A fake billionaire is fooling people on Twitter

Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 28 August 2018
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An account impersonating the 87-year-old American investor shot to social media fame on Saturday when it bagged almost 300,000 likes for its debut tweet.

Since then it has amassed close to two million likes for its personal, motivational, and inoffensive sound-bites.

Signs and warnings that the account is fake haven't stopped journalists and politicians from sharing the tweets.

If you're taking anything on Twitter as a fact, you should be fired.