More than 120,000 Australians fall for tiny home giveaway scam - as fraudsters try to steal people's credit card details

  • An online scam is tricking Australians into handing over personal information
  • Thousands of people have entered a tiny home giveaway on social media
  • People are being warned as the competition has been revealed as a fake

By Kelsey Wilkie For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 19:31 EST, 2 December 2018 | Updated: 21:31 EST, 2 December 2018

Thousands of Australian have been hoodwinked into handing over personal information in the hope of winning a tiny home.   

The temptation to win a tiny home was too much for 119,000 people who signed up for the Facebook scam last week - despite a number of warnings.

In four easy steps users were promised to be eligible for the giveaway. They had to 'Like' the page, share the post and comment 'done'.

They were then directed to the sign up button where they registered their details.

Thousands of Australian have been hoodwinked into handing over personal information in the hope of winning a tiny home

Thousands of Australian have been hoodwinked into handing over personal information in the hope of winning a tiny home

The temptation to win a tiny home was too much for 119,000 people who signed up for the Facebook scam last week - despite a number of warnings

The temptation to win a tiny home was too much for 119,000 people who signed up for the Facebook scam last week - despite a number of warnings

The tiny home was pictured nestled among large trees with a view of a river - the reality is those images were taken in Canada, not Australia

The tiny home was pictured nestled among large trees with a view of a river - the reality is those images were taken in Canada, not Australia

Almost 60,000 people had commented on the post by the time the competition had closed on Sunday.

However, a company by the same name Tiny Homes Australia has warned people of the scam. 

'We are not running any giveaway promotions, they are scam accounts.

'Do not click on them, just report them to Facebook when you see them.

The pictures used in the fake promotion show a sleek, monochrome kitchen and living room with a ladder the leads up to the mezzanine floor.

Almost 60,000 people had commented on the post by the time the competition had closed on Sunday

Almost 60,000 people had commented on the post by the time the competition had closed on Sunday

The images are from a Canadian company — the Mint Tiny House Company, who also urging users to be wary

The images are from a Canadian company — the Mint Tiny House Company, who also urging users to be wary

The pictures used in the fake promotion show a sleek, monochrome kitchen and living room with a ladder the leads up to the mezzanine floor

The pictures used in the fake promotion show a sleek, monochrome kitchen and living room with a ladder the leads up to the mezzanine floor

The images are from a Canadian company — the Mint Tiny House Company, which is  also urging users to be wary.

'Just wanted to give you a quick heads up about a scam page that has taken our photos and are using them for a 'free' giveaway of a tinyhouse. This is not us, nor any of our tiny homes for giveaway.'

Social media users who had been tipped off to the hustle were less than pleased.

'Bugga I really wanted to win that,' one woman said.

'I realized that when they started asking weird questions so did leave a note on the post,' a man said.

'Damm thought it look too good!' another man said.

'Just wanted to give you a quick heads up about a scam page that has taken our photo's and are using them for a 'free' giveaway of a tinyhouse,' one company said

'Just wanted to give you a quick heads up about a scam page that has taken our photo's and are using them for a 'free' giveaway of a tinyhouse,' one company said

The glamorous images of the tiny home were tempting to many Facebook users hoping to win the giveaway - bad sadly it was all a scam

The glamorous images of the tiny home were tempting to many Facebook users hoping to win the giveaway - bad sadly it was all a scam

Social media users who had been tipped off to the hustle were less than pleased

Social media users who had been tipped off to the hustle were less than pleased

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