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#FactCheck: No, this is not the capsized F/B GemVer 1

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Certain individuals, including a GMA-7 resident political analyst have spread this photo as the F/B GemVer 1 which sank in WestPH sea after it got hit by a Chinese vessel.

The above photo (courtesy of Philippines Navy) is actually a picture of another fishing boat “Athan Uno” which sank around El Nido waters in Palawan after it got hit by strong winds and big waves on August 2, 2018.

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Beware of these Facebook scams: fake contests, like farming and clickbait headlines

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“Curiosity is the lust of the mind” – (Thomas Hobbes). 

Curiosity, coupled with ignorance is what makes online scammers very successful. Social media onboards everyone online, making social engagements virtually possible. And so as hoaxes and scams too.

Fake Facebook Contests

Courtesy of http://www.hoax-slayer.net/

Facebook pages promising to give away cars, iphones, and other contest prizes for liking their pages are mostly hoax, fake. Don’t fall with their schemes of getting hundreds of thousands of page likes.

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