A “Life Event” post is going viral on Facebook that claims users can win a Luxury RV simply by liking, sharing and commenting “win” on a Facebook post.
The Facebook page that made the post – Luxury RV – also claims the winner will be picked in a few weeks. A screenshot of the post can be seen below.
<3 <3 MAJOR RV GIVEAWAY <3 <3 To celebrate over 50 years of being in business we're giving away this luxury motor home this month! To be in with a chance of winning simply: SHARE, LIKE & COMMENT "WIN" Then like our page! The winner will be chosen on July 15th at 10:30pm est so be sure to like our page to see if it's you! Good luck!
It’s a like-farming scam using a fake competition as bait to lure people into interacting with and sharing a Facebook post that ultimately allows a Facebook page to accumulate followers.
Posts that claim you can win prizes for liking and sharing a post are one of the oldest like-farming tricks in the book. It allows spammers to set up Facebook pages and get social media users to share their posts for them, users who believe that in doing so they stand a chance of winning a prize. However the competition is fake, just a ruse to get these posts to go viral.
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The Facebook page in the meantime collects followers. These pages can later either be sold to marketing companies or used to launch other spam campaigns or even sinister Internet scams. It is also likely that the post above could be edited by the like-farming spammers to including a link to a spammy marketing webpage.
There are no Luxury RV’s on offer here. The claim that the company (though no company is even mentioned by the Facebook post) has been in business for 50 years and is thus giving away a luxury motor home is pure nonsense. It’s all been made up to get Facebook users to like and share the Facebook post.
We have been warning our readers of these types of scams for a long time and still many people continue to be duped by them “just in case” they’re true. However these scams often lead to victims being targeted with excessive spam and even identity theft. Do not share these links on your own timeline as you are only putting your own friends at risk of the same scam, and remember to delete them if you do fall for this scam.
