No, the government is not offering a $5,800 subsidy to all Americans

A Facebook post urges you to avoid one scam and entices you to fall for another.

"Look, those ads with those celebrities, they’re deepfakes, you guys, they’re not real," said the man in a May 9 Facebook post that has been viewed about 50,000 times. 

"What you’re looking for is a subsidy. The subsidies the government is giving away, it’s $5,800 of a subsidy, and there’s no qualifications for it. Every American qualifies for it. All you gotta do is hit the link in the description below."

(Screenshot from Facebook)

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We hate to break it to you, but we clicked the link and found it won’t lead you to no-strings-attached $5,800. PolitiFact has previously debunked similar claims. 

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The link in the Facebook post leads to a webpage headlined "Congress Announces $5,200 - $6,300 Subsidy Available To All Americans." But a search of LegiScan, a website that tracks congressional bills, shows there’s no such legislation. 

The website requests your age, asks whether you earn less than $50,000 annually and whether you have health insurance. It then prompts you to call a number to claim a subsidy and a zero-cost health plan. 

The government does have federal assistance programs, such as for food and housing, but those are accessed through official government websites. 

The link in the Facebook post is affiliated with usabenefitsdaily.com, a URL that has been connected to another fake scheme made to look like a government program. A disclaimer on the page says that neither the website nor the insurance plans it directs you to are endorsed by the U.S. government or the federal Medicare program. 

The Federal Trade Commission offers tips to avoid government grant scammers and how to report them; one red flag related to scammers is that they "make big promises" about paying for expenses including household bills and other personal needs.

But there’s no $5,800 subsidy that every American qualifies for. We rate that claim Pants on Fire!