<![CDATA[Win a MacBook?!?]]>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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/24541/win-a-macbookRSS for NodeTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:43:50 GMTSun, 14 Jan 2018 20:33:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:16:04 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/138351https://forums.opera.com/post/138351Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:16:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:32:48 GMT]]>@jonkokko You realized that you were gotten by a scam, right? Opera is not related to it anyhow.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/138230https://forums.opera.com/post/138230Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:32:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:46:19 GMT]]>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!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/138225https://forums.opera.com/post/138225Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:46:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:29:52 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137819https://forums.opera.com/post/137819Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:29:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:27:09 GMT]]>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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137818https://forums.opera.com/post/137818Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:00:53 GMT]]>@sgunhouse You might be absolutely right. I too had seen it, running on MacOS

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137784https://forums.opera.com/post/137784Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:00:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:40:47 GMT]]>And perhaps for certain hardware users? I mean, maybe only shown to OSX users?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137395https://forums.opera.com/post/137395Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:40:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:57:27 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137377https://forums.opera.com/post/137377Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:57:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:42:17 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/137366https://forums.opera.com/post/137366Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:42:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Win a MacBook?!? on Sun, 14 Jan 2018 20:51:39 GMT]]>@anairb What update? What page is that?

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