Boycott Watch has busted several
false rumors about Starbucks, this time we bust a scam circulating on Facebook
promising free Starbucks gift cards, but delivers computer spy-ware instead.
 "Beware of Facebook posting for
"FREE Coffee at Starbucks This Week Only" said Boycott Watch President Fred
Taub. "I have confirmed with Starbucks that this is indeed a scam, and that all
Starbucks promotions are on their website only, www.Starbucks.com. The
StarbucksPromotions.com and StarbucksSpecial.com websites are fraudulent."
Websites such as these are designed to attract
people to fantastic offers, but when clicking on anything on those websites,
software intended to monitor your keyboard to get your credit card information
is usually installed on the PC without your permission or knowledge. Once that
happens, thieves will be able to drain your credit cards and ruin your credit.
 Using Facebook to scam
people is not an innovation. The trend is to get people to first click on the
'like' button on a non-Facebook site which installs the mal-ware, then to get
people to press the 'share' button which spreads the scam to others. In the
past, scammers used email, masking the true source to prevent them from being
caught. Using Facebook, however, creates a cookie crumb trail back to the
source, allowing the FBI to prosecute the criminals, but only after damage has
been done. Boycott Watch advises people to carefully watch where they are
clicking. If you see any offers which require you to press the 'like' button,
it's most probably a scam. |
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