Claim: Facebook posts claiming new revelations in the investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination.
Verdict: The posts are part of a cryptocurrency scam attempting to lure people into parting with their money.
Online fraudsters are using images and details linked to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in order to scam unsuspecting readers out of their money, in a series of posts that have flooded Facebook in recent days.
The posts, often feature an image of Caruana Galizia as well as that of Yorgen Fenech, the man who stands accused of ordering her assassination.
Some of the posts feature the Times of Malta logo in an attempt to appear legitimate. Some also link to a spoofed Times of Malta website, with a false headline claiming that “new details of regarding the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia have been recently revealed”.
Some of the posts lead to a spoofed Times of Malta website.
The spoofed website weaves together genuine facts about the murder investigation, such as Fenech’s arrest aboard his yacht as he was seeking to flee the island, with the false claim that she was murdered for investigating his lucrative involvement in a cryptocurrency platform.
While this is not the first time that scammers have used spoofed news websites or images of public figures to profit off vulnerable readers, this latest scam suggests an unusually detailed familiarity with the investigation and the discussion surrounding it, making it more difficult than usual for readers to discern.
Aside from the uncannily accurate language used throughout parts of the fake article, the scammers also use photos of several key players in the investigation, including police commissioner Angelo Gafa (who is obliquely referred to as “a police officer”). ..
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