Fakery and fraud: Energy scammers cast ‘wide net’ on Facebook

By Jim WATSON / AFP TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Anuj CHOPRA, Lucille SODIPE, Faith BROWN and Gemma CAHYA A Filipino consumer fumes as she rips open a portable charger to discover she has been conned — the batteries are choked with sand, making her yet another victim of scammers on Facebook. A Filipino consumer fumes as she rips open a portable charger to discover she has been conned — the batteries are choked with sand, making her yet another victim of scammers on Facebook. AFP’s fact checkers have uncovered a slew of energy-related scams proliferating on Facebook — from fake solar panel incent…

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