“World Health Organization (WHO) is giving $ 210,000 to people who have COVID-19. Send personal details to [email protected]/+447721143955”
Social media posts
Claim dated 16 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
No such message was found to be issued by the World Health Organization. Previously, the WHO has clarified that they never conduct lotteries or offer prizes, grants, certificates, or funding through email. Also, the same email address and phone number were previously shared with other spam messages
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 March 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.