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"Winfield is Giving Away 10 Free Cigarette Carton" Scam

The Facebook post: "Winfield is giving away 10 Free Cigarette Carton to celebrate 110th Annniveersary," is a scam. The scam will try to trick you into sharing it by claiming that you can receive your free carton of cigarettes at the website: "www.getacoupon.site". But, the website is fraudulent, is not giving away free cases of Winfield cigarettes, and is NOT associated with Winfield. The post and website are only a scam to get you to do surveys that collect personal information, and to trick you into spreading the same scam to other Facebook users by asking you to comment on, "like" or share the same Facebook post and website.

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If you have received the same post on your Facebook Wall or Timeline, please report it to Facebook or delete it. And, do not visit the fraudulent website: "getacoupon.site," that was created by scammers. The scammers behind the give-away scam will change the name of the website, so look out for the same scam on different websites.

The Winfield Facebook Cigarette Giveaway Scam

Winfield is giving away 10 Free Cigarette Carton to celebrate 110th Annniveersary

Get yours here - (10) per person

getacoupon.site

Remember, liking, commenting on and sharing the scam, will only help to spread it to other Facebook users and making the scammers responsible for it, earn money. Scammers earn money when they make a website or Facebook page popular and are able to sell it to the highest bidder, along with the names and other public information of the persons who liked or shared the scam.

I guess, the last thing we want to do is to make these scammers rich by tricking you and others into liking and sharing a Facebook post or website. So, if you have already liked or shared this scam, please unlike and unshare it.

Click here for instructions on how to remove things you have already posted on Facebook.

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