Facebook Competition Scam

It is a trend for businesses to market through Facebook. One easy way to gain more LIKEs for the Facebook page is to hold a competition. Participants may have to LIKE and share the page and its post or an application in order to qualify. The result can be determined by highest number of LIKEs or simply by "luckydraw". The latter is usually a scam since the management has the right to select the "winner" and needs not even to come up with the prize in the first place.

One recent Facebook scam page is "Camera Enthusiasts".



https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camera-Enthusiasts-20/250936505045771

1. The page does not link to any website that may provide advice as stated.

2. It claims that Canon has given them seven 7D DSLR cameras for nothing, which is far too exaggerating for the price and units. Canon is not a stupid brand that does worthless marketing with seven units of such expensive camera. They would rather get their own marketing team to do the job and increase their own number of fans for their Facebook. Other brands such as Sony and Samsung would give away their cameras free only to selected famous professional photographers.

3. There is no detail about the competition, except that the preys have to keep sharing the posts. The preys are supposed to share as many times as possible in order to have a higher chance to win any unit of camera but there is no application to track it.

4. It posts a status "The comment with no likes wins 40 votes into the 7D draw, drawn tonight!" in order to make everyone LIKE others' posts to generate more views in their friends' newsfeed. This is absolutely lame but smart.



5. After the deadline of the competition, the dumb scammer continues to share the post in the page.

6. The scammer is not able to release the list of winners and claims that it is due to privacy. Any decent business page would have proudly announced the winners and persuade them to advertise the page.

We have yet to find out what are the motives of the scammer. It can be just a prank to see a huge increase in the number of LIKEs or the scammer may be selling some products in future.

Malaysia Bersih 3.0 Fake Picture

On 28 April, 2012, thousands of Malaysian protesters rallied for clean and fair elections in the event called Bersih 3.0. Bersih means clean. Police shut down much of the city centre and closed off the historic Merdeka (Independence) Square in Kuala Lumpur (KL) with barriers and barbed wire, enforcing a court order that the protesters should not enter the symbolically important site.



It was supposed to be a peaceful rally but it was said that some hundreds of protesters tried to go beyond the barricades and police retaliated with teargas and chemical-laced water. More than 400 people were arrested, compared to the previous protest at the count of 1,600.

While many supporters of the Bersih event did not join in the protest due to various reasons such as fear, most of them were circulating photos and videos online to encourage and compliment those who were brave enough to join in physically. However, we soon found a grand photo surfacing online, which could have boosted the confidence of the Bersih event a lot, although it was edited.

We take for example, the portion at the bottom right side. After zooming in, you will see the image below.

The image is of course not sharp. However, looking at the intersection portion between the building and the crowd, you can see some blur effect. Many other indications have shown that the picture is a fake one.

We would label the image as a prank.


Anyway, some comments on the photo in Facebook...

Dora Ting photoshop...

Robert Ku 看了好激動 眼淚快流出來了
(He means it's very touching and his tears are almost dripping)

Wong Khai Yang 太假了吧-.-
好像蚂蚁-.-

Zeo Lee Not real, i hope is real too.

覃英豪 ‎== edit 到有点假

Meng Swan lol so fakeeeeeee

Rain Kooy 颖 真的拍出来的原装照片吗？那些人离谱到有点像电脑合成的。。。

Lily Tam Yew Kim 有那么多吗？好壮观!是真的吗 ？？！！

Alesjendro Jong i alwys use photoshop. n i know this is photoshop effect.......

KaiSeng Tan 管他真的假的~就算照片是假的~也不够我们的吉哥假咯~

Shinomori Mizu 照片很明显是PS过假的。不过要表达的东西是真的

Weng N PeiYuh photoshop photo la.... pls upload real photo, my friend

Ye Lao Shi 这是假的。人的比例远近一样。

XiAo Q Biiluii edit 过的==

Dav Tenzi 就算是假的，也应该 like 一下 。。。

Chris Leong Ppl bigger than the window

冬冬 建筑物影子倒影是3-4点 ，现在是1.25pm , po这照片的人真的不是一般人的笨啊！

Jackson Jc fake la...who did this de.. no skill

Catherine Chong 这照片是假的，独立广场周边有人，但是草场里还没进入，另外法院里面怎么可能也有人呢？

Delvise Ngeaw ChunWah definitely photoshop but hope its real!!

Ting Ik Hon this picture may be photoshopped but the people's will is definitely bukan main-main punya

Boon Chong Tan this is a FAKE photos....as per 2.30 pm....the Police still holding Merdeka square....so this photos is a FAKE one !

Eden Chow need to improve ur photoshop skill bro, too fake..

韩-念 那些高高的大厦不会从上面丢bersih 的布下来~

Hugo Hanjie come on...don spoil the whole bersih...this is too FAKE

Jane Tay 虽然是假的，但是看似满地菊花开，很有美感不是吗？(^ ^)

Goldheart Emma now i know why my daughter asked me to instal photoshop lol

Vic Tea But, I guess it was about 75,000 people there

Samantha Ong Chui Ping I was there, and the whole KL turn into yellow!

Caspian King Yeap! someone did a good photoshop of this...

Ahmad Zainuddin Yaacob At least one or two will believe this.

Mib Zaabar this is photoshop...confirmed...but there is really 250,000.

Facebook Scam - Sharing Image - Flies Will Move

The image's description reads: "按share，你就会看到他们在走动!"
Direct translation to English: Press share, you will see them move.

By sharing any item on Facebook, Facebook does not display any special effect. The image is just a static image, which will not move.

Sharing the image will not harm you, your computer or privacy, but you may be mocked by others.

This can be considered as a prank, unless the person who posts or re-posts it has the intention of drawing people to his/her profile for marketing purpose.

The image is posted by a Facebook user Cindy Yow. We are not able to identify if she the originator of the prank/scam.