Is Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson promising to randomly selecting 500 people who share a post on Facebook to receive $50 million in cash and prizes? No, that's not true: It is a social media scam that may help scammers steal your personal information and you will never get a penny in return. Avoid clicking on the post if you see it on your timeline.
The scam originated from a post (archived here) where it was published in 2019 under the title "CONGRATULATIONS". It opened:
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ...
๐'๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก $ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ * ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ * ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ซ"๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ" ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ !!!
๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ...
๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ - ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐
๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ - ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐
๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ - ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ''๐๐ฎ๐๐ค''
This is what the post looked like to social media users:
Scammers harvest likes, shares and comments to make their pages or profiles appear more popular in Facebook's algorithm. Some of the pages are also being used to spread dodgy links to suspicious websites.
This post was likely created by the same scammers who tried to fool Ellen DeGeneres fans that the TV host was giving away huge prizes for Facebook shares. We debunked that scam with this article:
