Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Watch Out! That Offer to Get Free Pizza Hut for a Month is a SCAM!

Just like the Facebook scams that featured free Outback Steakhouse dinners, $100 Starbucks gift cards and free Burger King Vouchers, the “special” offer to get free Pizza Hut for a month is a big sham.

If you happen to see this message –or one similar to it- popup in your Facebook news feed, be sure to avoid clicking on it:
Eat for Free at Pizza Hut!
Pizzahutspecials.me

Take advantage of this special Pizza Hut offer! Receive a FREE pizza coupon today! Act quickly before the supply runs out. With only a few coupons left, they’ll go fast!

 Spam Message Offering Free Pizza Hut for a Month


Clicking the link in the spam message will take you to a page that looks identical to the one used in all of the other free food voucher scams, instructing you to share the offer with all of your Facebook friends and leaving a shout-out to Pizza Hut for extending such a “gracious” offer.

Free Pizza Hut Scam Page

Anyone that’s foolish enough to follow the words of the scammer will soon be disappointed to learn that they not only won’t get free pizza, but they’ve exposed their entire Facebook friends list to this scam.

Upon completing steps one and two of the offer, you’ll be taken to a third-party website that's asking you to fill-out surveys. Completing those surveys won't get you any closer to free pizza, but it will help you receive more spam and become the ideal candidate for identity theft.

Some of the domains used in the Pizza Hut Facebook scam are:

  • All.pizzalovers.me

  • Pizzahutspecials.me

  • freepizzaoffer.net


Although, I’m sure there are countless others being used.

If you see this bogus Pizza Hut offer, be sure to report it as spam and warn your Facebook friends not to click on it.

Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @hyphenet or “Like” us on Facebook to stay up-to-date on the latest Facebook threats.

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