Fake news disguised as CNN promises thousands of euros in daily income.

Big numbers are thrown around: first she won 42 million euros, and before that she won 12 million euros.

But as is so often the case with this type of status report: the linked article is genuine commercial fake news. On Facebook you are lured to a fake news website by a status post that claims to be news and lures you with a made-up headline. The teasers on Facebook are already constructed in such a way that they appear in the form of a short news report. Screenshots from the TV are used here, in which you can see real news anchors, and the fake news itself is discussed. This method is intended to make the message authentic.

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Quick check: Of course this lady didn't win the money pictured, a quick cross-check in the image search shows that it is a "Pretty girls making Ugly Faces - Selfie" which is more than three years old ( compare ).

The fake news website

From this status message you are linked to commercial fake news, which can be recognized by certain features: The fake news has pseudo-editorially created content that has no truth whatsoever and does not even have the intention of being true. Behind the teaser story about winning the lottery and wealth for everyone is a fake news website posing as CNN. By the way, commercially operated fake news generally likes to follow the names and appearance of well-known, real news websites. It doesn't matter which publishers and editorial teams are being abused, the main thing is that it appears authentic. The published text is a pseudo-editorial story, packaged in the look of a news website.

This fictitious text massively promotes a website. This is supposed to be the way everyone gets rich. But be careful: this is just advertising for a casino website. This advertising is incorporated in the form of affiliate links.

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If you click on one of these links advertised in the text and then register for this casino, whoever incorporated the link into their text will receive a commission. That's also the reason why fake news like this is constructed: it's about displaying advertising or effectively incorporating advertising links. The author of the fake news simply doesn't care whether his own content is correct.

This is how you recognize commercial fake news!

Until it sits everywhere, let's repeat these quick rules of thumb. One thing you can always remember about this type of commercial fake news: It is...

  • a pseudo-editorially created content that has no truth whatsoever.
  • a representation in the form of a news/news website, which ultimately is not.
  • a content that addresses a desire/fear (in this case, just desire).
  • an author who doesn't care about the content. It's about displaying advertising or effectively incorporating advertising links.

A linked affiliate!

In the end, it's all about making participation in an online casino palatable. One can therefore assume that the authors of such fake news are also the partners and owners of such commission IDs from the respective codes as offered on the Casiono website. However, the affiliate program itself is not illegal, but rather a form of advertising that anyone can sign up for (the casino website also points this out).

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The only nasty thing about this whole process is the fake news bait: the author of the fake news simply doesn't care whether their own content is correct. It's about displaying advertising or effectively incorporating advertising links.


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