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By Mohammed Kudrati Several posts on social media, stating that all transactions done through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform would attract a 1.1% fee, are misleading. Recent changes as outlined by the National Payments Corporation of India - the operator of the platform - have outlined an interchange of up to 1.1% from April 1 on transactions done above ₹2000 through Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) done through UPI. PPIs include mobile wallets, digital wallets or prepaid cards like Pockets by ICICI Bank, Paytm Wallet and Amazon Pay. The interchange will be charged to the mercha...
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By Mohammad Salman Popular Hindi YouTuber Vivek Bindra recently claimed that the Indian government has introduced new postal stamps with his name and photo. BOOM found the claim to be misleading as the stamp has not been issued officially by the government. Dr Vivek Bindra is a motivational speaker, business coach and YouTuber with over 20 million subscribers. He is the founder of coaching centre 'Bada Business' and even has a show on OTT platform MX Player called 'Business Baazi'. Bindra recently shared some photos on his Facebook and Twitter accounts where he is seen posing with a few postal...
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By Mohammed Kudrati Several users have shared a quote attributed to former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, where he has claimed to have said that he was not consulted by the government before the demonetisation exercise launched on 8th November, 2016. On examining the claims, BOOM found that the claim attributed to Rajan were paraphrased and misquoted from his past statements on the issue. "I was RBI governor during the time of demonetisation. RBI was not asked to make a single decision on demonetisation", says the viral quote shared by several users on social media. While this quote at face valu...
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By Mohammed Kudrati A fake message claiming that the government is giving Rs 5000 to all the citizens who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus is viral on social media. The message falsely claims that the money is being given through the Prime Minister's Jankalyan Yojana and also features a fake website portraying itself to be the portal through which the amount is dispatched after the personal details are entered. The website purports to show that beneficiaries will get ₹5,000 once they fill the form which is valid till August 30. BOOM found no evidence of the government having a sche...
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By Mohammed Kudrati An imaged, purportedly being from the Reserve Bank of India [RBI], promising ₹4.59 crores or half a million (500,000) British pounds is fake and is a scam. While the government has denied the veracity of the image, it also shows telltale signs that of the image having problems with its authenticity. The image conveys a letter, from a non-existent Foreign Exchange Transfer Department within the RBI, promising half a million British pounds equivalent to ₹4.59 crores on behalf of the British government to the intended beneficiary upon receipt of details like identity, photos a...
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By Mohammed Kudrati A Facebook page promoting an Android app that supposedly gives out state-sanctioned loans of all kinds under the 'Pradhan Mantri Yojana Loan', is fraudulent as no such government loan scheme exists. Furthermore, the app is not linked to Government of India. The said Facebook page has multiples posts having the same image, app link and the same text appealing to customers to take the loan. It also uses the emblem of the Government of India to lend itself credence. The link to the app can be found here (only for the Android Play Store). Further, all posts say the following. T...
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