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Posted: 22:21 - 01 Apr 2020 Post subject: Dodgy Facebook prize raffles. |
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Has anyone else noticed this new craze of sponsored ads on Facebook selling raffle tickets for bikes and cars?
They look dodgy as hell. They all use the same template and. An odd numbers of fixed tickets, say 7550 at £4.99 each. You pick a random number from a range and trust that the draw is genuine.
I spotted one yesterday where it claimed only 120 tickets were left, an hour later, over 2,000 were left.
This is gambling, appears unregulated, completely open to fraud and a lot of the companies behind them are registered to Eastern European sounding names.
I’d never seen these before and am seeing loads now in my feed.
Example here...£13.27 a ticket and 949 sold of 1950 ish.
https://www.revcomps.com/products/bmw-420d-gran-coupe
Facebook is getting proper dodgy now, they Police it for hurty words, whilst quite happily taking cash from criminals. Ever seen the number of clearly stolen goods on Facebook marketplace? ____________________ TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
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Posted: 11:50 - 02 Apr 2020 Post subject: |
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I find it's the medium quality products that are tricky to find on eBay. I don't mind paying £2 and getting rubbish but £20 often gets you identical rubbish.
Best thing to do with the Facebook ads is report them as scams. My FB feed used to be flooded with "Shock news as Jason Statham quits Hollywood..." and then it's a fake interview where he supposedly reveals a new way to make money from a stock app or some such I've kept up reporting them and now rarely see 'em. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 16:06 - 02 Apr 2020 Post subject: |
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If people are stupid enough to buy a virtual raffle ticket and trust that a fully legitimate draw will in fact be made, then
Bit like crowdfunding a product that doesn't exist. |
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Posted: 10:44 - 04 Apr 2020 Post subject: |
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bhinso wrote: | If people are stupid enough to buy a virtual raffle ticket and trust that a fully legitimate draw will in fact be made, then
Bit like crowdfunding a product that doesn't exist. |
Sure, I understand that. The point I'm making is why is this sort of thing allowed on Facebook, yet would be shut down immediately on all other media platforms?
The Facebook Marketplace is now nothing more that thieves selling stolen motorcycles, cycles and the contents of someone's shed or van, such as chainsaws, power tools etc. It's so obvious, that if the police gave a shit, they could catch half the local scrotes in a morning's work.
It seems that since Sir Nick of Clegg took over digital content policing, putting all their effort into banning anyone not deemed left wing enough, it's become a free for all for illegal activity and is seemingly going unnoticed by the regulators and police. ____________________ TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
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Posted: 18:53 - 04 Apr 2020 Post subject: Re: Dodgy Facebook prize raffles. |
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Posted: 19:54 - 04 Apr 2020 Post subject: |
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Friend of work colleague won a bike from there, paid £10 for a ZX10R
Some are likely scams, some certainly are not. |
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Some are real, some aren't.
A mate runs one just on a Facebook group, for fishing equipment.
Doesn't even have a website - everything is done via bank transfer or PayPal and Facebook messenger.
However, its well run, has 1500 members, runs about 4 raffles a month.
Winners can choose from a range of products which then get sent to their home address, or just a cash option. Every now and again he runs one at cost, or high profit with profits going to a charity chosen by the group.
In his case he started it just because he likes fishing - it doesn't really make huge amounts (a few hundred a month) and TBH with the time required to do everything manually itz barely worth it.
On the flip side its not his main income (so no need to make a lot), costs and overheads are low, and it means he keeps involved with the community and has the odd day out fishing
Relies heavily on trust, admittedly. Offering options means prizes are purchased once the winner confirms what they want. In one case the price of the prize went up before the draw took place so he ended up putting his hand in his pocket to cover the prize.
Weve actually thought about setting one up for bike gear and trackdays...same reason really...just to make sure we actually keep doing them! ____________________ DanceLikeAMonkey says: "An infinte amount of web pages available
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 353 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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