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  • 2020-06-11 (xsd:date)
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  • No free gas from Total Kenya – beware of fake Facebook pages (en)
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  • A Facebook page claims the public can apply for free gas cylinders from Total Kenya, part of the multinational oil and gas company. It has posted a link to a website www.totalgaskenya.com where people can apparently book the gas cylinders. But the instructions on the unprofessional-looking website closely resemble those on a scam website recently debunked by Africa Check, which claimed oil company KenolKobil was giving away gas. Is this Total give-away legitimate? Red flags Instructions to receive the free gas include paying a delivery fee of KSh200 for a 6 kilogram cylinder and KSh270 for a 13 kilogram cylinder. A mobile number is listed to send the cash to. Having to pay an administration fee for a give-away or charity is often a sign that something is fishy. And there are other hints that the campaign is fraudulent. For example, the Facebook page posting about the give-away is not the official Facebook page for Total Kenya. And there is no such campaign advertised on the Total website , or on its official Facebook and Twitter pages. ‘Total Kenya not offering any free cylinders’ Total Kenya took to Twitter to debunk the rumours. It shared a screenshot of the website stamped fake and said the company is not offering any free cylinders. It also posted on Facebook: The website http://totalgaskenya.com/bookfree/ is not a Total Website & we are taking appropriate action on the same. Our official website is http://total.co.ke . – Dancan Bwire (en)
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