A Rant About Fake Facebook “Like” Requests

As many of my friends know, I am not only a tenant at Telsec, but I also write some blogs for them and sometimes endorse them on my own Facebook account. I have requested permission of the Telsec management to write this little rant, because I am really beginning to find myself being sick and tired of seeing fake “like” requests in the form of photos that have been photoshopped. I am sure you have seen them and may have even given them a “like”, only because you thought it was a good thing to do. But what you do not realize is that you are feeding into fakers and fraudsters who stand to profit from your “like” without any regards for the good causes they are piggy backing their fraud on or without any regard to the photo they have manipulated.

There is one such photo floating around Facebook, where a little girl is holding up a sign that says: “Hello Facebook! My mom agreed to give up smoking only if I could get 1 million likes.” With a simple reverse image lookup, one finds that the photo is from iStock images and the original photo is a girl is holding a blank sign. I wonder how those 360,000 people who “like”d that image on Facebook would feel if they knew the truth. The truth is that some scam artist fooled them into “liking” a fake photo. Often times the million “likes” this photos request are coming from people looking to sell the Facebook page and the website to another company based on the popularity and amount of “likes” the page has.

Then there are other fake pages that promote “Like this photo if you support our troops” and there a soldier is holding a sign that says “like if you support the troops”, again another reverse image lookup will probably show that the original sign did not say the same thing. The troops didn’t get anyone’s support, the company posting the fake photo did. The most unfortunate part is that sometimes these types of like requests are actually click jacking scams in order to redirect you to a fake Facebook page whose sole intention is to steal your personal information or install malware on your computer for their own profit.

Now let’s talk about other scams people do on Facebook, the fake giveaways. I am sure you have seen them, they are the ones that your friend sent you telling you that you too can “Get a Free iPad” or “Free McDonalds Meals for one year” just by entering their contest or filling out their survey. These types of scams often turn people off of entering legitimate sweepstakes. So how do you tell the difference between a scam and a legitimate contest? A scam will often take you to a third party random page that is not associated with the company claiming to offer the gift and nor will you find anything about the giveaway on the companies official website. A legitimate contest like the one that Telsec is running on Facebook to give away an Opus Mountain Bike and free passes to the Toronto International Bicycle Show will not only be clearly marked on the Telsec-Office Space Toronto Facebook page, but also displayed on the Telsec website, but also the Toronto International Bicycle Show website.

I often tell my friends and family that, before they sign up for something that sound too good to be true or before forwarding some heart sobbing story or photos requesting “A Million Likes”, they should check it out to see if it’s for real. A great resource for finding out about Facebook scams is https://thebulldogestate.wordpress.com.

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1. Jennifer Smith
General Manager
The Omni King Edward Hotel
37 King Street East
Toronto, ON
M5C 1E9
Tel: 416-863-9700
Website: www.omnihotels.com/hotels/toronto-king-edward

2. Mark Perry
General Manager
Executive Hotels and Resorts (Boutique)
8 Colborne Street
Toronto, ON
M5E 1E1
Tel: 416-350-2419
Website: www.spazen.ca or www.cosmotoronto.com

3. Emeline Boul
General Manager
Hotel Victoria (Boutique)
56 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON
M5E 1G5
Tel: 416-363-1666
Mobile: 647-574-5832
Website: www.hotelvictoriatoronto.com

4. Omkar Sawant
Reservations Manager
One King West Hotel
1 King Street West
Toronto, ON
M5H 1A1
Main: 416-548-8100
Reservations: 1-866-470-5464
Website: www.onekingwest.com

5. Van Nguyen
General Manager
Cambridge Suites Toronto
15 Richmond Street East
Toronto, ON
M5C 1N2
Direct: 416-601-3757
Hotel: 416-368-1990
Website: www.cambridgesuitestoronto.com

Restaurants

1. Michael Pagliaro
Carisma (Italian)
15 Toronto Street
Toronto, ON
M5C 2E3
Tel: 416-864-7373
Website: www.carismarestaurant.com

2. Patti Shaw
Terroni (Italian)
57 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, ON
M5C 1K6
Tel: 416-203-3093
Website: www.terroni.com

3. Declan
Restaurant 20 Victoria – Michelin guide approved
20 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON
M5C 2A1
Tel: 416-804-6066
Instagram for reservations: https://www.instagram.com/twentyvictoria/

4. Mana
Nami (Japanese)
55 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, ON
M5C 1K6
Tel: 416-362-7373
Website: www.namirestaurant.ca

5. Restaurant Lucie
100 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON
M5C 2W1
Tel: 416-788-9054
Website: www.restaurantlucie.com

6. Niam H
Cantina Mercatto
20 Wellington Street East
Toronto, ON
M5E 1C5
Tel: 416-304-0781
Website: www.cantinamercatto.ca

7. Siva Sathasivam
Uncle Tony’s
38 Wellington St E
Toronto, ON
M5E 1C7
Tel: 416-455-6650
Website: https://uncletonys.ca/

8. Pizzaiolo
104 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON
M5C 2Y6
Tel: 416-860-0700
Website: www.pizzaiolo.ca

9. Robin Singh
Woods Restaurant and Bar
45 Colborne Street
Toronto, ON
M5E 1E3
Tel: 416-214-9918
Website: www.woodsrestaurant.ca

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1. Thom Tullo
Morpheus8 by Inmode
47 Colborne Street
Toronto, ON
M5E 1E3
Tel: 416-863-6564
Website: www.amanspa.ca

2. Altitude Athletic Training
56 Colborne Street
Toronto, ON
M5E 1E3
Tel: 416-366-3838
Website: www.altitudeathletictraining.com

3. Physioheath Studios
33 Victoria Street, #130
Toronto, ON
M5C 2A1
Tel: 416-368-2525
Website: www.physiohealth.com

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