You’ve stumbled upon Facebook Bonanza and got all excited about this opportunity. However, you made a wise choice to research this program to see if it’s possibly a scam. You have made the right decision because Facebook Bonanza is in fact a scam and not a real opportunity. I’ve been earning a living online since 2007 and there certainly are honest opportunities, FB Bonanza isn’t one of them.
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So what exactly is Facebook Bonanza? I have been making money online since 2007 and I have seen a fair share of scams. All these scams have a few things in common. One of the things is never telling you what the program really is. Sure, there are legit programs that will teach you how to make money online but they would be straight forward with you. FB Bonanza promises you a bunch of money but they never bother to tell you what it really is. Be aware of such programs as they are scams and only want your money.
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates
Facebook Bonanza show you a video where they talk about two (2) very known people, the founders of Facebook and Microsoft.
The video goes on to tell you that they met to discuss economic stimulation and the result is this Facebook Cash Kit! I can tell you with 100% certainty that Zuckerberg and Gates did not come up with a Facebook Cash Kit. They do not endorse it and they have never heard of it.
Lately many scammers have been using this strategy. They illegally using images and sometimes even videos of celebrities claiming endorsement for their scam. The only reason for this is that most people will trust a celebrity’s endorsement. The truth it though that these celebrities don’t even know this scam is happening. Do you know if someone is using your image without a permission? You probably don’t.
The owners of Facebook Bonanza claim that Facebook and Microsoft are looking to hire people just like you. All you need to do is pay the $47 application fee. Seriously? Have you ever applied for a job and been asked to pay an application fee? This alone should be a huge red flag.
Fake FB Bonanza Testimonials
But what about Marin J. Peters, father of two who shares a screenshot of his $20,000 earnings. Well, the earnings screenshot is fabricated. Martin J. Peters is a fake name, that person simply does not exist. The man you see in the image is a “stock photo model”. He gets paid by selling his photo to different marketing agencies, this is common practice. However, scammers also use these stock photos to make up testimonials. A quick Google search reveals several websites where this photo is either used or sold:
If you look through other photos on the website they’re all stock photos with made up name attached to them.
The screenshot of earnings comes from Google Adsense. The funny things that it’s highly against Google Adsense rules to share this kind of information publicly and this kind of behaviour will get you kicked out and banned from Adsense. I know this because Adsense is one of my income sources (although a small one). There are even browser plugins that will let you input whatever numbers you want to create a fake earnings screenshot. However the fact that the screenshot is from 2011 makes me believe that FB Bonanza scammers were too lazy to even create their own fake earnings screenshot. They ended up finding the old image from 2011 somewhere and used it. It’s irrelevant if the earnings are real or not because Facebook Bonanza certainly didn’t help anyone earn any money.
More Facebook Bonanza Lies
At the very top you see logos of CNN, ABC, USA TODAY and others. This once again is fake. These companies never featured or endorsed this program. At a second glance I realized that it doesn’t say “As Seen On” but rather “Ads Seen On”, whatever it means. The site claims that millions of people are making money from home and this is probably true. However I can assure you no one is making money with this scam.
The advertised price is $47. The application fee as they call it. However you won’t see the real price until after you have entered your email address. When you try to close the page you’ll be offered a $20 discount. If you try to close their sales page a few more times they’ll bring it down to as low as $4.97!
As you can see, they will try to get any money from you. These scammers are desperate. If you give them $47, they’ll take it. However if you only have $5, they’ll settle on that. It doesn’t really make a difference how much people give them, it’s not like they’ll offer a real product or service for that money.
More Red Flags
Once you enter your email address for Facebook Bonanza you’ve already been scammed. Their disclaimer states this:
We may collect Name, Address, Phone and Email for marketing purposes with our third party marketing partners.
This means that they will spam the hell out of you. Also, they will sell your private information to other scammers. Many companies ask you for your email address and other info when you’re making a purchase and most have very strict anti-spam rules. Most if not all will never share your private information with other “third party partners”. Facebook Bonanza folks will sell your info to others and they’re almost bragging about it.
If we scroll down the page we’ll find another interesting disclaimer:
This website, and any page on the website, is based loosely off a true story, but has been modified in multiple ways including, but not limited to: the story, the photos, and the comments. Thus, this page, and any page on this website, are not to be taken literally or as a non-fiction story.
Boom! Right there, they are telling you that the whole site is a fiction story. Every single statement and “proof” is made up from thin air. Do you need any more proof that this is a scam?
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As I mentioned previously I have been making a living online since late 2007. Over the years I have met hundreds of other online entrepreneurs all around the world who do that as well. It is possible to make honest money online but it won’t happen overnight. You’ll need to put in the work and time into it. I’ve been a member of this training platform form almost 10 years now and this is where I learned everything I know now. The good news is that you can join the starter training completely free so put your credit card away.
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Alex,
This is an excellent article and you make it obvious that Facebook Bonanza is indeed a scam! There are money making opportunities like thise everywhere online, shiny objects all and the old adage applies, ” If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is” Fake celebrity endorsements can be enticing but they are all just that, fake!
Very interesting read,
Thanks
Hey Alex,
Facebook Bonanza definitely looks like a scam to me also. Anything Facebook related that offers you money for nothing, I stay well clear of. There are honest ways of making money online. For instance Wealthy Affiliate. I’ve been (trying to) make money for a while online now and I have been scammed so many times.
It’s always best to choose the proven route and not to stumble onto terrible scam programs such as this. Great site by the way!
All the best
Chris
Hey Alex, how are you doing? I love what you have done with your “extra paycheck podcast” as you cleverly like to call it, and find it to be education and fun to listen to.
In fact it is just one of my many things I look forward to listening to first thing in the morning. Right now I am just getting myself familiar with how the online business works and currently with Wealthy Affiliate and also one of your followers.
I currently have a website of my own through the WA, and hoping for great results, and once I know what I am doing, who knows, I might make an effort to making a podcast of my own as many like me I am sure would.
You have very interesting guests on your podcast, and I would like to know where you get them from.
I also found your article about the facebook bananza scam interesting and it covered a lot of basis. I was debating on weather or not to build a facebook fan page with my website once my website started improving, and if from your personal experience would advise me to do so.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to view my comment on your website and hope you found it to be inspiring for you to do what you do best.
Hey Zoli, thanks so much for the kind words. To be honest with you finding interesting gets for the show isn’t very easy and it does require quite a bit of research. But if there is a will there is a way, right?
You should create a FB page for your site (or even a FB group). If your target audience hangs out on Facebook then you should be where they are.
Alex