Great Western Railway is not giving away a free year of travel for £1.69

Hundreds of people have shared a fake offer on Facebook, claiming that UK residents can get a year’s free travel through Great Western Railway (GWR) for just £1.69. 

The post says: “Great Western Railway is running a promotion offering all UK residents a gift card for a year’s free travel for just £1.69.

“Simply click on the button below and answer a few questions to receive your card. The number of cards available is limited!”

The post also has a button you can click, which takes you through to a webpage designed to look like a GWR page but has an unrelated URL. 

The page asks the viewer to answer three basic questions, and then play a short scratchcard-style game. Another page then loads, where viewers are invited to enter their details to “win”…