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[SALAH] Surat Panggilan Wawancara Kerja Oleh PT Angkasa Pura II Juni 2020
Surat tersebut adalah palsu. PT Angkasa Pura II telah mengkonfirmasi bahwa sejauh ini pihaknya belum kembali membuka lowongan pekerjaan ataupun panggilan wawancara di tengah situasi saat ini.
TurnBackHoax (MAFINDO) · Indonesian · Jun 22, 2020
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No, The “Baby”; Facebook Page is NOT Giving Away “20 Luxury RV”
The Facebook Page is fraudulent. It is certainly not giving away any RVs, luxury or otherwise. Participants have absolutely no chance of winning anything whatsoever.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 10, 2017
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‘I Know About Your Secret’ Fake Blackmail Scam Email
This email claims that the sender has recorded a video of you “doing dirty things” while visiting an adult website. The sender threatens to send the compromising video to your friends, relatives, and coworkers if you do not pay a “privacy fee” via Bitcoin.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Aug 7, 2018
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“First Time In Facebook History”; Car Giveaway Scams Continue
The Facebook Page is bogus. It is certainly not giving away any cars and those who participate will win nothing at all. It is yet another scam designed to gather large numbers of Facebook likes as quickly as possible.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 21, 2017
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Rockstar Energy Drink Car Decal Wrapping Money Laundering Scam
This story was first published on December 19, 2013
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 15, 2017
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‘Engr. Goren Needs Your Help’ Advance Fee Scam
Scammers use many methods to reach potential victims including email, text messages, and social media posts. In the case described here, “Engineer Goren” sent the following message after a user accepted his friend request on a social media website.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Mar 20, 2019
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Run A Website? Don’t Get Caught by ‘Domain Registration SEO’ Spam Emails
If you own and manage websites and domain names, then you’ve likely received spam messages like this. Subject: [Your domain} expiration You have 1 domain name seo registration service pending.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Apr 13, 2017
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[HOAKS] Wajib Membuat Pernyataan Untuk Tidak Mengizinkan Penggunaan Foto dan Informasi di Akun Facebook
Beredar di media sosial mengenai pernyataan Bpk M. Mahendra Maskur Sinaga, SH., MH., MHD mengenai pelanggaran privasi Facebook. Beliau menghimbau agar masyarakat mewaspadai kebijakan penggunaan foto dan informasi di akun Facebook.
Kominfo · Indonesian · Apr 8, 2019
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‘A Proposal in Good Faith’ Advance Fee Scam Email
This email, which purports to be from “Ulrich”, a regional manager at a European bank, offers you a 40% share in a multi-million dollar fund.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 8, 2018
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Domain Name Application Scam
The claims in the messages are lies designed to trick website owners into unnecessarily registering a series of domain names at inflated prices. If you receive one of these scam emails, do not reply or follow any links that the email may contain.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 30, 2016
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[SALAH] Lowongan Kerja Terbaru PT Pertamina Tahun 2021
Hasil Periksa Fakta Renanda Dwina Putri (Anggota Komisariat MAFINDO Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) Informasi palsu. Faktanya, Vice President Corporate Communication Pertamina, Fajriyah Usman menegaskan bahwa informasi rekrutmen tersebut adalah hoaks.
TurnBackHoax (MAFINDO) · Indonesian · Feb 8, 2021
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Beware of Bogus Amazon Job Offers Asking For Upfront Payments
Online scammers are exploiting jobseekers by offering seemingly well-paid work-from-home jobs with Internet giant Amazon. The Better Business Bureau in the US notes that reports about this type of scam have been steadily increasing in recent months.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Oct 4, 2018
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No, The “Owner of Audi”; is NOT Going to Give You A Car For Liking and Sharing
The Facebook Page is fake. It is certainly not giving away any cars, and Kevin M James is certainly not the “owner of AUDI”. Those who participate by liking, sharing, and commenting have no chance whatsoever of winning anything at all.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Feb 22, 2017
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[SALAH] MK sudah mulai insyaf dan mengakui kesalahannya. Insyaallah Prabowo-Sandi akan dilantik bulan Oktober 2019 nanti
Sebuah video diunggah oleh akun Tajuddin Hasyim (fb.com/tajuddin.tosiba) dengan narasi sebagai berikut : “MK sdh mulai insaf, dan mengakui kesalahannya. in syaa Allah… Prabowo Sandi akan dilantik bulan Oktober 2019 nanti. Aamiin.
CekFakta.com · Indonesian · Sep 6, 2019
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‘I am the Hacker who Cracked your Email’ Fake Blackmail Sextortion Scam
This message claims to be from a hacker who cracked your email and device a few months back. Supposedly, the hacker created screenshots of you while you were “having fun on web-sites of personal content” (porn sites) and also installed malware that harvested…
Hoax-Slayer · English · Nov 18, 2018
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[SALAH] Surat Panggilan Tes Calon Karyawan PT Pertamina Oktober 2020
Hasil Periksa Fakta Melati Mulia (Universitas Satya Negara Indonesia). Informasi tersebut palsu. Faktanya, PT Pertamina tidak mengeluarkan surat perihal Panggilan Tes Calon Karyawan tertanggal 16 Oktober 2020 dan info resmi hanya melalui…
TurnBackHoax (MAFINDO) · Indonesian · Oct 18, 2020
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Watch Out For ‘Luxury RV’ Giveaway Scams on Facebook
The Facebook Pages are fraudulent. They are not giving away RVs as claimed. There are no prizes and no winners. The bogus Pages are scams designed to rapidly accumulate large numbers of Page likes.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Jul 5, 2016
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[SALAH] Surat Panggilan Kerja oleh PT Angkasa Pura I Periode September 2020
Informasi palsu. PT Angkasa Pura I melalui akun Twitter Contact Center Bandara 172 @angkasapura172 menegaskan surat informasi panggilan kerja tersebut adalah palsu alias hoaks.
TurnBackHoax (MAFINDO) · Indonesian · Sep 20, 2020
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Fake ‘Fast and Furious’ Giveaway Posts Targeting Facebook Users
According to various posts from a Facebook Page called “Fast and Furious 8,9,10”, you can win cars and large cash prizes just by liking, sharing, and commenting and then clicking a link to register your prize entry and download movies.
Hoax-Slayer · English · Sep 4, 2018
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[SALAH] Terjadi Penyekapan di Apotek Pancasan Kota Bogor
Beredar sebuah video yang dilengkapi keterangan bahwa telah terjadi aksi perampokan dan penyekapan di wilayah Pancasan, Kota Bogor. Menurut komentar warga yang terdapat dalam video, telah terjadi perampokan dan penyekapan di dalam sebuah Apotek wilayah…
TurnBackHoax (MAFINDO) · Indonesian · May 8, 2020
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