Facebook Hoax

Facebook hoax saying that Mark Zuckerberg will give away billions is still being shared despite being repeatedly discredited.

14:59 04 January 2016

A Facebook scam that claims Mark Zuckerberg will give away billions is still being shared hundreds of thousands of times even though it was already widely and repeatedly discredited.

 

The hoax began after Mr Zuckerberg announced that he would put 99per cent of his shares into a special vehicle that would allow him to give his money away. The fake message claims that the money will be going to Facebook users who copy and paste a status on their own profiles.

 

“Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he is giving away $45 billion of Facebook stock,” it says.

 

“What you may not have heard is that he plans to give 10% of it away to people like YOU and ME! All you have to do is copy and paste this message into a post IMMEDIATELY and tag 5-10 of your friends.

 

“At midnight PST, Facebook will search through the day’s posts and award 1000 people with $4.5 million EACH as a way of saying thank you for making Facebook such a powerful vehicle for connection and philanthropy.“