The scam article describes how hundreds of supporters demonstrated after Olof Lundh revealed secret information about how you can earn millions, which thereby risked damaging the country’s economy.
– I think it’s bullshit, honestly. No one can seriously go for that, says Olof Lundh, editor-in-chief at Fotbollskanalen.
Apart from the fake ad on Facebook, Olof Lundh can be seen in the TV box where he now covers the football European Championships for TV4. He is not the only one who has been taken advantage of by scam companies whose ad space was bought from Meta, which owns Facebook.
– I cannot understand how Meta accepts this. They screw up the problem and continue to make money from it, he says.
“Terrible”
The hoax article is based on a fabricated interview from Nyhetsmorgon. There it appears that presenter Maria Forsblom starts an investment account in live broadcast together with Lundh.
– I think it is terrible that our serious and talented employees are exploited in this way. We see an increased trend of this, says Fredrick Malmberg, acting editor in charge of Nyhetsmorgon.
The person who stands as the writer of the hoax article about Olof Lundh is Jacob Ruderstam. He stopped working at Aftonbladet two years ago.
– It’s sad, of course, if it’s the case that people use it to deceive others and use one’s name for another purpose, says Jacob Ruderstam, now a journalist at Omni.
Jacob Ruderstam was not aware of this particular hoax article. But it’s not the first time hoax articles with his byline have abounded.
– I have seen this quite a few times. Then people usually write to me that “I’ve seen this, it seems fake and I just want you to know about it”, he says.
IT security specialist Karl Emil Nikka also noticed the increase in scam ads, who reported over a hundred to Facebook, but all were rejected – even after the appeal.
– It is remarkable how little Facebook cares, says Karl Emil Nikka.
Scam ads on the subway
According to the IT security specialist, this type of fraud crime should never have been allowed to continue in places other than the Internet and believes that it is pressure on Meta from the media that could be the solution.
– No one had tolerated the fact that hoax advertisements were put up on the subway. It is completely unreasonable that the world accepts this, says Karl Emil Nikka.
TV4 has searched for Meta without results.