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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Aircon SCAM ads with altered images resurface

By VERA Files | Apr 04, 2023 4:38 PM

Four Facebook (FB) pages claimed that dozens of people fainted while buying Japanese mini air conditioners in Pasay. These rehashed claims from a previous scam modus are fake. The four bogus posts carried links (kachishop.website, hanaichi.online) that ask for personal information and used edited and out-of-context photos to mislead netizens. VERA Files Fact Check reported […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor FB pages spread more ‘aircon sale crowd’ SCAMS

By VERA Files | Nov 16, 2022 11:15 AM

Several Facebook (FB) pages are circulating photos, said to have been taken during a crowd crush in a mall due to an air conditioner sale. The pictures were from somewhere else. These FB posts emerged from Nov. 3 to 11 and continued to circulate this week, receiving over 500,000 recent views according to FB as […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming ‘Itaewon-like’ crowd crush at MOA FAKE

By VERA Files | Nov 12, 2022 1:43 AM

Facebook (FB) scammers are at it again, this time posting fake promotions about an online sale of air conditioners. The latest ads claimed that a physical sale at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) caused a crowd crush similar to the recent disaster in Itaewon, South Korea. At least three bogus advertisements posted by various […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FAKE ad for aircon uses altered image, scam link

By VERA Files | Nov 02, 2022 3:16 PM

Another set of fake Facebook (FB) advertisements claimed that several people fainted after crowding and lining up at SM Mall of Asia (MOA) to buy a Japanese air conditioner. It is linked to a product’s scam website that asks for personal information. The bogus posts used a composite image made to look like people crowded […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post about ‘MOA aircon sale’ crowd FALSELY used images of malls in Vietnam

By VERA Files | Sep 27, 2022 12:04 PM

A Facebook (FB) page claimed that people fainted at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) while lining up to buy a heavily-discounted Japanese air conditioner. This is fake. The post used two photos of Vietnamese malls. FB page Maria Jhennylyn posted on Sept. 9 a photo of a woman who fainted amidst a crowded mall […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Take 2 for ‘aircon sale’ SCAM with altered image, bogus links

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2022 2:37 PM

Two Facebook pages (FB) impersonating Filipino celebrities claim that several people fainted after waiting in line at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City to buy air conditioners. These posts are fake. No such event happened. Photos that were part of the bogus posts were not in the Philippines. One was manipulated. The fake […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 2016 photos in Vietnam mall FALSELY shown as ‘MOA aircon sale’ crowd

By VERA Files | Aug 27, 2022 9:09 AM

A Filipino Facebook (FB) page gave false context for two images of a Vietnamese celebrity’s jam-packed mall tour in his country. The publisher claimed people were fainting while lining up at SM Mall of Asia during a sale of air conditioners. The false Aug. 23 FB post featured a photo of a crowd surrounding a […]

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