Facebook posts tout fake US mortgage stimulus program – AFP Fact Check

Copyright AFP 2017-2022. All rights reserved. Facebook posts featuring a video viewed hundreds of thousands of times claim US homeowners are entitled to more than $3,750 under a federal mortgage stimulus program. But government officials and the Better Business Bureau say no such program exists.”Second Chance to Claim Mortgage Benefit,” says the title of the video in an April 11, 2022 Facebook post. “The current authorities have decided to roll out (an) extension on MORT 3, which allows homeowners in all 50 states to claim over $3,750 back in their pocket,” a narrator says in the video, which begins with an image of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi standing in front of an American flag.Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on April 15, 2022The claim — which also appeared on Facebook here — comes as mortgage rates are climbing in the United States and inflation has hit a  40-year high.A reverse image search shows that the clip of Pelosi is unrelated to a mortgage stimulus, and instead comes from a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 to certify Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in the 2020 presidential election.Clicking on the link in the post leads to a website…
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