Scams
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 28, 2018
An insidious scam ends not with free gift cards, but with Facebook users involuntarily spamming ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 19, 2018
If a post implores you to be the first to wish a sick or sad person happy birthday, it’s likely ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 28, 2018
Viral warnings about "extreme hackers" stealing information via popular entertainment apps on Fa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2018
A Twitter account promising $5000 for retweets doesn't actually belong to the 20-year-old Mega M ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 4, 2017
Pizza Hut is not giving three pizzas away to contest entrants in celebration of their 58th anniv ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 30, 2017
The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed that a flyer advertising high-paid jobs availa ...
Written by: David Emery
May 26, 2017
Dubious web sites hawking anti-aging face creams and supplements lure consumers with fake celebr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 28, 2017
Another Facebook coupon scam has appeared, this time using phony Bed Bath & Beyond coupons to lu ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria Bethania Palma
April 28, 2017
Amid reports of stranded attendees and no refunds, some are hinting that the entire festival was ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 7, 2016
Indian news media report that hundreds of call center employees were detained and dozens arrested.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 19, 2016
An organization claiming to have invented a vaccine against diabetes that also reverses the effe ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 6, 2016
Multiple like-farming Facebook pages have lured users with the false promise of tiny house givea ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 30, 2016
The Food Lion grocery chain is not offering $90 coupons to Facebook users who click and share links.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 22, 2016
A Facebook page that promises to give away luxury RVs to users who like and share it is a scam.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 29, 2016
An image purportedly showing a coupon for a Whataburger "Dollar Burger Day" promotion is a hoax.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 20, 2016
Sharpie isn't giving away a giant set of markers to celebrate their anniversary -- the offer is ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 7, 2016
Airlines are not giving away free tickets or spending money to Facebook users who share and like ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 7, 2016
Businesses are not celebrating their anniversaries by giving away free product to Facebook users ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2016
Southwest Airlines is not giving away four tickets to Las Vegas and $5,000 spending money to Fac ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 3, 2016
A slicker-than-average Facebook coupon scam is circulating, baiting users with the promise of a ...
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