A viral Facebook post is claiming that Chipotle will give out “100% free food” when you show the ad to a cashier, but it’s not real.
The hoax--which wants users to “repost, tag us, and follow for a free meal for one person”--has been spread mainly via Facebook, but it’s getting retweeted on Twiter.
“Show this ad to your cashier for 100 % free food,” it continues. “Only one per person. Valid until march 20th.” Note that “March” is not capitalized; usually hoaxes have spelling and punctuation errors.
Chipotle issued a statement on Tuesday about the fake coupon.
“Nope, 100% fake. It’s a fake offer from a scam account. -Myra,” Chipotle said via Twitter.
“That’s a fake coupon and we aren’t honoring it. Sorry,” the chain also wrote.
But a number of people on Tuesday were tweeting it.
“I was weak af today when someone came into chipotle with that free coupon thing you see on IG, that’s a scam guys don’t do it,” one person wrote.
Another wrote, “Just tried that chipotle coupon and they all laughed. So I’m going to guess it isn’t real.”
