This illustration photo shows a phone screen displaying a video about a Filipino woman finding sand in her power bank. — AFP
WASHINGTON: 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 incentives in the United States to hoax electric bike giveaways in Indonesia and the sale of dud devices in the Philippines.
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