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FACTLYEconomy & business

In India, there are around 1650 crore vehicles using highway tolls.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim under review was that India had around 1,650 crore vehicles using highway tolls. FACTLY compared this figure with vehicle-registration data attributed to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), rather than presenting a count of toll-road users. The review reports that MoRTH’s 2018–19 annual report put the total number of registered motor vehicles in India at around 23 crore in 2016, and that provisional data for 2017 showed around 25.33 crore. Those reported totals are far below 1,650 crore. FACTLY therefore judged the claim false, concluding that India had around 25 crore registered motor vehicles as of 2017. This comparison addresses the claimed scale of the vehicle population; the excerpt does not provide a separate count of vehicles that actually used toll roads or explain the post’s separate assertion about FASTag and toll-company earnings.

NewtralEconomy & business

Te devuelven 10 euros por cada décimo no premiado en la Lotería de Navidad

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns a message saying that Spain’s state lottery operator would refund €10 for every unprized Christmas Lottery ticket turned in at a nearby lottery office between 22 and 28 December 2019. The message attributed the supposed refunds to a serious error: 2,000 numbers had allegedly been left out of the draw. Newtral reports that this was a recurring message circulating each Christmas, not a one-off announcement about a different lottery or draw. Newtral says it contacted the Sociedad Estatal de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE), the state lottery operator. According to the review, SELAE confirmed both that there had been no error in the draw and that all numbers had been included in the drum. The operator also told Newtral there would be no €10 refunds for unprized tickets. Those direct confirmations address the message’s two essential premises: the alleged missing numbers and the promised reimbursement. The article also describes how the message was presented: it was headed with the name “El País,” apparently to make the false information look sourced, and its link led to a Jack Nicholson GIF. Newtral suggests the GIF may indicate that the message began as a joke, but that possibility is distinct from the reported confirmation from SELAE about the draw and refunds.

NewtralEconomy & business

Loterías y Apuestas del Estado ha olvidado incluir 3.000 bolas ni devuelve dinero por ello

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns a rumor circulated in 2015 that Spain’s state lottery had left 3,000 numbers out of the Christmas lottery draw and would refund half the price of each non-winning ticket. Newtral identifies the promised refund as “el 50% (10€) de cada décimo” and says the rumor resurfaced in 2017 and again after the 2019 Christmas draw. The review rejects both parts of the claim: it says the lottery had not forgotten to include the 3,000 numbers and would not make the advertised refunds. As support, it reports that the lottery administration itself described the story as “una broma muy evidente.” The excerpt does not provide a technical account of the draw or reproduce the administration’s underlying documentation, so the explanation rests on the reported response and the review’s identification of the story as a hoax. A separate rumor mentioned in the same article claimed that a 2019 draw error meant people would receive €10 for each non-winning ticket. Newtral says it contacted the State Lotteries and Betting Society, which confirmed there had been no error and all numbers were included. That check concerns the separate 2019 error-and-refund story; the article presents the 3,000-number rumor as an older hoax that recirculated, rather than as the same allegation.

NewtralEconomy & business

Puedes ganar un sorteo si no compras lotería

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerns a message saying that a mobile phone had won €1,856,432 in a lottery, identified by a number, and asking the recipient to contact an email address to receive the supposed prize. Newtral says the message had circulated online since 2015 and identifies it as a scam, not a legitimate free lottery draw. The article reports two checks relevant to that conclusion: it says Spain’s National Police debunked the message in a tweet in November 2015, and it quotes the Police’s public guidance that neither the Spanish lottery nor lotteries in other countries hold free draws among people selected at random or by computer. The same guidance says that buying a ticket beforehand is essential to participate. Thus, the message’s promise of a prize without the recipient first buying a lottery ticket conflicts with the stated participation requirement. The article’s account is specific to this circulating prize message. It does not say that the recipient’s phone or number was entered in a legitimate draw; rather, it warns readers not to trust the message or contact the listed address to claim the alleged winnings.

NewtralEconomy & business

Estudio de una fundación de EE.UU. que dice que el 70% de los ganadores de la lotería se arruina en cinco años

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim attributes a statistic about lottery winners’ financial ruin to research by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), a nonprofit based in Denver. Newtral reports that the statistic circulated in media and public institutions, sometimes with a five-year timeframe, and was repeatedly attributed to NEFE. But NEFE said the figure was not supported by its research and could not be confirmed by the organization. The review quotes NEFE’s January 2018 statement: it said the reported figure—that 70 percent of lottery winners go bankrupt within a few years of a major windfall—was neither backed by NEFE research nor confirmable by the organization. This directly undercuts the claim that the figure came from a NEFE study; the excerpt provides no study by the foundation establishing that statistic. As for where the figure originated, NEFE said it was believed to have emerged during a 2001 think-tank discussion about the impact of financial windfalls. According to the account, a participant offered the figure, but NEFE described it as an independent, unverified statement—not a result of its research. The review therefore distinguishes the statistic’s circulation and attribution from evidence that the foundation actually studied or validated it.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturEconomy & business

Viele Menschen sorgen sich um die Rente - im internationalen Vergleich steht Deutschland aber nicht so schlecht da, wie oft behauptet wird. Jüngst wird wieder ein Artikel aus dem Jahr 2013 in sozialen Netzwerken geteilt. In der Überschrift dieses Textes heißt es, deutsche Renten seien die niedrigsten in Europa.

Publisher’s rating: Zwar liegt Deutschland bei dem Verhältnis zwischen Einkommen im Rentenalter und der Zeit davor tatsächlich im internationalen Vergleich unter dem Schnitt - sowohl 2013 als auch 2019. Eine tiefere Quote haben aber unter anderem Großbritannien und Litauen.

The dpa review addresses a 2013 article being recirculated on social media with the headline that German pensions were the lowest in Europe. It examines the OECD’s net replacement rate: the relationship between pension income and a person’s previous income, using an example based on a full-time worker who had earned the average wage. The review says the measure puts Germany below the OECD average, but not at the bottom of the European OECD countries.

TradeSourcesEconomy & business

Alvexo Avis 2020 ? Courtier Fiable ?

Publisher’s rating: Avec des frais de commission peu élevés sur le marché français – notamment sur les actions -, un service de coaching très au-dessus de ce que l’on peut attendre d’un service client, une grande attention portée à la formation, à l’encadrement des investisseurs, à la gestion du risque, des interventions de spécialistes des marchés, Alvexo est un site de trading francais fiable pour tous.

OsoChic RagdollsEconomy & business

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Publisher’s rating: Good morning Sweet family. Very kind of you to leave us such positive feedback. The pictures of Henry with the girls are lovely & made us both chuckle . I've just pm'd you regarding our new babies ;) x