Publish Date: | Mon, 07 Mar 2022 02:14 PM (IST)
FACT CHECK: The whole country is suffering from Corona. Meanwhile, many types of claims are being made on social media. From the treatment of corona to the rules of lockdown and even the schemes being run by the government, many messages are going viral. One of these, for the online class of the message, 100 million users are being given three months free recharge by the government. Let me tell you that this is a fake message.
PIB Fact Check on behalf of the Government of India has called the claim completely fake. It was said on behalf of PIB Fact Check that the claim made in this viral message is completely fake and the government has no such plan. PIB Fact Check with the Fraud Alert Hatch Tag has claimed that a WhatsApp message is claiming that the Indian government is providing free internet to 100 million users for 3 months. This claim is fake. No such announcement has been made by the Government of India.
What is written in the viral message
It has been written in the viral message on WhatsApp that the Government of India has promised to provide a 3-month recharge plan for free to 100 million users for online studies. If you have Jio, Airtel or Vi’s Sim then you can take advantage of this offer. I got free recharge, you can do it too. Along with this, a link has been given at the bottom of the message. It is written at the bottom, Hurry up, this offer is limited to 30 May 2021.
Many fake messages viral in the Corona period
Let us tell you that this is not a new case of making fake messages viral on WhatsApp. In this era of corona infection, many types of fake claims were made. In some messages, information was given about fake medicines for the treatment of corona, while in some wrong information was spread about many government schemes. PIB Fact Check has exposed many such claims.
In a similar message, it is being claimed that the Prime Minister is giving unemployment allowance to the unemployed of the country. A link to apply for this is also going viral. It has been said in the viral message that register yourself in the Prime Minister’s Unemployment Allowance Scheme 2020. In this scheme, the government will give 3500 rupees every month to all the unemployed youth. To register click on the link below. This claim was also completely bogus.
Posted By: Arvind Dubey