Daily Gadget Giveaways?

Synergie · Dec 28, 2012, 09:24 PM

On Facebook, a very sketchy page seems to be 'giving away' tons of free apple products to random people who 'like' and share their page and photos. In the contact info, they list Macrumours website...

Just checking to see if this site is in fact associated with the above FB giveaways. Because they seem to me to have all the markings of a scam. No winners are ever posted (until recently) and I suspect those are not even real. They often link to sites that try to get you to sign up to numerous SMS subscription services that cost quite a bit...

ANyway if you are not associated with this, you should know that your site is being used to make them seem more legit.

https://www.facebook.com/OnlyFreeProducts

mrsir2009 · Dec 28, 2012, 10:13 PM

Definitely a scam. I took a post at random, and the spelling & grammar is shocking:

Hit the Like button if you want to win next

Congrats to Emily Stewart from Germany on winning our Christmas iPad giveaway! Hope we made Santa's job alot easier
Want to be the next winner? it's Easy Like our facebook fan page to be updated on our latest giveaways ! http://www.facebook.com/onlyfreeproducts

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Macman45 · Dec 29, 2012, 01:12 AM

If something is too good to be true, then it IS...

SandboxGeneral · Dec 29, 2012, 07:47 AM

MacRumors doesn't promote giveaway's on Facebook or on the site itself. I've never seen Arn mention anything like it before.

Synergie · Dec 29, 2012, 04:08 PM

I know it's likely to be a scam... which i why I wanted to inform Macrumours that the scammers are using the macrumours website to make it look legit.

annk · Dec 29, 2012, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Synergie

I know it's likely to be a scam... which i why I wanted to inform Macrumours that the scammers are using the macrumours website to make it look legit.

Thank you - I've passed the info on to arn.

arn · Dec 31, 2012, 03:40 PM

looks like it got pulled

arn

sdcountry · Jan 5, 2013, 03:33 PM

It is still there. Still saying that this is there website. Why do people do that? How are they going to scam people? Just doesn't make any sense anymore.

arn · Jan 5, 2013, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdcountry

It is still there. Still saying that this is there website. Why do people do that? How are they going to scam people? Just doesn't make any sense anymore.

I don't see them linking it to MacRumors anymore

arn

Dec 28, 2012, 09:24 PM	#1
Synergie macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada	Daily Gadget Giveaways? On Facebook, a very sketchy page seems to be 'giving away' tons of free apple products to random people who 'like' and share their page and photos. In the contact info, they list Macrumours website... Just checking to see if this site is in fact associated with the above FB giveaways. Because they seem to me to have all the markings of a scam. No winners are ever posted (until recently) and I suspect those are not even real. They often link to sites that try to get you to sign up to numerous SMS subscription services that cost quite a bit... ANyway if you are not associated with this, you should know that your site is being used to make them seem more legit. https://www.facebook.com/OnlyFreeProducts __________________ My iToyz: 13" MBP (2.9 GHz Ci7, 8Gb RAM; 500Gb Hybrid HDD; OSX Lion) 1Tb Time Capsule iPhone4s 32Gb White Factory Unlk'd iPad2 32Gb White WiFi iCloud Paid 20Gb
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Dec 28, 2012, 10:13 PM	#2
mrsir2009 macrumors 604 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand	Definitely a scam. I took a post at random, and the spelling & grammar is shocking: Hit the Like button if you want to win next Congrats to Emily Stewart from Germany on winning our Christmas iPad giveaway! Hope we made Santa's job alot easier Want to be the next winner? it's Easy Like our facebook fan page to be updated on our latest giveaways ! http://www.facebook.com/onlyfreeproducts [/B] __________________ How to Prevent your Mac from Overheating
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Dec 29, 2012, 01:12 AM	#3
Macman45 macrumors G4 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somewhere Back In The Long Ago	If something is too good to be true, then it IS... __________________ Time And Tide Wait For No Man
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Dec 29, 2012, 07:47 AM	#4
SandboxGeneral Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The New World	MacRumors doesn't promote giveaway's on Facebook or on the site itself. I've never seen Arn mention anything like it before. __________________ Twitter \| Website \| ♫ Free iTunes Music ♫ *Random Access Memories* ~ daft punk
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Dec 29, 2012, 04:08 PM	#5
Synergie Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada	I know it's likely to be a scam... which i why I wanted to inform Macrumours that the scammers are using the macrumours website to make it look legit. __________________ My iToyz: 13" MBP (2.9 GHz Ci7, 8Gb RAM; 500Gb Hybrid HDD; OSX Lion) 1Tb Time Capsule iPhone4s 32Gb White Factory Unlk'd iPad2 32Gb White WiFi iCloud Paid 20Gb
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Dec 31, 2012, 03:40 PM	#7
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	looks like it got pulled arn
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Jan 5, 2013, 03:33 PM	#8
sdcountry macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	Still there It is still there. Still saying that this is there website. Why do people do that? How are they going to scam people? Just doesn't make any sense anymore.
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