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dpaEconomy & business

Kaufland verschenkt über die offizielle Facebook-Seite ein neues iPhone 14 Pro.

Publisher’s rating: Es handelt sich um keine Aktion von Kaufland. Das Angebot ist nicht seriös.

The claim concerned a Facebook post that purported to offer a new iPhone 14 Pro to someone who commented “FERTIG” by 6 p.m. on September 25, 2022. The post presented the giveaway as a celebration of Kaufland’s supposed 71st anniversary. The review’s conclusion was that the offer was not a genuine Kaufland promotion. The review compared the page behind the offer with Kaufland’s actual Facebook presence. As of September 26, the giveaway page had 90 followers, while the genuine page had about 1.47 million. Facebook’s page-transparency information showed that the giveaway page had been created on September 23, and the review says its creator was not identifiable. It also found no imprint on that page, whereas Kaufland’s official page had one and had existed since July 2, 2010. Other checks supported the same conclusion: the giveaway page lacked Facebook’s verification badge, and the review found no mention of the anniversary or giveaway in Kaufland’s online list of genuine competitions. The anniversary story also did not fit the company’s history: Kaufland opened its first store in 1968, so in 2022 it had been 54 years, not 71. Taken together, the page details, missing official information, and inconsistent anniversary claim indicated that the offer was fake rather than an official promotion.

dpaEconomy & business

Das sind echte Geschenkaktionen des Non-Food-Discounters "Action".

Publisher’s rating: Bei den Facebook-Profilen handelt es sich um Fake-Accounts, es werden keine iPhones verschenkt.

The claim concerned Facebook posts presented as gift promotions from Action, the non-food discount retailer. The review says posts from several profiles had been shared about 10,000 times in the days before it was published. Its investigation compared the profiles’ creation dates, posting histories and giveaway details with information about Action’s official account and business history. The profiles showed several inconsistencies. The most widely shared page was created on September 20, 2022, the same day it posted the supposed giveaway, and that post was its only one. Another page was created on September 22, also the day its sole post appeared. The promotions gave different reasons for the giveaway—Action’s 43rd birthday on one page and its 29th on another—even though both pages used the same name, “Action fans,” and the same giveaway text. Their cover images showed a balloon marked “25 years,” while the review states that Action opened its first store in 1993, making it 29 years old in 2022. The review also contrasted these pages with the company’s official Facebook presence. It reports that the other pages were not verified, whereas Action’s official profile had been created in 2017, had more than 2.5 million likes, and was linked from the company website. Taken together, the account histories, conflicting birthday claims and differences from the official presence supported the conclusion that these were not genuine Action promotions. The supplied review excerpt does not describe an independent check of whether any iPhone was actually awarded; its conclusion is that the posts were fake-account promotions and that no iPhones were being given away.