Wrote: Endrit Berisha
Through a Facebook post, a prize game has been staged again, claiming that Albanian singer Leonora Jakupi will reward 400 people who comment on a video.
"Gift for fans❤️????Hello!! I bless you all!! The first 400 who say (Hello), I will give you €10,000 'today'", says the description of the video, which is longer than four hours, in which it is claimed that the artist is announcing the reward in a live video appearance.
Hibrid.info has already verified this video material in the past. It is content dating back to 2019 and has nothing to do with any prize game. (see here)
In this video, Kosovar singer Leonora Jakupi speaks to commentators in a live appearance via her personal Facebook account, where she explains that her account will now be maintained by her.
Video material published on May 18, 2024 on Facebook by the page named "Leonora Jakupi"
https://www.facebook.com/61557219352715/videos/817934176466002
After researching social media, hibrid.info managed to find this video material made by Leonora Jakupi, published on her personal Facebook account, dated November 4, 2019, and lasting 4 minutes and 23 seconds. (see here)
In the material claiming to be a prize game, this video is repeated repeatedly.
The video material of the page claiming to be a prize game in the name of the Albanian singer has received more than 800 comments. So far, the video material has accumulated 35 thousand views. And the page with the singer's name has 137 followers as of the moment of handling this content.
Analyze:
A Facebook page named "Leonora Jakupi" has published a video of singer Leonora Jakupi claiming to be calling for monetary rewards for those who comment.
Hibrid.info has verified the facts presented and has confirmed that the video of the aforementioned artist is from 2019. In it, she had spoken to commentators in a live appearance via Facebook, explaining that she will now personally maintain her account on this social media.
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.