Forum:The Sword of Redemption Gift Craze

I have been getting 3 or 4 of the "Sword of Redemption" gifts per day and after a couple of days started sending out 40 a day myself, the stated limit (although I see where some have sent out considerably more). I have IM'd several people and no one seems to know what this thing is all about. No one I know has actually received a sword or knows what is required to get one. I have followed every clue and cannot find out anything about it. The sends are consuming a heck of a lot of bandwidth -- for what? Does anyone know, or is this just a huge scam to gain access to our FaceBook data (which you had to concede to in order to "play" the game) and sell email addresses or perform some other nefarious deed?