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In December 2022, we were asked by readers about Facebook ads that mentioned purported "allegations" against country superstar Dolly Parton having been "confirmed." The ads, which mentioned Parton by name and featured pictures of her, led to articles that claimed she had endorsed CBD gummies that could "reverse dementia."
However, all of this was false. No allegations were revealed after clicking the ads, and she never endorsed CBD gummies.
A simple search of Facebook showed that scammers were using Parton's image and likeness without authorization.
All of the Facebook ads showed the false headline, "Allegation Against Dolly Parton Have Been Confirmed." (The word "allegation" was singular, but likely was meant to be the plural form, "allegations.")
The ads led to websites that had been created by scammers to look just like FoxNews.com, apparently with the goal of convincing people that Parton had added her stamp of approval to various CBD gummies products. Again, she never endorsed CBD gummies.
The scammy article was hosted on several websites that had recently been registered on namesilo.com in either November or December 2022. All of them were .mom domains.
A handful of the scam websites we found included rewoheta.mom, asamavoy.mom, utiseser.mom, ololacey.mom, owilogal.mom, aherahas.mom, and olinener.mom.
Scammers copied the page design from FoxNews.com and created new .mom websites with the same look, all to fool readers into believing they were reading...
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