If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a hundred times.
Don’t believe everything you read on Facebook, and think carefully before sharing it with your friends.
Take this Facebook post, for instance, which calls on people to boycott McDonald’s.
PLEASE NOTE:
As an insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies, African-American customers are now required to pay an additional fee of $1.50 per transaction.
Thanks for your cooperation,
McDonald’s Corporation
The phone number at the bottom of that “McDonald’s” notice?
A quick internet search reveals that it’s actually the customer satisfaction number for KFC…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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