Tuesday, October 18, 2011

No Doubt Facebook Page Hacked, Free Apple iPad 2 Scam Posted

I might be a fan of No Doubt, but I’m not so into Facebook scams.

If you happen to like No Doubt’s Facebook page, you may have witnessed the scam that briefly popped up in your news feed last night offering a free Apple iPad 2 to fans depending on how quickly they could jump on the offer:
“We are giving away Apple iPad 2’s to the first 1,000 fans who like this and sign up here: http://ow.ly/[removed]

OBEY! Don’t Doubt No Doubt!
hiderefer.com”

Free Apple iPad 2 Scam on No Doubt Page

While some people quickly recognized that phishy scam smell, others were not so keen on it and promptly did as they were told by clicking that darn ‘Like’ button and advertised link, only to be directed to this page:

Landing Page Offering Free Apple iPad 2

Unfortunately, those who entered their name, email and cell number quickly discovered that they had been signed up for an expensive SMS subscription service at $9/month.

God knows what kinds of spammy goodness the scammer will send to their email inboxes.

Had any of the victims of this scam bothered to check the terms and conditions before forking over personal details, they would’ve seen that it CLEARLY stated:
“Eligible members can receive the incentive gift package by completing two reward offers from each of the Silver and Gold reward offer page options and nine reward offers from the Platinum reward offer page options and refer 3 friends to do the same. Various types of reward offers are available. Completion of reward offers most often requires a purchase or filing a credit application and being accepted for a financial product such as a credit card or a consumer loan.”

Seriously, you might as well just go out and buy an Apple iPad 2 for full retail price at that point.

Thankfully the post was removed shortly after being posted and it was once again safe to click links on the American-rock band's Facebook page. However, the damage had already been done to some.

Hopefully the admin for the No Doubt Facebook page was smart enough to change the password to something a bit more secure after that to prevent any further intrusions.

Remember folks, there are a LOT of scams out there and most of them feature a free iPad 2. If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

Wouldn’t you say that getting an iPad 2 simply for “liking” a post and handing over a couple pieces of information sounds too good to be true?

Yeah, I thought so too.

Don’t be a sucker.

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