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In October 2016, the web site Times1ve.co.za reported that singer Billy Ocean had passed away during a visit to South Africa: There was no truth to this story. Times1ve.co.za is one of many fake news sites that masquerade as legitimate news outlets by mimicking the domain names of real news organizations (in this case Times1ve.co.za rather than TimesLive.co.za) in order to fool readers. Times1ve.co.za notes in their disclaimer that visitors can tell the difference by noting the 1 in their URL in place of an i: Billy Ocean responded to the untrue rumors about his death, tweeting that he is, in fact, still alive:
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