Seriously? The GmbH is giving away a house? Oh friends, you've really been more creative!
There are always fake competitions for various luxury items.
In recent weeks it has become very popular to advertise houses in fake competitions. I mean, you could still understand it when iPhones or tablets were shown as profits on Facebook, that was still somewhat plausible. But whole houses? Well, despite this absurdity (or precisely because of this certain exoticism?), these fake competitions also work and are repeated regularly.
Many Facebook users don't seem to care about the illogicality of these fake competitions, because they happily comply with the terms and conditions of participation, and are visible to all other users on Facebook and show blind faith. Yet it really is so clear, so clear, so easy to see through. The typical text that appears, slightly modified, in almost every fake competition can also be found here:
Win
“WIN A FULLY EQUIPPED Mini House.”
Win very EASILY and FREE!
To take part: – Share the picture. (Double chance)
– Like our page GmbH.
– Comment on the competition with “house”.
The winner will be announced on November 6th at 6 p.m.
Why exactly such instructions?
Quite simply: it creates interactions! Interactions are incredibly important on Facebook because Facebook assumes that content that is heavily interacted with is important to users and therefore deserves and gets a higher reach. Accordingly, you have to imagine participation and you will find a really large number of comments that faithfully follow the rules of the game and comment with the term house.
Yes, get rid of it... None of these people seem to care that the organizer calls itself a GmbH.
Just between us: GmbH is not a company name. A look at the information tab on the Facebook page also reveals that there is no information about the organizers. This is not only dubious, but also very uncreative, because for a good three weeks we have repeatedly seen fake competition organizers making up legal information. So that it doesn't get forgotten, we'll repeat the important elements that can be used to recognize fake competitions:
- Site owner/contact person
- Imprint/page info
- Contact option
- Conditions of Participation
Why are there fake competitions?
There are various reasons why fake competitions are organized.
Of course there is a financial interest behind these sites. There are various ways in which you can profit from successful fake competitions. Everything is possible, from harmless page sales to nasty subscription traps. So far, we have observed large numbers of fake competitions that these types of competitions are always very similar. In the first stage they shine with their easy participation. You should share and like a high-quality potential win. Anyone can do it, it's not a hurdle. This attracts people. Possibility of “page sales” / “like farming”
The page is then “grown” with the help of these attracting events.
The site operator is working to increase fan numbers. At a certain point, this site will be for sale. The fans just wonder at some point what content they will see after the sale and why they liked this page. “Affiliate” option.
Once the number of participants reaches a certain point, the description of the competition will be changed.
The conditions of participation are supplemented and a link is usually included that you should visit. There are some affiliate programs waiting there through which the “organizer” collects commissions. In the harmless case, these are partner programs that provide the participant with a lot of advertising; in the extreme case, there is a WAP billing subscription trap hidden behind the link for visitors via smartphone (from which the organizer also collects commissions, of course). Every now and then you can find these sophisticated Facebook pages for sale on eBay. No matter what else happens: the advertised profit doesn't exist! Therefore, remember: there is no one giving away this motorhome, this Audi, 100,000 iPhones or 50,000 PS4s. No, they don't exist, these chivalrous benefactors of the Internet. They are more like tricksters who entice their users to eat out of their hands like click animals.
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