Survey Scam: Yet another 500 Facebook credits for free.

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The Scam:
Get your free 500 Facebook credits. CHECK IT OUT HERE!! ENJOY+ Link

Scam Type: Survey Scam, False Facebook Credits Offer

Facebook Users: If you see a friend post a message in your news feed like the one below, Do not fall for it. Do not click on any of the links in the messages. See Example.

Example

If you make the mistake of clicking on any of the links within this message you will be redirected to the website shown below.

Example (500 Facebook Credits Free Website) - Click to Enlarge

Basically the writing on the page explains that you need to follow the given steps to receive your free Facebook credits from this offer. The first 3 steps on the page are simply designed to get the "Mark" to spam his or her friends with the pages bogus claims. Once they have finished those steps, they are urged to click the 4th an final link on the page to claim their free credits. Clicking the final link exposes nothing more then another Survey Scam. See Below.

Example (500 Facebook Credits Free Survey Scam )

The process above is suppose to "Qualify" you to receive the free credits offer, but sadly is nothing more then a ploy to get you to download a product or do a Survey for which a scam artist will be paid. This is not a legitimate facebook promotion and for the record, you will never receive any facebook currency by this method. If you see this scam posted in your feed, do not click any of the links. See example.

It is important that you never hand over any personal information, such as: email addresses, cell number, name, home address or credit card numbers, to these types of scams. If you do, you are simply setting yourself up to be spammed or worst. Identity theft is big business and handing over some of the info these bogus surveys ask for, will make you a victim of that business. If you have made the mistake of handing over a credit card number, you should call your bank or credit provider as soon as possible to have them remove or dispute the charges that have or maybe made to the card. If you've given your cell number to any of these types of Scams, it is important that you call your cell carrier ASAP to have any charges you may receive stopped. If you begin to receive unsolicited phone calls, you should take note of the calls, record names and numbers, then report the calls to the FCC or other proper authorities..

Read more: Learn how to avoid these types of scams on facebook.

Question:
Can I get free facebook credits?

Answer:

Yes & No. You should never expect to receive facebook Credits, unless you buy them from facebook. I feel it's better to tell everyone not to expect free credits at all and to always use extreme caution when offered "Free Credits". Do not under any circumstances click links or give out personal information for any free credit offers without first inspecting the source of the offer. If an opportunity to receive some "free" credits peeks it's head up from a legit well known source, you will be able to confirm it first, by the method it's delivered. Eg: If you receive an "In Game or App" prompt, from a well known game or app developer, to do an activity for free credits, it would be more that likely legit. Where as If you find something in your feed, posted randomly by a friend, like the above message example, it's more than likely not legit, and you should ask the friend first before you act. There are a few legit "free" credit offers available and the best place to learn about those offers is listed below.

You can learn more about FB Credits Here: 
Facebook Credits
http://www.facebook.com/FacebookCredits?v=wall

Facebook Spam

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/p/facebook-spam.html

Damage Control ( For those who have fell victim. )

If you have fell victim to any of these scams, you need to clean up your facebook profile immediately by removing the posts they made to your wall and then removing plus blocking the rogue application that you may have install to your facebook. If you've downloaded and installed any programs to your computer, it is advised that you run a full virus scan immediately. At the link provide below you will find helpful information to assist in these task, if you are not sure what to do..

Stay Virus Free

http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/p/staying-virus-free.html

About Black Knight

I am a computer repair technician with over 15 years experience and have been computer security and information privacy enthusiast for the last 4 years. I've helped literally thousands of individuals fix their issues by offering help through various blogs and Facebook pages. I like teaching myself and others new things, and believe in freely sharing knowledge.