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By Karen Rebelo A network of Facebook pages and profiles are running a fraud operation on the social media platform through fake ads and the use of AI voice clones of celebrities. BOOM found at least four Facebook pages and one profile using the name Suraj Sharma - likely a fake alias, perpetrating the scam. We also found multiple fake ads that have used AI-generated voices of Sadhguru and Shah Rukh Khan among others. These ads are being promoted on the platform. The con involves luring unsuspecting people into investing small sums of money with the promise of multiplying their returns overnig...
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By Titha Ghosh Laila Rao would sell the imagination of a perfect family online. Using pictures of a toddler and “a loving husband”, Laila Rao duped several families into investing thousands in hopes of “doubling their money”. As BOOM reported earlier, Laila Rao has since been proven to be a scam using the face of actor/influencer, Smriti Khanna and her family members. The scam which promoted itself primarily on Facebook, would upload videos of Khanna’s day-to-day activities, with captions like, “I am investor, great mom and happy wife. I can help Indian ladies with investment.” Pranati*, a 36-...
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By Srijit Das A picture of Isha Foundation founder Jaggi Vasudev, who is popularly known as Sadhguru, with a young woman sitting on his lap, is being shared on social media with a misleading claim. BOOM found that the woman in the photograph is Sadhguru's daughter Radhe Jaggi. The yoga and spiritual guru is an influential figure in India with a sizeable social media presence. In 1992, he set up the Isha Foundation in Tamil Nadu which has courtedcontroversies several times especially over allegations of flouting environmental norms. The photo is being shared with a veiled Hindi caption that tra...
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By Aatreyee Dhar ASSAM- For nineteen-year old Rijumoni Pegu, a woman from the indigenous Mising tribe who lives near Agoratuli range of the Kaziranga National Park, foraging wild herbs holds a legacy of a land that belonged to them. Once or twice a week, she joins the village womenfolk to gather edible finds in the woods such as Indian Chestnut vine (Noi-tenga) and Fiddlehead fern (Dhekia) for her traditional fare. The plant parts are preserved to be used in a ritual observed to pacify 'Dobur Uie' or spirits that bring upon natural calamities, she says. But her inclination to view the wild pla...
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By Archis Chowdhury Speaking to ANI on Monday, founder of ISHA Foundation Jagadish Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, stated that he has not heard of any communal riots in India in the last ten years. BOOM found Sadhguru's statement to be incorrect and false; according to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs, India has witnessed at least 3399 instances of communal riots between 2016 and 2020 alone. Furthermore, past responses from the MHA indicate another 2886 instances of communal riots happening between 2012 - 2015, bringing the overall number of communal incidents between 2012 and 20...
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