The dubious Albanian-language portal "newstoday74.com" has published today (October 18) an article titled "WARNING! Fake visas for Germany are being issued in Ferizaj".
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, this news is old, having been published in April 2017.
This dubious portal has tried to present it as current, misinforming readers that fake visas for Germany are allegedly being issued in Ferizaj.
Link to the article published on "newstoday74.com":
This article, claiming to be current, was also shared on Facebook by the page "Në Kohë", which has over 400 thousand followers.
https://www.facebook.com/nekohe/posts/236267898534444
Hibrid.info, during research through the Google search engine and social networks, found that this news about fake visas was published in April 2017.
Below you can find the article published in real time by the portal "periskopi.com".
Analyze:
The dubious Albanian-language portal "newstoday74.com" has published an old article from 2017, which it has tried to present as current, thus aiming to misinform readers to be careful as fake visas for Germany are allegedly currently being issued in the city of Ferizaj.
Based on fact-checking based on the work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "misinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.