An Indonesian woman went viral on social media after she reportedly faked her death and uploaded images of herself as a corpse as proof to avoid debt.
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Maya Gunawan described her experience lending money to Liza Gewi after meeting her through an online group in a Facebook post. She decided to lend her $364 despite the fact that they had never met in person, and Gunawan conducted a background check by asking Gewi’s friends about her character. They responded that there were no issues to be concerned about. The loan was due on November 20, but Gewi requested an extension until December 6. Gewi did not pay her debt after the deadline passed.
A few days later, the creditor learned via Facebook that Gewi was killed in a car accident near a bridge in Medan, Indonesia. The post included photos of Gewi posed as a corpse with cotton balls in her nose in the post. Another photo showed hospital staff pushing a gurney covered in a white sheet.
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Although Gunawan didn’t receive her money, she was initially sad after learning about Gewi’s death. But later on, she reversed searched the hospital images and found that the photos were used for another website. She later exposed Gewi and uploaded the evidence in a Facebook post.
Gewi’s daughter later confessed that her mother’s death was a lie and the post sparked outrage on social media.
If you want to fake your own death, at least be smart. Now there are tools to digitally verify a picture and it’s so easy to use them. https://t.co/TTIKK1KQNS
— Wulan K. Wardhani / @wulanluna@masto.ai (@csi_wulan) December 25, 2022
Modern problem require modern solution
— love, via (@hourlyhrvynr) December 24, 2022
People I know don’t bother and just pretend they don’t owe me anything. https://t.co/xbkJC8xRog
— Ahmad P (@apathoni) December 25, 2022