Starbucks Is Investigating A Fake Promotion About Lady Gaga's 'Shallow'
Of course, #Shallowbucks is not real and Starbucks is not honoring the fake promotion, as the company's official Twitter account made clear on Friday.Starbucks' customer service account has also been rather busy debunking the false promotion.
There are numerous tweets from @starbuckshelp telling customers the company is investigating to see who created the fake giveaway.The scam appears to have started on Thursday by an 18-year-old college freshman Gaga fan named Nico who told BuzzFeed News he is a Las Vegas artist trying to pursue a career in graphic design.
Nico also provided screenshots to BuzzFeed News as evidence suggesting he had made the fake Starbucks image.Nico said that he noticed the scam take off within the first hour of his tweet. "Within the first hour there were 2000 to 3000 tweets with the hashtag #SHALLOWBUCKS," he said."That’s when I realized a ton of people actually fell for it."
"I actually wish I came up with the idea sooner so Gaga would get more streams since I posted it only like 2 or 3 hours before the tracking week for streams ended?"
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