This scam is common on Facebook but also occurs on Twitter and Instagram.

The scammer offers a free All You Can Eat card at McDonalds, KFC, Burger King or any other fast food company.  The supposed reason for the give-away is in celebration of some anniversary and you have been randomly chosen for this gift.

That may sound reasonable but think about these points:-

1. Unlike a free pass, special offers such as “buy 1 get 1 free” make you purchase the item they are promoting in order to get the freebie.
2. A lifetime pass would be hugely expensive and for no gain to the company.
3. If a company was to give away items of such value, you would expect them to promote it heavily before the giveaway and ensure the prize went to a long term customer.
4. A lifetime pass to free fast food would be a guarantee for the recipient of obesity, diabetes type II, heart conditions and an early death.
5. Anyone with a brain who won the prize would sell it on eBay for a great deal of money.

Hopefully now you can see the illogic in the whole thing, which points to it necessarily being a scam.

The link to click to register your interest is a fake website of course that tries to get your login details, name, address, mobile number etc.

It’s all fake – these companies do not give-away all you can eat cards to anyone.

If you have any experiences with these scams do let me know, by email.