Win a MacBook?!?

[anairb]

anairb last edited by

After today's update, I got a page asking whether I'd like to enter to win a MacBook. Of course I would!! But when I click on the link, all I get is "The link you followed may have expired, or the Page may only be visible to an audience that you aren't in." Talk about being killjoys! Which Audience am I NOT in? Why can't I enter?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @anairb last edited by

@anairb What update? What page is that?

[anairb]

anairb @leocg last edited by

@leocg Opera started up yesterday saying it had upgraded and that I needed to restart. When I did the first page had this message about winning a MacBook. Here's the link: https://www.opera.com/client/upgraded

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @anairb last edited by

@anairb Well, fhat page has nothing about winning anything, at least for me.

Also I haven't seen anything regarding it when upgrading Opera, so if it was really a contest from Opera, it probably was/is for specific regions.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

And perhaps for certain hardware users? I mean, maybe only shown to OSX users?

[ceepixel]

ceepixel @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse You might be absolutely right. I too had seen it, running on MacOS

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Good Day!

I received the same message.

We were scammed again.

I clicked the button and it took me to a Facebook URL to sign-in.

I signed on to Facebook.

My home page displayed on the screen.

Remember: Nothing is free; no even an opportunity to win a prize from Opera for being a user of their browser.

What opportunities have people who clicked on the link and signed into Facebook now lost?

[A Former User]

A Former User @anairb last edited by

@anairb

Here is a copy of the link

https://www.facebook.com/7317379972/posts/10156108063584973?utm_medium=sm&utm_source=other&utm_campaign=competition_comp_50_040118_us

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I use opera for better privacy. I find it rather sickening I have to sign in with Facebook to follow the link. I don't have a FB account nor do I want one!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@jonkokko You realized that you were gotten by a scam, right? Opera is not related to it anyhow.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @Guest last edited by

@jonkokko This scam has been going on in one form or another since at least early 2013: http://www.708media.com/scams/facebook-free-macbook/

Whether it's arriving by phishing eMail, smart-phone popups, rotating ad-servers on legitimate webpages, or whatever, it's still a scam. Part of the scam is simply to get users to visit or click on something to raise its rankings and further spread the scam.