{"id":1026,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Bill-Gates-$5000-Giveaway-Hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates $5000 Giveaway Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Circulating photograph depicts Bill Gates holding a sign that claims he will give $5000 to every user who shares his picture on Facebook. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brief Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>The message is just a silly hoax. Bill Gates is certainly not giving $5000 to those who share a picture on Facebook. The prankster behind the hoax has digitally altered a photograph of Gates holding up an entirely different sign. This prank clearly pays homage to a very old hoax that claimed that Microsoft would pay people for forwarding an email message.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bill-gates-5000-giveaway-hoax\/bill-gates-5000-hoax\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"579,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bill-gates-5000-hoax\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax-300x269.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Gates $5000 giveaway hoax image\" width=\"579\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-hoax-500x449.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey Facebook, As some of you may know, I&#8217;m Bill Gates. If you click that share link, I will give you $5,000. I always deliver, I mean, I brought your Windows XP, right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Detailed Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Is Bill Gates giving $5000 to every person who shares his picture on Facebook? No, of course, he isn&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>The image, which has circulated via Facebook, for several years, depicts Gates holding a sign claiming that he will give $5000 to those Facebook users who click the &#8220;share&#8221; link for the picture. Not surprisingly, however, the message is just a hoax. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> The prankster who launched the hoax took the image shown below &#8211; posted on Reddit &#8211; and replaced the contents of the sign with the false giveaway claim:<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Gates, in his capacity as Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Reddit - AMA Bill Gates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IAmA\/comments\/18bhme\/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates\/\"> \u00a0participated in a Reddit &#8220;Ask Me Anything&#8221; session<\/a> \u00a0to answer user queries about the Foundation. He \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Bill Gates Reddit Picture\" href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vlMjEgF.jpg\">submitted the above picture<\/a> \u00a0&#8211; featuring the message &#8216;Hi! Reddit! this is bill gates&#8217; &#8211; so that Reddit users could verify that it was really him participating in the session.<\/p>\n<p>Many users will immediately recognize the doctored picture as just a rather harmless leg-pull. Nevertheless, at least a few apparently believe that the claims are true and have shared the picture in the forlorn hope of receiving their $5000.<\/p>\n<p>This hoax clearly pays homage to that all-time classic of email pranks, the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/microsoft-email-beta-test-hoax-continues\/\">Microsoft Beta Test hoax<\/a>. Beginning as far back as 1999, email and social media messages have been circulating that falsely claim that Bill Gates and Microsoft are running a beta test and are therefore paying people to forward or repost a specific message.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;beta test&#8217;message is, of course, utter nonsense, but has nevertheless managed to dupe wide-eyed Internet users into resending for well over a decade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centerElement\">\n<div id=\"attachment_21923\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21923\" data-attachment-id=\"21923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bill-gates-5000-giveaway-hoax\/bill-gates-5000-source\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"580,521\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bill-gates-5000-source\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source-300x269.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-21923 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Gates With Sign - Original Image\" width=\"580\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bill-gates-5000-source-500x449.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-21923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original, unaltered photograph<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Research by David White and Brett Christensen<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bill-gates-5000-giveaway-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/bill-gates-5000-giveaway-hoax\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Circulating photograph depicts Bill Gates holding a sign that claims he will give $5000 to every user who shares his picture on Facebook. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The message is just a silly hoax. Bill Gates is certainly not giving $5000 to those who share a picture on Facebook. 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