Facebook scam

Mrs Seabiscuit · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:15

Hi people just a heads up there is a scam doing the rounds on facebook which claims tesco are giving £75 vouchers away. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19375455

[FnG]magnolia · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:17

Doesn't that link say 175 pounds not 75?

e: making it worse, I mean. Not being needlessly pedantic.

Maundie · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:24

I thought everyone knew this, same as the Apple have 5000 iPhone 6s that they are giving away as the packages are opened and can't be sold.

Sick of people posting these 'free' vouchers etc. if you like a fake post

Duke · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:28

Old scam is old.

Yaayuh! · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:36

I'll keep that in mind if i decide to go back to 2012.

Cosimo · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:39

Time travel depreciates vouchers.

Mrs Seabiscuit · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:46

Yeah I know scam might be old however there are some older people who use facebook that are not aware of the scam, to which I am more thinking of vulnerable older rather than younger people. Also yes magnolia I noticed that too.

Haggisman · 21 Oct 2014 at 08:59

So the stupid tax is still going then?

FloppyPoppy · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:06

They probably had these scams when they were handing out ration cards!

BrightonBelle · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:15

*Nothing is free on the internets!!!

BB x

*mostly nothing

Mrs Seabiscuit · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:17

Probably, but when I know someone that was trusting enough to fall for it, I thought maybe other forumites might find it useful, or if they know someone that may not realise it is a scam.

Mrs Seabiscuit · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:17

BrightonBelle said:
*Nothing is free on the internets!!!

BB x

*mostly nothing

There are some people who are less aware with these things. The internet is not new to us but for older people it is.

russell664 · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:33

I never click on thingies like that anyways.

Mrs Seabiscuit · 21 Oct 2014 at 09:46

russell664 said:
I never click on thingies like that anyways.

nor do I.

unwashed potato! · 21 Oct 2014 at 14:05

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
There are some people who are less aware with these things. The internet is not new to us but for older people it is.

of which none will be on ocuk

Ayahuasca · 21 Oct 2014 at 14:19

Tony Williams will be pleased with this thread, I bet he was sitting creating unfathomable amounts of facebook accounts for an eternity of free Tesco shopping.

Redz · 21 Oct 2014 at 14:38

Haggisman said:
So the stupid tax is still going then?

2 lines for tonight

pitchfork · 21 Oct 2014 at 14:53

Dr Kevin Curran, who is a computing expert at the University of Ulster, says that scams that operate through social networking sites are on the rise.

This is because email filters are so good now that scammers don't often have success in that field.

No, this is because stupid people occupy social media, posting pictures of their pets or children because their life is so ridiculously empty and dull they have nothing better to do but that and send you requests for "generic facebook game"

These morons fall for anything.

FortuitousFluke · 21 Oct 2014 at 15:26

pitchfork said:
No, this is because stupid people occupy social media, posting pictures of their pets or children because their life is so ridiculously empty and dull they have nothing better to do but that and send you requests for "generic facebook game"

These morons fall for anything.

He posts, on a social messageboard, about computers, on the internet.

antijoke · 21 Oct 2014 at 15:27

You mean company X are not giving away thousands of pounds for free?

Next you'll be telling me that companies posting pictures of 5 x iPads to giveaway are scams as well.

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