HOAX: Bill Gates Is Not Giving Facebook Users $5K For Sharing His Photo
It has been well-documented that Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates will lend his time and money to worthy causes, but sharing a photo of Gates does not constitute a worthy cause, and doing so will not bring $5,000 to Facebook users.
It has been well-documented that Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates will lend his time and money to worthy causes, but sharing a photo of Gates does not constitute a worthy cause, and doing so will not bring $5,000 to Facebook users.
Sophos’ Naked Security blog reported on a hoax circulating around the social network, featuring a photo of Gates and the following caption:
Hey Facebook,
As some of you may know, I’m Bill Gates. If you click that share link, I will give you $5,000.
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