WARNING: Unhappy Meals for Facebook Users Clicking Links to $250 McDonald’s Gift Cards

Facebook users who click on links promising them $250 gift cards to McDonald’s are becoming victims of The Hamburglar, in the form of online scammers.

McDonaldsScam650Facebook users who click on links promising them $250 gift cards to McDonald’s are becoming victims of The Hamburglar, in the form of online scammers.

Hoax-Slayer reported that the fast-food giant is the latest merchant to be dangled as bait in a gift-card scam, adding that while the scammers may end up with users’ personal information, and the messages may be spammed to those users’ friends, the only meal those users will receive is a serving of humble pie.

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