{"id":8839,"date":"2021-07-27T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2021-07-27T15:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T14:57:35","slug":"obi-cubana-not-celebrating-mothers-funeral-with-a-n25750-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/obi-cubana-not-celebrating-mothers-funeral-with-a-n25750-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi Cubana not celebrating mother’s funeral with a N25,750 giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims that billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana, is giving out N25,750, as part of plans to celebrate his mother’s funeral.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The claim is FALSE. The website is also found to be phony.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Obinna Iyiegwu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, thrust himself and his hometown, Oba in Anambra State, into limelight when he laid his mother to rest with the mother of all funerals, a lavish event that would make the living envy the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Iyiegwu, a billionaire and chief executive officer of Cubana Group, is known to be a philanthropist<\/a>, who has empowered youths within and outside his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Iyiegbu, who passed away in December 2020, was buried on Friday, at Oba, in Anambra State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the funeral, wads of money in various currencies and denominations rent the air and scattered across the grounds, in a show of extravagance, courtesy of friends and associates who came to rejoice or mourn with Obi and family. Days after the funeral, the media space is still filled with frenzy from the event – the most talked-about<\/a> in Nigeria at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A WhatsApp message making rounds claims that Obi Cubana is giving out N25,750 to people as part of  celebration of his mother\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forward-as-received message seeks to direct users to a blog website<\/a> using the URL shortener service, bit.ly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message reads: \u201cOBI CUBANA GIVEAWAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N25,750 giveaway as part of OBI CUBANA Mothers Burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Giveaway is Available to All<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the viral WhatsApp message<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After clicking the attached link, users are directed to https:\/\/obigiveaway.blogspot.com\/?m=1<\/a>, a site which opens with a message: \u201cOBI CUBANA is celebrating his mother’s burial with giveaway to all interested people, Get Your Own \u20a625,750 By Filling The Form Below👇👇\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa found that the page is hosted on blogspot<\/a>, Google\u2019s free blogging and domain service.\u00a0 The layout and design of the page is shabby and unprofessional, which is quite odd for a scheme purportedly owned by a billionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the landing page<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The page requests an email address and Dubawa submits a wrong one to enable access to the other pages of the form. The next page opens with a congratulatory message: \u201cYou have been selected to benefit from the GIVEAWAY provided by OBI CUBANA MOTHERS BURIAL\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thereafter, users are requested to answer three successive questions \u201cto benefit immediately\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuestion 1 of 3: Are you Obi Cubana fans? Yes, No, Others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question 2 of 3: What is your marital status? Married, Single, Divorced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question 3 of 3: Why do you What This Giveaway? Data, Food, Alcohol\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the second page with questions<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After supplying answers to the questions, users are required to share the information with \u201c15 friends and groups\u201d. Completion of this step, the site says, will allow users \u201cobtain the withdrawal code from the electronic counter\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspect Element tool reveals a website the account option buttons are programmed to redirect to<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Using a keyword search, Dubawa also found other phony websites (here<\/a> and there<\/a>), spreading the same giveaway claim, further deepening doubts on their authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The message widely circulating on WhatsApp claiming that billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana, was giving out N25,750 to celebrate his mother\u2019s burial is FALSE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the process on the website, no money is given as claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa found that the website is not authentic, spotting spelling and grammatical errors. We also found other phony websites sharing the same false claim, further casting shadows on the authenticity of the scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims that billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana, is giving out N25,750, as part of plans to celebrate his mother’s funeral. The claim is FALSE. The website is also found to be phony. Full Text Recently, Obinna Iyiegwu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, thrust himself and his hometown, Oba in Anambra State, into limelight when he laid his mother to rest with the mother of all funerals, a lavish event that would make the living envy the dead. Mr. Iyiegwu, a billionaire and chief executive officer of Cubana Group, is known to be a philanthropist, who has empowered youths within and outside his community. Mrs Iyiegbu, who passed away in December 2020, was buried on Friday, at Oba, in Anambra State. At the funeral, wads of money in various currencies and denominations rent the air and scattered across the grounds, in a show of extravagance, courtesy of friends and associates who came to rejoice or mourn with Obi and family. Days after the funeral, the media space is still filled with frenzy from the event – the most talked-about in Nigeria at the time. A WhatsApp message making rounds claims that Obi Cubana is giving out N25,750 to people as part of  celebration of his mother\u2019s funeral. The forward-as-received message seeks to direct users to a blog website using the URL shortener service, bit.ly. The message reads: \u201cOBI CUBANA GIVEAWAY N25,750 giveaway as part of OBI CUBANA Mothers Burial. This Giveaway is Available to All Get Now. \u201d After clicking the attached link, users are directed to https:\/\/obigiveaway.blogspot.com\/?m=1, a site which opens with a message: \u201cOBI CUBANA is celebrating his mother’s burial with giveaway to all interested people, Get Your Own \u20a625,750 By Filling The Form Below👇👇\u201d. Verification Dubawa found that the page is hosted on blogspot, Google\u2019s free blogging and domain service.\u00a0 The layout and design of the page is shabby and unprofessional, which is quite odd for a scheme purportedly owned by a billionaire. The page requests an email address and Dubawa submits a wrong one to enable access to the other pages of the form. The next page opens with a congratulatory message: \u201cYou have been selected to benefit from the GIVEAWAY provided by OBI CUBANA MOTHERS BURIAL\u201d. Thereafter, users are requested to answer three successive questions \u201cto benefit immediately\u201d: \u201cQuestion 1 of 3: Are you Obi Cubana fans? Yes, No, Others Question 2 of 3: What is your marital status? Married, Single, Divorced Question 3 of 3: Why do you What This Giveaway? Data, Food, Alcohol\u201d. After supplying answers to the questions, users are required to share the information with \u201c15 friends and groups\u201d. Completion of this step, the site says, will allow users \u201cobtain the withdrawal code from the electronic counter\u201d Inspect Element tool reveals a website the account option buttons are programmed to redirect to Using a keyword search, Dubawa also found other phony websites (here and there), spreading the same giveaway claim, further deepening doubts on their authenticity. Conclusion The message widely circulating on WhatsApp claiming that billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana, was giving out N25,750 to celebrate his mother\u2019s burial is FALSE.  At the end of the process on the website, no money is given as claimed. Dubawa found that the website is not authentic, spotting spelling and grammatical errors. We also found other phony websites sharing the same false claim, further casting shadows on the authenticity of the scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571],"tags":[2252,2253],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1806],"class_list":["post-8839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","tag-obi-cubana","tag-obinna-iyiegwu"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-2iz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1806,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"uchenna-igwe","display_name":"Uchenna Igwe","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/079ff448805edb1ac4ef8dac55e7fa0070f87220d97339815b63a4b39aa74ce9?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Obi-Cubana.jpg?fit=1024%2C570&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=8839"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=8839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}