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| Still photo from Evelyn's 'proof of life' video |
News that a Filipina had died after being found unconscious on her bed prompted a hacker to falsely identify the victim as Evelyn E, even sharing her passport photo to support the claim.
After hacking Evelyn’s account, the hacker then shared a supposed post from her
ward, saying she was found unresponsive in bed, holding a shattered cell phone
which she had supposedly tried to use to call for help from her male employer.
The more discerning reader would have wondered why the only item that was covered in her passport page was her date of birth, while the more sensitive information like her name and face had been left untouched.
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Obviously, this was done to make readers believe that Evelyn was the 56-year-old unidentified Filipina who was reported to have died, when her photo shows she is a lot younger.
Nevertheless,
the fake story immediately circulated through Facebook shares until it reached
the office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Hong Kong, which
immediately asked the employment agency which recruited the worker to check on
her.
Evelyn, who
was then busy cooking her employer’s dinner, was as shocked as the agency
representative when she learned of the fake news that was circulating,
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She immediately
did two live Facebook posts showing she is well and alive, and asked whoever had
posted her passport photo and told people that she had died, to take down the
malicious post immediately.
She did not
respond categorically to questions as to how her passport had ended up in the
wrong hands, saying a number of people already had photos of the document as her
account had been hacked previously.
Evelyn
relayed that she heard of her supposed death at past 5pm yesterday from a
neighbor she met by accident outside her employer’s flat. She was too busy the
whole time she did not have the chance to hold her phone, much less scroll
through social media posts.
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Even her employer
could no longer call her on her mobile phone that she had to use their landline
to talk to her.
Evelyn said that she will report to OWWA today to seek
advice.
