NBA fans are tricking people into helping their favorite players rack up All-Star votes

Don’t be fooled!

NBA All-Star voting on social media opened on Christmas Day, and fans were instructed to include one player’s first and last name in each tweet along with #NBAVote to cast their votes on Twitter. What a nice idea to promote your favorite players online with your friends!

Just like in real life, people are out to get you though. (But in this case, they’re out for your retweets.)

NBA fans are secretly hiding the name of the player they want you to vote for by posting pictures of the player you want to vote for.

PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR THESE INTERNET TRICKS.

Here’s one example, where someone is pretending to settle a LeBron vs. PG13 debate. But...

Your retweet does nothing but give Wall a vote.

This next tweet isn’t a debate between LeBron and Melo...

It’s ANOTHER ploy to get your vote for Wall.

This isn’t even just happening in picture tweets. Please read Warriors fan Jordan Ramirez tweet a nice thing about LeBron.

Don’t be fooled! He never includes LeBron’s full name, instead writing Steph’s.

Let’s check the rules again:

Yep, Cavs fans, you just voted for Steph.

And yes, this sneaky technique has expanded outside of basketball.

You’ve been warned.

Ron Baker #NBAVote