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British Airways Scam - "We're Giving Away 400 Tickets to a Dream Destination"

The Facebook post, page and the website "colectgoo.us" below, which state: "We're giving away 400 tickets to a dream destination of your choice anywhere in the world," are a scam. Thousands of Facebook users are being tricked into "liking", sharing and commenting on the fake British Airlines Facebook page hosting the post. They may also be asked to complete surveys on the fraudulent website: "www.colectgoo.us," which the scammers will get paid for. So, Facebook users are advised not to follow the instructions in the post, on the fake Facebook page or fraudulent website.

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Facebook users who have received the fake post below on their Facebook Wall or Timeline, are ask to report it as spam or delete it. Also, Facebook users are being asked to always check with the legitimate British Airlines Facebook page located at: www.facebook.com/britishairways, to verify the authenticity of a promotion.

The Fake British Airways Facebook Page

We're giving away 400 tickets to a dream destination of your choice anywhere in the world, 4 tickets per winner for you and your friends. (Up 25 winners). Holiday and hotels are all paid for with $5,000 spending money.

To enter for your chance to win simply follow the rules below!

1. SHARE this photo!
2. Like This Page
3.comment Thank You.

then go here for a chance to win: http://colectgoo.us/british

Winners will be chosen at random and messaged on September 10 2015 (All winners will have their holiday package customized to suit their needs, then notified via inboz message!)
Remember to Like our page to see who won.

Good Luck~ British Airways

The Fraudulent Website: "www.colectgoo.us"

Win 5 Airline Tickets
Claim your Win 5 Airline Tickets now!
To receive your Airline Tickets please fill in the form below and click submit we will contact you as soon as we see your email!

By liking,commenting on and sharing the scam, you are only helping to spread it to other Facebook users and making the scammers responsible for this, earn money. Scammers earn money when they make a 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.

The fake British Airlines Facebook page is located:

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