PolitiFact - The misinformation trap: the business of misleading migrants

📆 05.07.2023 18:07:00
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Many people who seek to migrate to the United States depend on the information they see on social media. Without meaning to, many end up financing the business of misinformation and become victims of frauds and scams.

carried out a broad investigation in Mexico and the United States, particularly in Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico City and Florida.

Venezuelan migrant Gerardo Escobar Guerra sits on a railroad track looking to board a northbound freight train May 12, 2023, in Huehuetoca, Mexico. A variety of services are promoted on WhatsApp and on social media, primarily on Facebook and TikTok. According to testimonies from the survey, some people have lost up to $20,000 to these alleged services.

"At first it looked fake, but when he said that 10 people had already , I believed him," Pérez said in an interview in Spanish with Conexión Migrante.

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