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“Iceland has a shortage of men and will pay immigrants up to $5,000 to marry Icelandic women.”
Social media posts Claim dated 3 Oct 2017.
Africa Check rated thisIncorrect

In short

This claim spread on social media around 3 October 2017. Africa Check (Nigeria) looked into it and published its finding on 10 July 2019, 645 days later. Its rating was “Incorrect”.

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