VERA FILES FACT CHECK: IKEA NOT giving away ‘dozens’ of sofa sets
A Facebook page has posted an announcement that IKEA is donating couches that cannot be sold due to “minor damage” to anyone who registers with the website it linked. This is a scam.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: News report ALTERED to advertise hair growth serum
It also featured video snippets of a celebrity dermatologist and vlogger-doctors to suggest they are endorsing Hairtech.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor FB group peddles FAKE P10,000 4Ps ayuda
A netizen’s post on a Facebook group claims that DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo has approved cash assistance of 10,000 for every Filipino family.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor FB pages spread more ‘aircon sale crowd’ SCAMS
Several Facebook pages are circulating photos, said to have been taken during a crowd crush in a mall due to an air conditioner sale.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Golden Gout Colostrum does NOT treat gout
A Facebook page is circulating a fraudulent advertisement about a milk product that allegedly treats gout within a week.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Glufarelin does NOT treat diabetes
Several Facebook pages are fraudulently promoting a milk supplement that claims to treat diabetes in just under a week.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Liza Ong Facebook page posts ad for slimming powder
An impostor Facebook page is using medical practitioner Liza Ramoso-Ong to endorse a lotus root powder that allegedly helps people lose weight.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FAKE ad for aircon uses altered image, scam link
Another set of fake advertisements claims several people fainted after crowding and lining up at SM MOA to buy a Japanese air conditioner.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB page DECEPTIVELY promotes unregistered diabetes supplement
Another Facebook page has illicitly used the face of Doc Willie Ong, this time, to promote a supplement supposedly effective against diabetes.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old news report ALTERED to promote multivitamin for kids
Two Facebook pages uploaded a doctored news report on a gifted young boy made to look like an advertisement for a children's multivitamin.
