Facebook Scam. Win A Harley Davidson Campaign Is A Hoax.

FBThe newest Facebook scam claims that buyers can win a free Harley Davidson, just by liking and commenting on a page that features a picture of a Road King. The campaign is being run by the Facebook page HarleySweepstakes, a page that is not associated with Harley Davidson or any of its subsidiaries. The contest is likely part of a “Like Farming” campaign. These campaigns are setup to gather a large number of fans quickly. After thousands or even hundreds of thousands of fans are gathers, the page owner then targets fans with other spam and scam campaigns.

An example of the scam reads:

“We are giving away a FREE Harley Davidson Road King On October 31 2014
Hurry, entry closes September 30th! Lucky Winners Will Be Announced On October 31 2014
Step 1) Like this Page
Step 2) Comment which color you want. (Black OR Red)
Step 3) Share on your wall
Winners will be Chosen & Announced On October 31 2014.
Good Luck!”

The pages giveaway post tries to attract fans with a sense of urgency, claiming that the giveaway will end on September 30, 2014. The contest page then claims the winner will be announced October 31, 2014. The long time between contest closing and a winner announcement suggests that the page owner wants to get as much out of their fans as possible before the scam is further exposed. As you can see, the contest post has been shared more than 15,500 times at time of publication, and the actual page has more than 19,500 Facebook fans. While the page claims to be in full support of Harley Davidson Motorcycles, they have now announced a Camaro giveaway…

Facebook pages that quickly accumulate fans are often sold through black market exchanges, allowing other fraudsters to quickly market their own products to Facebook users. Facebook users can help stop this type of scam by clicking on the three dots towards the top of the Facebook fan page, and then clicking “Report this Page.” After you click Report Page, click on the “It’s Spam or Scam” option and hit continue.

In the meantime, just remember that Facebook scams are all over the place, and unless they are arriving by way of a verified account (marked with a blue checkmark on the Facebook fan page), it is almost 100% likely that it is a Facebook scam.

7 Responses to “Facebook Scam. Win A Harley Davidson Campaign Is A Hoax.”


  1. 1 Ray Sep 7th, 2014 at 10:17 am

    It’s not new. Well before Facebook there was many “Winning a HD” tickets sold without a HD given as promised. At least, in this case, it costs nothing to participate.

  2. 2 Sharrack Sep 7th, 2014 at 1:43 pm

    Americans are suckers for a good scam…….brrrrr….that icewater is cold!!

  3. 3 Cantrell Sep 7th, 2014 at 3:01 pm

    Well I would sign up but I’m waiting for my money from a Nigerian General that’s sending me the country’s entire fortune. Yeah, I gave him all my secret information because he sounded so sincere. Probably will get it this week.

    Cantrell

  4. 4 Martin Sep 8th, 2014 at 7:55 am

    Hey Cyril,
    thanks for the warning. You should not forget that almost nobody from our industry has this little verified sign, because Facebook doens´t really care for pages under a million likes or even more. We´ve got almost 400.000 Likes and they never asked us for a confirmation.

    Martin

  5. 5 Lugnut Sep 8th, 2014 at 9:02 am

    Facebook exists to provide an answer to the question, “How can American productivity be substantially reduced, and perhaps even extinguished?”

  6. 6 Bean're Sep 9th, 2014 at 7:07 am

    Great…. next thing you are going to tell be is the prince in Nigeria is a fake and isn’t transferring 15 million dollars into my personal bank account

  7. 7 live2rideaglide Sep 11th, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    Ihave owned , rode, bought, sold, customized and raced and loved HARLEY- DAVIDSON motorcycles
    for over 40 years. Let me give you a clue goober. If you see the name Harley Davidson and the word FREE in the same sentence , just turn the page.

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