Scams
Fake giveaway
In Turkish: Sahte çekiliş / hediye
A post or message says you won a prize or can claim a free gift, but you must share a link, pay a fee or enter your details.
Scammers copy real brand logos and create pages that mimic well-known companies' campaigns. They ask you to share the post with friends, fill in a form, or pay a small delivery fee, so they can collect data or card details.
Real giveaways are announced on the brand's verified accounts and do not ask for card details. A prize you never entered for is a warning sign.
What to do
- Check the brand's own verified account or website for the campaign.
- Never pay a fee or give card details to "claim" a prize.
- Do not forward the post to friends. That helps the scam spread.
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Free tools that put this to use.
- Link checker
Paste a link from a text, email or ad. We open it for you and say what it really does.
- Lookalike domain finder
See which fake spellings of your domain already exist, the kind used for phishing.