Are these 'join for free stuff' Facebook groups, scams?

[Black_Apalachi]

I see variations of these now and again but this is probably the best sounding one so far. It says everyone who joins the group and invites all their friends will automatically be given an iPhone. Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=230863641594

Sounds too good to be true obviously, and I've noticed that one of the steps you must complete always involves pasting a piece of code into your address bar. I think it's supposed to be a quick way of selecting all your friends, but I'm guessing the scam lies here? Either that or they'll just pass on your address to spam groups etc once you say where you want your free iPhone sent to.

Any techy people fancy having a look at the group to see if you recognise what the code might do? Or could it be genuine?

Cheers xx

[alexxxxx]

i don't know if they're scams, i just don't think they work.

[Nixt]

I highly doubt it's genuine. I don't know if they are scams or not, some of them might just be an annoying chain thing. 99.9% sure they aren't real though.

[untrustus]

they're not 'scams' because they're not taking anything from you (besides your dignity when your friends see you've joined such a ridiculous group), but they're definitely not genuine.

[GommeInc]

The majority aren't, you've got to look around for official websites, logos and disclaimers. One famous one going around, though not for free stuff, is a Dislike Button where you join, faff around for an hour or so, then get a Dislike Button. Loads of my friends have some how fallen for this, when it's obviously fake as nothing about it makes any sense.

[untrustus]

the most obvious scams are the ones that say whatever you get will be triggered as soon as you invite your entire friends list to the group. as if inviting your entire friends list will cause the dislike button to magically appear?

[Gibs960]

There's one where it says join invite all your friends and you'll get a tonne of friend requests
doesn't work, doesn't surpise me. :Sign10:

[Black_Apalachi]

they're not 'scams' because they're not taking anything from you (besides your dignity when your friends see you've joined such a ridiculous group), but they're definitely not genuine.

I thought maybe when you paste the code into your address bar it might do something. Anyway I thought as much, cheers guys :).


The majority aren't, you've got to look around for official websites, logos and disclaimers. One famous one going around, though not for free stuff, is a Dislike Button where you join, faff around for an hour or so, then get a Dislike Button. Loads of my friends have some how fallen for this, when it's obviously fake as nothing about it makes any sense.

Omg how stupid are they! There's also one about the "New Facebook Chat". How can joining a group activate a Facebook feature! :P

[jackass]

They're just lies to get more fans/members.

[J0SH]

They try get as many members then change the name of the group etc to make it look meaningful.

[Lew]

They try get as many members then change the name of the group etc to make it look meaningful.

Correct

[Black_Apalachi]

Oh OK, I was gonna say what's the point in gaining lots of members but now it makes sense. Pshhh it's more fun to make a group and hope it doesn't flop :P.

[Firehorse]

Its not just to make it look meaningful, once you have a group with lots of members you have thousands of people you could potentially spam and advertise to. Look at the group creator, its a fake account just for it.

[ItsDave]

I like "WE N33D 2 MILLION MEMBERS tO STOP FACEBOOK Charging $14.50 A M0N7H". Besides spelling errors and the location of its offices stated Boob-ville, the mear fact that facebook were to start charging people would lose them millions, it would become very unpopular, and it wouldn't be the unstoppable beast it is today.

[ecstasy]

Any group that claims you can acheive something by inviting your entire friends list is a load of bull. Same with the ones like "No school on fridays - Need 5,000,000 members to make it official". Some people are so gullable :rolleyes:

[Aces]

who cares if you have 5 or 5,000,000 members in your group?

[ColyTom]

These groups really do annoy me so much =/