“A Nigerian man captured a fish worth $2.6 million. Him and his village people ate it (sic),” reads the caption of the Facebook post shared on March 9, 2021. Similar posts (see here and here) have been shared thousands of times in South Africa. The post has also been shared on various blogs (here and here) and on Twitter by the account Africa Facts Zone. This tweet was retweeted more than 5,500 times and received more than 13,000 likes.