An article is currently being shared on social media and many people seem to only read the headline.

Just two weeks ago we celebrated an anniversary: ​​a hoax about drug-soaked business cards has been circulating on social media for 10 years now And now it seems (!) as if reality has caught up with the hoax.

This article on the “ Entenpost ” site is increasingly being shared as a warning:

The police are apparently warning about poisoned business cards
The police are apparently warning about poisoned business cards

The article describes that criminals prepare the business cards with a white powder so that the victims cannot remember anything after touching the business card.

The example given is a Viennese politician who is not named in the article and is said to have fallen victim to this scam several times. Three of these business cards, sprinkled with mysterious white powder, were found during a house search, but the man couldn't remember anything.

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Which politician is this?

The page under the article itself points this out: “Johann Gudenus” is mentioned among the keywords.

The keywords under the article in the “Entenpost”
The keywords under the article in the “Entenpost”

In fact, there are investigations against the former FPÖ politician Johann Gudenus, as three business cards with traces of white powder were found during a house search, as " Der Standard " reports, among others.
After a rapid drug test it was determined that it was probably cocaine. The politician denies that he used the drug.

Surprise: It's satire!

Many users could have found this out if they had just clicked on the “Entenpost” article, because it doesn’t really keep the fact that it is a satirical site secret:

The header of the page, markings by us
The header of the page, markings by us

“Entenpost” simply satirizes the current case of a politician whose business cards were actually found with traces of drugs, using a 10-year-old hoax that criminals were intentionally distributing such business cards.

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Conclusion

We emphasize it again and again: It's worth not just reading headlines, but also opening a page to read the corresponding article, because it's often clear at first glance where the problem is: In the case is pure satire!

Article image: Shutterstock / By daizuoxin


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