Who's Really Slaying The Free Facebook Credits Scams

We just deleted a message about free Credits that showed on AllFacebook's page on Facebook today.

Scams promising free Facebook Credits still exist, but they’re withering on the vine.

We just deleted a message about free Credits that showed on AllFacebook’s page on Facebook today; after copying the text of the offer, we deleted it and did some keyword searching.

It looks like Facebook users have learned to recognize that promises of free Facebook Credits contain malware or spam — fewer people click on these posts, which helps slow down their spread as much as the social network’s own defense systems do.

People have gotten the message that there’s really no such thing as free Facebook Credits — either you earn them in a game as a bonus (or earn them through an incentive program), you purchase them, or someone you already know gives you a gift.

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