Is Domino’s giving away free pizza codes for sharing a post? Fact Check
Posts are spreading virally on Facebook claiming pizza chain Domino’s is giving away free pizza or codes for free pizzas for everyone who shares and likes the post.
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Examples of such posts can be seen below.
To celebrate 70 years of Dominos we’ll be giving every share by 9pm a code for 2 free large pizzas to be used by Aug 28th.
We here at Domino’s Pizza are giving EVERYONE who shares and comments 3 FREE Large Domino’s Pizza to celebrate our 60th Birthday! Once you have shared and liked our page simply comment Done! We Will Inbox Your Coupon Within The Next 12 hours!
These are fake promotions, and is not a legitimate giveaway from Domino’s Pizza. It’s an example of like-farming or like-baiting, where crooks are using deception or exploitation to lure social media users into engaging with a post.
There are several tell-tale signs that this is a scam. These include –
– The pages that make these posts are not the official Domino’s page since is lacks the blue verification tick, and the Page Transparency tool reveals the pages were created recently. (The real page is called Domino’s Pizza, which was created in 2009 and has 20 million followers.)
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– Posts that claim to offer prizes just for sharing a post are likely to be scams. This is because the page administrators cannot see who shares their post, unless the person sharing the post has their timeline settings set to public (which they shouldn’t!)
– Domino’s never gives away free pizza just for sharing a post on Facebook.
Facebook users who share or otherwise engage with this post run the risk of being exposed to more serious online scams. For example the page admins could attempt to trick users into handing over sensitive information or may harvest their contact information in order to spam them.
At the time of writing the ‘Sign Up’ button on the Facebook page leads to spammy third party marketing websites that want your contact information in order to spam you.
Never engage with social media users like this. Always check to see if a Facebook page is the officially verified “blue tick” page belonging to a brand and always consider using Facebook’s helpful Page Transparency tool which reveals when a page was created and if it has ever changed name.
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