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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Fake news website that has published claims about the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 reappearing, a billionaire wanting to recruit 1,000 women to bear his children, and an Adam Sandler death hoax. [173] [174] [175] LiveMonitor livemonitor.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133] lockerdome.com
In December Facebook and Twitter disabled a global network of 900 pages, groups and accounts sending pro-Trump messages. The fake news accounts managed to avoid detection as being inauthentic, and they used photos generated with the aid of artificial intelligence. The campaign was based in the U.S. and Vietnam.
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Impersonation scams, where someone pretends to be with a popular company or government agency, are getting worse. Scam alert: Report shows which companies are impersonated the most Skip to main ...
Ellinikahoaxes.gr: Greek fact-checking website launched in 2013. Debunks hoaxes, urban legends, fake news, internet scams and other stories of questionable origin. [121] Greece Fact Check: independent Greek fact-checking website launched in February 2017 specializing in pseudoscience and medical frauds. [122] [123]
Fake news travels fast online – I’ve seen everything from “The election is canceled” to “Non-citizens get to vote this year.” In some cases, foreign countries are behind it with ...
The BBB has released a list of the top 12 holiday season scams, including Amazon Imposters, misleading social media ads, AI scams, gift exchange schemes, holiday apps, fake texts, gift card offers ...