks the blue verification tick that Facebook gives to pages that are officially linked to a brand.
Remember that if you click these links and complete the surveys, you’ll be giving away your personal contact information to spammers. There are no free tickets for a Disney Cruise on offer here. It is just a scam.
