Dollar General “$60 Coupon Giveaway”; Facebook Scam
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The claim
Circulating Facebook post claims that you can click to get a $60 coupon from American variety store chain Dollar General.
What the fact-checkers found
The post is not associated with Dollar General in any way and those who participate will never receive the promised coupon.
The post is a Facebook scam designed to trick you into first spamming your friends with the same fake giveaway and then supplying your personal information on scam survey websites.
This video from the Hoax-Slayer YouTube Channel discusses a similar survey scam attempt that promises participants the chance to win a Range Rover rather than store coupons :
Scams like this one are very common on Facebook.
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