Bill Gates Is Doing a $5,000 Facebook Giveaway-Fiction!
Summary of eRumor:
Bill Gates is giving away $5,000 on Facebook to anyone who shares a photo of him.
The Truth:
Bill Gates isn’t giving away $5,000 on Facebook.
The hoax has been circulating the social media site for years. Hundreds of thousands of people have “liked’ a photo of Bill Gates holding up a sign that says:
Hey Facebook,
As some of you may know, I’m Bill Gates. If you click that share link, I will give you $5,000. I always deliver, I mean, I brought you Windows XP, right?
The image has been photoshopped. The original (which can be found here) shows Bill Gates holding up a drawing of him and an alien before an “ask me anything” on Reddit.
It’s also clear that the post is dated because it talks about Bill Gates “delivering” Windows XP, which was released in 2001.