What was claimed
Argos is selling iPhones for just £9.99 to people who fill in a customer service survey.
Our verdict
False. Argos has confirmed this offer isn’t genuine.
No, Argos isn’t selling iPhones for £9.99
Facebook posts are falsely claiming people can get an iPhone from Argos for just £9.99 if they fill in a customer service survey.
The posts say: “My sister, who works at Argos UK, told me they were running a quick customer service survey and, as a thank-you, you could buy a phone 🍏 for just £9.99. At first I thought it was a scam, but I went for it anyway: filled out the survey, confirmed my details and … a few days later the package arrived 😱.”
They link to a survey in the comments alongside a photo of what appears to be an Argos receipt for an iPhone 16 Pro 512 GB for £9.99.
But a spokesperson for Argos told us the offer isn’t genuine.
The website Facebook users are encouraged to visit is not the real Argos site. The URL is different, and links that supposedly go to the homepage or other parts of the site do not function.
Posts offering fake deals are very common on Facebook. We have fact checked a number of supposed Argos offers—including some about £10 Apple phones—as well as other posts describing improbably cheap deals from various retailers, which in fact had nothing to do with the named companies.
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It’s always worth checking posts sharing offers that seem too good to be true. One way to verify them is to see whether the offer has been shared by the company’s official social media page—this will often have more followers, a verified blue tick on platforms like Facebook or Instagram and a longer post history. Do not share your personal or financial information online without making sure the site is authentic.
This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because Argos has confirmed this deal isn’t genuine.