Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A post on social media Facebook from a page called "ЕТС – ????͏͏о????͏͏о????͏͏о?", claims to offer the opportunity to buy a small refrigerator for just 2 euros.
To be equipped with this refrigerator, it is required to first complete a survey and then provide personal information in order to make the payment.
What's wrong with this claim and this page?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, this page is not the official website of the ETC market network in Kosovo and the link provided in the post is fraudulent.
After clicking the link, a web page called "giftloom.website" in which a questionnaire appears with the claim that after completing it, you will have the opportunity to win a refrigerator. (see here)
Hibrid.info used the website verification platform “Scamdoc.com”, through which it checked the domain “giftloom.website”. The results show that this website is suspicious and that it is registered in Ukraine. (see here)
Hibrid.info continued by filling out that questionnaire. After completing the questions, the opportunity was given to click on another link, which took them to another domain called “chillingsummer.lat". This website requires that personal data be provided in order to make a payment of 2 euros to be the beneficiary of the refrigerator.
The results provided by “Scamdoc.com” show that this site is also fraudulent and the same is registered in the United States of America (USA). (see here)
About the site “ETS – ??͏͏о??͏͏о??"͏͏o"
The above-mentioned page is not the official page of the ETC market network in Kosovo. This page was opened on August 7th and currently has 41 followers. (see here)
Meanwhile, ETC's official Facebook page has over 320 followers and is called "ETC – Elkos Trading Center". (see here)
Analyze:
A Facebook page named “ЕТС – ????͏͏о????͏о????͏͏о” has published a fraudulent post, claiming to offer a small refrigerator for 2 euros in exchange for completing a survey and providing personal data.
After verification by Hibrid.info, it was found that this page is not connected to the ETC market network in Kosovo and the posted link leads to fake pages ("giftloom.website" and "chillingsummer.lat") registered abroad.
According to analysis by "Scamdoc.com", both sites are suspicious and have fraudulent intent to collect data and online payments.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info rates this article as "Fraud".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.