‘Branded Warehouse Clothing Sale’ event spam spreads on Facebook
More Facebook event spam is circulating on the social media website that purports to promote events called ‘Branded Warehouse Clothing Sale’ across various cities in the UK.
Various events have been set up, each claiming the sale is happening in a different city in the UK, all happening around the same time. However, like with other examples of Facebook event spam, there is no details concerning who is organising the alleged events.
The event descriptions read –
The BIGGEST clothing warehouse sale of 2016 is coming to [city name] 2016.
Don’t miss out on huge discounts on all of your favourite brands and items of clothing.
From vintage clothing, to brand new items, there will be something for all, and at such a CHEAP price! BARGAIN!!
Imagine getting a pair of branded trainers for only £10! Well now is your chance!!Featuring: dresses, denim, blouses, shirts, jumpers, bags, shoes, shorts, tees, trousers, coats and jackets
Brands: Asos, Topshop/Topman, River Island, Ralph Lauren, Addidas, Nike and Many more
Join the event to find out more information
Venue: To be announced
A screenshot of an event can be seen below.
The aim with many of these fake events is to both attract as many attendees as possible (similar to like-farming scams that aim to attract followers to a page) as well as to lure many attendees as possible to third party websites that request their personal information. This information is then given to marketing companies which will then target them with spam.
As usual, we recommend our readers avoid Facebook events that offer ambiguous details about events that mention no details or contact information about the organisers. If you search for the name of the event without the city name you will notice multiple events appear, and this is a red flag that you may be looking at a spammy fake Facebook event.
We discuss this type of spam in more detail in our article here.
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