A video advertisement for a miracle oil that promises to cure blindness and “any sickness” used clips from the television show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS). The ad is fake.
Uploaded on Facebook (FB) on Sept. 22, the one-minute and 54-second video is still gaining traction. It showed the supposed KMJS episode of a grandmother who got her vision back after using the product ‘Mayon Miracle Oil’.
The post’s caption read:
“BULAG MULING NAKAKITA?! PAANO NANGYARI?! Tunghayan natin ang isang kwento kung paano napabalik ng langis ang kakayahang makakita ng isang lola, tunay nga na may mirakulo sa Mayon Miracle Oil. Mag message ka kung gusto mo rin gumaling sa kahit anong sakit (BLIND BUT CAN SEE AGAIN?! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! Let’s look at the story of how an oil restored a grandmother’s eyesight, truly there is a miracle with Mayon Miracle Oil. Send a message if you also want to be cured of any disease)!”
At the 1:05-minute mark, the woman’s granddaughter supposedly said:
“Kaya po ang nangyari araw-araw na lang po talaga siyang nagdarasal umaga, tanghali hanggang gabi po. At isang araw po may binili ‘yung kapatid ko na langis. Ito po ‘yung Mayon Miracle Oil. Halos araw araw lang po naming pinapahahid sa bandang kilay ni lola tapos sinamahan na rin po namin ng pagdarasal
(So what happened is, every day, she really prayed from morning, noon till night. Then one day my sibling bought some oil. This is the Mayon Miracle Oil. Almost every day we just rubbed it on grandma’s eyebrows and accompanied it with prayers).”
This advertisement is fake. Jessica Soho and the program did not endorse the product.
Mayon Miracle Oil is not a registered food or drug product with the Food and Drug Administration either.
The video used clips from a KMJS episode aired on Aug. 9, 2020 and uploaded on YouTube a day after. There was no mention of Mayon Miracle Oil or any product that helped the patient get her vision back.
Fabricated narrations were added in between the original clips to deceive viewers.
The ophthalmologist interviewed explained that while the patient’s cataract must have moved lower causing her vision to become clearer, it does not mean that the patient is cured.
This is not the first time that VERA Files debunked a fraudulent advertisement that used Jessica Soho and her program to promote unregistered products that promise quick cures.
According to the World Health Organization, cataracts are one of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness globally. A 2021 report from Our World in Data, a data portal based at the University of Oxford, also states that cataract is the top cause of blindness among Filipinos.
The fake ad uploaded by the FB page Miracle Oil – Main PH (created on Sept. 22) garnered 10,000 reactions, 2,800 comments, 632 shares and 1,300,000 views.
