Is this like the Mrs. Field's cookie hoax from the 90s? Someone claimed to have the original recipe. The story was that they called the company and asked if they could get the recipe, and they were told, "Sure. It costs 5." The person assumed it was $5 and gave their credit card number. When they got their statement, the charge was for $5000. They decided to distribute the recipe all over the world to get back at Mrs. Fields for duping them. It was just a made up story. They were distributing a pretty dang good cookie recipe, but it wasn't the original.