That’s right.
If it isn’t already obvious, it’s a hoax.
At least three of my Facebook friends have sent me invites to join this group (I should return the favor someday and send them acnefree invites). Now I’m generally wary of adding people as my Facebook friends, let alone join a group. So I clicked on the page and read the group info real carefully. It seemed my suspicions were right. But just to be sure, I Googled the phrase “Dell Laptop Giveaway Facebook” which confirmed my initial guess.
It should’ve been pretty obvious at the onset. The fact that a random group plans to give people around the world a free laptop ’cause “selling it would make us lose more money” should have given a clue that this offer is nothing but BS. I mean, how would selling make you lose money? Duh.
What’e more, to avail of the “free” laptop, you had to copy a javascript provided at the bottom of the page and paste it on the address bar. That instruction alone should have set warning bells ringing. If this was legit, you wouldn’t have to do this. Who knows what malicious code or virus that script could infect your computer with. I guess that’s how they hack into your profile and use it to send messages about how you need money and stuff.
It’s sad though that a lot of people still fall for scams like this. I really do hope that they’d be more discerning in the future.
