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Not blaming you at all, but a good tip is to look at the number of “likes” a page has and see if it sounds reasonable. Definitely not foolproof though.
by colejohnson66 6y ago
Not blaming you at all, but a good tip is to look at the number of “likes” a page has and see if it sounds reasonable. Definitely not foolproof though.
- searchableguy 6y agoNope. Easily faked. There are centres where people get paid $5-10/day to like, follow, comment, etc here. They use bots too. You can purchase an official ID under $10. Many Indian marketing firms use them.
- colejohnson66 6y agoOh absolutely. I admit it’s not foolproof, but if a page named “Amazon” only had 100,000 likes, I’d be a bit suspicious. For comparison, the actual Amazon FB page has 19 million likes IIRC.
- searchableguy 6y agoI have been scammed only once by a company so far. It was oyo (another gem run by softbank). They sold all my information, made me paid twice and left with such a poor service. Few of their actual employees were the scammers along with the hotel manager (likely) so I wasn't suspicious... because ya know, you are supposed to trust official communication portals. It opened my eyes to how far scam can go. A billion dollar valuation or millions of likes says nothing. I filed a complaint but have yet to follow up due to covid. It was a visit due to medical reasons so we didn't focus too much on it.