“GOI introduced a new application portal for providing free smartphones to financially backward students”
What FACTLY found
The registration link shared in the post is a fraudulent one. The link redirects the user to a blog and asks for personal details. It also asks the user to share the message until the blue bar provided below in the portal gets filled. Previously, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) debunked many such fake blogs offering smartphones, laptops, and scholarships
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 April 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 April 2022. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- smartph0nes-for-students22.scholarshub.onlinehttps://smartph0nes-for-students22.scholarshub.online/
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.