HOAX: This Facebook page offering free phones from Tecno is fake
Rodgers Odhiambo and Celine Abuga
07/08/2020
HOAX: This Facebook page offering free phones from Tecno is fake
A facebook page offering free Tecno mobile phones to 20,000 people is FAKE.
The page is named “Teccn0 give awyy esigns” and bears the Tecno Mobile Company’s official logo. Interested participants are asked to type out the word “LUCKY” in the comments section, one letter at a time without being interrupted, for a chance to win.
However Tecno company came out strongly and refuted the claims and stated that the page is not managed by Tecno and has no affiliation with the mobile company.
No such giveaway has been advertised on the Tecno Mobile Website, and Facebook Page Transparency on the account advertising the promotion shows it was set up on October 16, 2019, under the name “King Designs”, before changing its name on July 11, 2020.
PesaCheck has previously debunked similar claims that Samsung, Aple and HP were giving away electronics on Facebook, with users asked to post comments one letter at a time.
These posts appear to be engagement bait, which is content that asks users to interact by liking, commenting and sharing in order to fraudulently boost the reach of such pages and posts.
PesaCheck has looked into a Facebook page impersonating Tecno Mobile Company and claiming to give away 20,000 free mobile phones and finds it to be FAKE.
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