Fake posts and misleading news titles are rampant on the internet, especially on social media. It may seem harmless but encountering this fakes every day is annoying not to mention the effects of misinformation that can affect our discernment of what is fake and what is real especially when fakes use or quote prominent people to lure their victims to click.
Nowadays, page-selling and buying could be the main reason why there are lots of promo pages that promise giveaways such as cash, cars, and even house and lot. And who wouldn't want these things, right?
The mechanics will be as simple as liking the page, sharing it to your wall, commenting and inviting your friends to like the page as well.
The logic behind why they set up this bait is just one thing, to gain more following for them to be able to sell their pages at a higher price.
Nowadays, page-selling and buying could be the main reason why there are lots of promo pages that promise giveaways such as cash, cars, and even house and lot. And who wouldn't want these things, right?
The mechanics will be as simple as liking the page, sharing it to your wall, commenting and inviting your friends to like the page as well.
The logic behind why they set up this bait is just one thing, to gain more following for them to be able to sell their pages at a higher price.
Senator Manny Pacquiao clarified on Tuesday that posts circulating on Facebook saying that he will give prizes to supporters are not true.
"Nakarating sa aking kaalaman na may mga kumakalat na balita sa social media na ako ay mamimigay ng mga premyo bilang balato dahil sa aking pagkaka panalo. Nais ko pong ipaalam sa lahat na walang katotohanan ang mga ito," he said.
Pacquiao issued the statement just two days after he won the World Boxing Association welterweight title after defeating titleholder Lucas Matthysse via technical knockout.
One Facebook page said the boxing champ will give away house and lot and cash to 60 people. All one needed to do was like the page, share the post, and comment "Congrats."
Another Facebook page said Pacquiao will pick 100 contestants who will receive motorcycles as a prize.
The said posts quickly spread on social media as sharing the posts was required for one to have the chance to win a prize.
Pacquiao urged the public not to fall for the fake contest saying, "Fake news po ang contest na ito kaya’t huwag po kayong maniniwala at magpapa loko sa maling balita. Salamat po."
Earlier last year, a newly created FB page uses the name and photo of Philippine Senator and a world champion in boxing, Sen. Manny Pacquiao. The page name itself says: "Free housing and cars"
From their first post, it surprisingly gained more than 47,000 likers in just 2 days.
To make their page look legit, aside from using the name of Senator Pacquiao, the page also uses the News agency CNN Philippines. The said news agency, according to the page post, will announce the winners of their bogus promo.
Be warned that the likes of this pages lure people with too-good-to-be-true prices. Do not believe anything you read on social media especially those with unbelievable contents.
Another bogus page surfaced in FB just recently which has been known to be fake.
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