Rs.5,000 lockdown relief message false, aimed at stealing your bank details; Fact Check

A viral WhatsApp message claims that the Government has approved and is giving out Rs.5,000 to every citizen owing to the losses incurred due to the implementation of the lockdown. Digiteye India also received the message on its WhatsApp number for fact-checking. The viral message states: “The Government has finally approved and have started giving out free Rs. 5,000 Relief ...

COVID-19 spares no one and so does fake news. A post of an individual named ‘Dr Aisha’ on Twitter sent netizens in a state of frenzy. A tweet by the handle @Aisha_must_sayz (which is now disabled) tweeted “Haya friends not coping with covid 19. Going to be hooked up to the ventilator sometime today. Remember me, my smile to you. ...

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