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  • 2020-04-03 (xsd:date)
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  • No, McDonald's Is Not Offering 2 Free Big Mac Meals for a Month (en)
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  • In March 2020, Facebook posts circulating online offered free coupons supposedly good for two free Big Mac Meals for a month from outlets of the McDonald's fast food chain: 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 coupons: After completing the questionnaire, however, users were then required to click a button to share the offer with their Facebook friends before they could retrieve their coupons. Those who complied by spamming their friends were then allowed to click a Receive the Coupon button, but there was no actual coupon to receive. Like innumerable other free merchandise offers on Facebook (including previous examples targeting McDonald's customers), this offer was a common form of 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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