Free vouchers ad 'from Tuskys' supermarket is fake

A post on a website claiming to offer free vouchers from Tuskys supermarket is FAKE.

The post claims that Tuskys has 142 free vouchers worth Ksh10,000 to give. To get the voucher, one is required to fill a survey, after which they are to share the advertisement to 20 WhatsApp groups.

However, a tweet posted on April 17 on the official Tuskys Twitter account warns that the advertisement is a sham.

The said vouchers are not advertised on the official Tuskys website, the online store, or the supermarket’s Twitter and Facebook accounts.

A WhoIs search of the website containing the ad shows that it was created on March 5, 2020 while the official Tuskys website was created on July 14, 2006.

A screenshot of a WhoIs search of the fake website.

A screenshot of a WhoIs search of the official Tuskys Website.

PesaCheck has looked into the claim that Tuskys supermarket is offering free vouchers worth Ksh10,000 and finds it to be FALSE.

This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.

By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.

This fact-check was written by Fact-Checker Linda Ngari and edited by PesaCheck News Editor Enock Nyariki.