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  • 2019-12-03 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Walmart Is Not Offering a Free $50 'Anniversary' Coupon on Facebook (en)
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  • In March 2020, Facebook posts offering free coupons supposedly worth $50 in merchandise from Walmart began circulating with the claim that the company was celebrating its anniversary: Users who clicked on the offer were taken to an external website where they were instructed to answer survey questions in order to receive their coupon: After completing the questionnaire, however, users are then required to click a button to share the offer with all their Facebook friends before they can retrieve their coupon. Those who comply by spamming their friends are then allowed to click a Receive the Coupon button. However, there is no actual coupon to receive. Like innumerable other free merchandise offers on Facebook (including previous examples targeting Walmart customers), this one is a scam. We've had many occasions to alert readers to this kind of fraud: The Better Business Bureau offers consumers several general tips to avoid getting scammed: (en)
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