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Ads for an alleged energy-saving device are all over Facebook, but little is known about the inventor.
When a product takes on more than one name and has an elusive backstory, it raises some questions. And we faced a big question mark surrounding the identity of Nathan Gilroy, a personality who had been widely touted on Facebook as an "inventor," but had no real credentials available to back him up, nor much of an online presence to begin with.
Ads for the so-called "Powersave" device had been circulating on Facebook in late 2020, describing how a young "genius" named Nathan Gilroy had invented an energy-saving device that would reduce electricity costs in homes by 50%.
A video shows a young teen, purportedly an 18-year-old Gilroy, who allegedly grew up in "the poorest neighborhood of St. Louis." The video claims his device is helping poor families across America who are struggling with electricity bills. Elsewhere, a number of websites shared "facts" about him, claiming that Gilroy graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at a young age.
There were a number of red flags in the meager information available about Gilroy. Firstly,…
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