“Free £85 Aldi Coupon”; Facebook Scam
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The claim
Circulating Facebook post claims that you can click to get a free Aldi coupon worth £85.
What the fact-checkers found
The post is fraudulent. You will certainly not get a free Aldi coupon by participating. The post is not associated with Aldi in any way.
Instead, it 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 Aldi coupons:
These types of scam continue to be very common on Facebook.
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