Why do Facebook Scammers Want Likes?
A credible explanation of how scam pages harvest likes to later resell or repurpose the page.
The claim
How 'like-farming' pages operate on social media.
What the fact-checkers found
This is an accurate explainer, not a hoax. Like-farming pages use emotional posts to gather engagement, then rebrand or sell the page. Treat viral 'type Amen to win' posts with suspicion.
Where it circulated
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Question from Reader: I know there are a lot of fake Pages on Facebook that are just designed to get people to click the ‘like’ button. But why? What do the people who create the fake pages get out of it?
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