{"id":36593,"date":"2014-12-28T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T05:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=36593"},"modified":"2014-12-28T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T05:38:38","slug":"fake-cebu-pacific-facebook-page-draws-thousands-to-false-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/28\/fake-cebu-pacific-facebook-page-draws-thousands-to-false-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake \u2018Cebu Pacific\u2019 Facebook page draws thousands to false promo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36594\" style=\"width: 797px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cebu-pacific-hoax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36594\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cebu-pacific-hoax.jpg\" alt=\"ALL A HOAX. The fake &quot;CEB Pacific&quot; page posted a free flight promo, which drew thousands of netizens to join. \" width=\"797\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cebu-pacific-hoax.jpg 797w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cebu-pacific-hoax-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALL A HOAX. The fake &#8220;CEB Pacific&#8221; page posted a free flight promo, which drew thousands of netizens to join.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Cebu Pacific, the country\u2019s first and biggest budget airline, warned their patrons last Friday that the \u201cCEB Pacific\u201d Facebook page is not their official social account. The Gokongwei-run carrier also said that they only have one Facebook account, \u201cCebu Pacific Air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after tens of thousands of Facebook users fell to the hoax account\u2019s false promo supposedly created to appease upset passengers affected by long line cues, flight cancellations and overbooked flights on Christmas day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCebu Pacific Air would like to apologize for the situation at Naia Terminal 3 on Dec. 25, 2014,\u201d CEB Pacific\u2019s page said.<\/p>\n<p>The promo claimed that Cebu Pacific will draw 1,000 lucky winners of free flights for two to any destination of choice. The statement even included a photograph of what appears to be a congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3.<\/p>\n<p>The promo was posted in the fake page and drew over 20,000 likes and 18,000 comments within its first two hours of posting. It continued to lure netizens until late Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Cebu Pacific assured the public that they will track the fraudsters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have reported this page (CEB Pacific) to Facebook, and we will continue reminding everyone to be vigilant,\u201d the official Cebu Pacific Air Facebook page said. \u201cWe will coordinate with authorities to identify parties behind this page, so we can take necessary legal action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, government aviation authorities started looking into complaints on the inconvenience last Christmas day and will find out Cebu Pacific\u2019s liability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board), MIAA (Manila International Airport Authority) and CAAP (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) will convene on Monday to investigate these issues and determine if Cebu Pacific is liable for any violations and whether tighter regulations are necessary,\u201d Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) spokesperson Michael Arthur Sagcal said.<\/p>\n<p><em>With report from Cyra Moraleda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Cebu Pacific, the country\u2019s first and biggest budget airline, warned their patrons last Friday that the \u201cCEB &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":36594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}