A #WhatsApp message with a link claims to offer financial aid of ₹46, 715 to the poor class in the name of the Ministry of Finance and, is further seeking the recipient's personal details

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✔️ This message is #FAKE

✔️The Ministry of Finance has announced no such aid!

Have you also received a notice issued in the name of TRAI -Telecom Regulatory Authority of India seeking ₹5,000 as a deposit for installing mobile towers ⁉️

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✔️This notice is #Fake

❌TRAI never issues any such letters
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An advertisement circulating on Instagram claims to offer employment opportunities under the Ministry of Labour and Employment

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❌This claim is #Fake

✅This advertisement is not associated with the Ministry of Labour and Employment

✅If you suspect any central government-related photo, video, or message to be fake, send it to #PIBFactCheck

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Are you receiving calls from Department of Telecommunications (DoT) threatening to block your mobile number❓

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👉Visit https://sancharsaathi.gov.in to verify such mobile nos

👉Report cybercrime at http://cybercrime.gov.in or dial 1930

Claim: The customer's India Post Payments bank account will be blocked within 24 hours if their Pan card is not updated.

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❌ This claim is #Fake

➡️ India Post Office never sends any such messages

➡️ Never share your personal & bank details with anyone

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A website falsely claims to offer tractor subsidies under '𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒂'.

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❌This website is #FAKE and is not an official website of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

⚠️ Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare is not running any such 'Kisan Tractor Yojana'

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Did you receive an SMS with a link urging you to update your delivery address within 12 hours to prevent your product from being returned❓

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⚠️Stay cautious! This message is #Fake

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✅ Avoid clicking on such fraudulent links!

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It is being claimed in social media posts that Union Government has declared April 27, 2026, as the final deadline to apply for birth certificates.

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▶️This claim is #Fake

▶️The Union Government has not issued any such communication on deadline regarding birth certificates

Have you also received a notice issued in the name of TRAI seeking ₹5,000 as a deposit for installing mobile towers ⁉️

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✔️This notice is #Fake

❌TRAI never issues any such letters

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एक फर्जी मैसेज में पीएम योजना के तहत आधार कार्ड से 2% सालाना ब्याज पर लोन दिए जाना का दावा किया जा रहा है।

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➡️कृपया ऐसे फर्जी संदेशों को शेयर न करें।

➡️यह आपकी निजी जानकारी चुराने का भी प्रयास हो सकता है।

📣 सोशल मीडिया पर साझा किए जा रहे एक फोटो के माध्यम से यह भ्रम फैलाया जा रहा है कि भारत सरकार द्वारा 'नए संचार नियम' के तहत सोशल मीडिया और फोन कॉल की निगरानी की जाएगी

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❌ भारत सरकार द्वारा ऐसे कोई नियम लागू नहीं किए गए हैं

✅ ऐसे किसी #फर्जी सूचना को शेयर न करें

सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हो रहे खबरों में दावा किया जा रहा है कि भारत सरकार ने केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों की रिटायरमेंट आयु में 2 साल की वृद्धि करने का निर्णय लिया है

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❌ यह दावा फर्जी है

✅ भारत सरकार ने ऐसा कोई निर्णय नहीं लिया है

⚠️ बिना सत्यता जांचे खबरें साझा न करें

Claim: Govt. of India has launched a pan-India helpline number 1⃣0⃣4⃣ "Blood on Call" to meet the requirement for blood

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☑️This claim is #misleading

☑️GOI is not running any such scheme !!

☑️This number is used for various helpline services in some states

A fake website, 'brs.inc,' alleges to be a semi-structured govt. organization recognized & authorized by GOI & claims to confer prestigious national awards like Bharat Ratna Samman, Padma Bhushan Samman, & Padma Vibhushan Samman. It further seeks nominee charges.

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✔️This website is NOT associated with the Government of India

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A video on social media shows the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman purportedly promoting an investment platform.

In the video, the Finance Minister can be seen encouraging Indian citizens to invest ₹21,000 and earn an easy daily income of ₹60,000, totaling ₹1,950,000 per month.

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✔️This is a digitally altered #fake video!

✔️Be wary of such videos promoting investment platforms/products.

National Backward Classes Finance & Development Mission (NBCFDM) claims to be recruiting for various positions.

NBCFDM portrays itself as an organization affiliated with Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and is recruiting pan-India.

Two websites - https://nbcfdm.com/ and https://nbcfdmvacancy.com/ have invited online applications for various posts and further seek ₹299/₹399 as application fees.

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❌ The two websites are #FAKE

❌ NBCFDM is not related to Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

🔰For official information regarding National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation visit: https://nbcfdc.gov.in

✅ Report such suspected cyber crimes on https://cybercrime.gov.in

⚠️ Beware while sharing sensitive personal and financial information on such websites.

A news report by Lokmat Times claims that starting from April, banks across the country would operate 5 days a week, following a new regulation issued by RBI

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▶️This claim is #Fake

▶️For official information related with Reserve Bank of India, visit : rbi.org.in

"एक परिवार - एक नौकरी योजना के तहत देश के प्रत्येक परिवार के एक सदस्य को मिलेगी सरकारी नौकरी.." 📝

आकर्षक दावा है न...🤩

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✅ केंद्र सरकार द्वारा एक परिवार - एक नौकरी योजना संचालित नहीं होती है।

✅ #Youtube चैनल "ravantechckt9084" के वीडियो थंबनेल के फर्जी दावों के झांसे में न आएं। 🚫

▶️ किसी भी प्रकार की नियुक्ति की जानकारी हेतु संबंधित विभाग की ऑफिशयल वेबसाइट पर विजिट कीजिए। 💻

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The video of the YouTube Channel "theonlinepointk" claims that the Central Government will distribute free washing machines to all females under the “Free Washing Machine Yojana 2025.”

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❌The claim made in the YT video of channel 'theonlinepointk' is #fake

✅ The central government is running NO such scheme

⚠️ Always verify information through official sources

Have you also received a notice purportedly from BSNL, claiming that the customer's KYC has been suspended by TRAI and the sim card will be blocked within 24 hrs❓

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❌ Beware! This Notice is #Fake.

✅ BSNL never sends any such notices.