(RawStory) In the Philippines, consumer Marissa David thought she had found the best cure for a benign lump in her body when she purchased a cream that a Facebook ad said was recommended by popular physician Willie Ong.
But the cream that cost $12.50, a small fortune for the Filipino mother, was ineffective and not endorsed by Ong.
“It’s a lesson learned,” David told AFP.
“I should not trust so easily, especially if those products are not recommended by a doctor I personally know.”
Winston Kilimanjaro Creones Tiwaquen, a Filipino doctor who is also a popular social media influencer, has been impersonated in Facebook pages promoting magnetic underwear, which they falsely claim enlarges male genitalia.
AFP, which has spotted similar impersonation scams in other countries such as Myanmar and Bulgaria, has a global team of journalists who work with Facebook owner Meta’s third-party fact-checking programme to debunk misinformation… Read More