Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A has been published. post with four photographs showing household appliances, and with the caption claiming that the company "Neptun" is donating 480 unsold washing machines and refrigerators due to scratches.
Publication It was made on January 22 by an account named "Neptun".
What is the truth?
After fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that this post is false and that the page that published the claim is not official.
The post has received more than 290 comments and over 220 shares, as of the time of writing. The dominant comments are with the text "Congratulations", which is requested by the publisher to be included in the "list of those who benefit from the equipment".
To confirm that the content is not an official campaign of "Neptun", hibrid.info has verified on Facebook the official page "Neptune Albania" and found no content confirming the claim of donating unsold washing machines and refrigerators due to scratches.
Hibrid.info has verified through photos and found that such a photo has been used in the past by other pages on the social media Facebook.
One of them was the "EMCOR" website in the Philippines, which as an official website reacted to similar content. In a post on November 6, 2024, this page had notified its followers that it was being scammed into offering 480 household appliances in its name – similar to the current claim in the name of "Neptune".
Analyze:
A Facebook account named "Neptun" has falsely claimed to be giving away 480 household appliances by January 28th.
Hibrid.info has not found similar content on Neptun's official account, while through photos it has managed to find that such publications have also been made in other languages. Hibrid.info has found that one of the official pages of a store in the Philippines has denied the claim that it is donating equipment.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content 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.