Scam or not?

[Brad Little]

Seems too good to be true, and you know the old adage.

Spoiler: If you really want to see the scam link reveal this spoiler.

Scam or not?

Spoiler added by Moderator

 

[steve488]

I would lean towards scam. Anything you have a timed response to is questionable. If you answer the "questions" I suspect it is pulling your information from your computer / tablet / phone and flagging its access. Best case is they sell your information to others. I would say call, e-mail or log into Sweetwater and see if there is any info there. I might even say OK if it was a random shot at one guitar for free but according to the information they have dumped several. That would be thousands to write off....... not likely in my mind.

 

[Teleguy61]

My browser and malware program wouldn't even let me open the page, so I am definitely falling
on the 'Scam" side.

 

[GGJaguar]

 

[Rocky]

If it was really Sweetwater, you would have gotten a phone call by now.

 

[GuildFS4612CE]

You really might want to delete that link.

 

[fronobulax]

Scam.

When I opened it I got a message about Facebook "verifying" the link. Given what Facebook does and does not do that right there sends the scam detector into overdrive.

The page claims a guitar is being given away but the first thing it does is asks questions that seem innocuous but are social engineering to get you to feel comfortable providing information.

The domain you are actually sent to was registered in October 2023 to a registrant in Russia.

Finally if you go directly to the top level domain (I live dangerously but then scam detection used to be part of my job) you also get the Facebook verification so they are impersonating Facebook and Sweetwater.

To ease concerns I put the link behind a spoiler tag so that anyone who visits it knows they were warned.

 

[Stuball48]

Do it Frono - you D Man!!

 

[davismanLV]

Yeah, my ESET software flagged it and said, "Nope, you're not going there!!" And that's good enough for me!!

 

[adorshki]

Yeah, my ESET software flagged it and said, "Nope, you're not going there!!" And that's good enough for me!!

Considering all the places it DOES let you go I'd say it was erring on the side of an abundance of tolerance.

 

[Brad Little]

I was a little surprised because McAfee missed this and it usually catches these scam sites, and sometimes even warns about legitimate sites!

 

[lungimsam]

There’s a Gibson one on Facebook that shows a lady standing next to a lot of boxed Gibsons talking about giveaways. But I don’t dare click. Might be real or not. But one thing I always remember from my Sociology of Violence class in college (I think it was that class) is that the scammer always relies on the greed of the victim to be able to pull off their scam.
Not saying anyone here is greedy, just that it is that part of one’s desire that they play on. That thought enters the scamee’s mind “It’s probably a scam. But what if it’s not?!?!”. Doh!

 

[Prince of Darkness]

My browser and malware program wouldn't even let me open the page, so I am definitely falling
on the 'Scam" side.

Same here.

 

[Roland]

There’s a Gibson one on Facebook that shows a lady standing next to a lot of boxed Gibsons talking about giveaways. But I don’t dare click. Might be real or not. But one thing I always remember from my Sociology of Violence class in college (I think it was that class) is that the scammer always relies on the greed of the victim to be able to pull off their scam.
Not saying anyone here is greedy, just that it is that part of one’s desire that they play on. That thought enters the scamee’s mind “It’s probably a scam. But what if it’s not?!?!”. Doh!

I got that on my Facebook too. I don't want a Gibson, even a free one, so I guess they targeted the wrong schmuck. My small contribution to the battle against spammers.