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A hoax is a falsehood deliberately fabricated to masquerade as the truth. Their origin is uncertain and behind them often hides "the compensation of a frustrated desire of someone or a social group, the need to make public the confidentiality of interests that upset the established order, misunderstandings or distorted interpretations" (Kapferer, 1988, p.18). Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news and develops shared complicity because people do not usually question messages that come from their intimate circle. The main objective of this research is to identify the origin of fake news published in Spain related to COVID-19, for that, we opted for a quantitative methodology that allows us to explore features and useful aspects for their detection and providing empirical evidence regarding misinformation. The results show that as Thucydides announced in the 5 Century a. C. in this war against misinformation two main reasons motivate the origin of the...