No evidence motorhome ‘giveaway’ is real

A number of identical posts advertising fake campervan giveaways have been shared on Facebook, one of which has been shared over 200,000 times. 

The posts, which are shared from different pages about camping or holiday parks, all use the same pictures showing the exterior and interior of a motorhome. 

The text in the posts says: “Due to having a few small dents and scratches we have been unable to sell this in our showroom, rather than flog it as second hand we have decided to bring some joy by giving it to someone who has Sharred [sic] then commented by April 16th at 5pm. Delivery should be within 2 weeks.” 

This is a popular format for posts driving high levels of engagement on Facebook, and Full Fact has written about fake posts using exactly the same wording…