Anatomy of the Facebook scam: "Like" some product and you will get it free of charge after handing over some sensitive private information with regards to you. The most recent round includes "free" gift cards to Tim Hortons and Local cafe.
The $25 gift cards to Tim Hortons might be somewhat credible, though that's still a lot of cash for any coffee chain to consume for any Facebook promotion. The $50 and $100 Local cafe cards Seriously.
Exactly what does Local cafe need to gain giving a $50 gift certificate Title recognition Despite the fact that the scam purports the gift cards are now being distributed to celebrate Starbucks' 40th anniversary, doling out $50 price of freebies to everybody on Facebook will be a bad, bad business decision when the items you sell normally run for approximately $5 a pop.
The fake page you are taken off and away to bettercoffeerewards.me (that ought to be another red-colored light because it is not related to Local cafe has apparently stated almost 4,000 suckers already, with instructions to click on the "Share" button and then leave a comment saying "Thanks!" or "I really like Local cafe!"
Hopefully they haven't all passed out their private information, too.
[via Sophos]
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