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Holland & Barrett isn’t selling a box of sports supplements for £1
The company has confirmed the offers circulating on social media are not genuine. Read
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Nasim Asl
Senior Political Journalist
Nasim joined Full Fact in June 2023. Before that she worked on BBC Question Time, and BBC Scotland News. She took part in the BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme, and has a masters degree in journalism.
Politics
Claims about civil servant ‘responsible’ for increase in state pension age shared online again
Facebook posts saying the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions ‘is retiring’ are out of date and don’t give the full picture. Read
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Shopping
Argos isn’t selling HP laptops for £3 to people who fill in a survey
Argos has confirmed that posts being shared on social media claiming as much do not contain genuine offers from the retailer. Read
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Shopping
No, Amazon is not ‘giving away’ iPads to the over-40s
A spokesperson for the company confirmed offers being shared on social media aren’t genuine. Read
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Shopping
Fake discounted fishing bait offers circulate on Facebook
Fishing bait retailer Mainline Baits has confirmed the offers claiming to be for their products are not genuine. Read
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Shopping
John Lewis is not selling car seat strollers for £3
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
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Shopping
More fake Toby Carvery offers circulate on Facebook
A spokesperson for the restaurant’s parent company confirmed these offers are not genuine. Read
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Shopping
Morrisons is not selling £10 food boxes to ‘seniors’
Despite claims to the contrary being shared online, the retailer is not selling food boxes of seasonal stock for £10 to people aged over 50. Read
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Hoaxes
Facebook posts don’t show man recently hit by car
Despite claims to the contrary, the man pictured was hospitalised with Covid-19 in 2021, and died in August that year. Read
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Politics
Picture doesn’t show Theresa May, Ursula von der Leyen and Angela Merkel together as teenagers
While the photo does show Mrs Merkel as a teenager, it does not show Baroness May or the president of the European Commission. Read
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