Fake News Scam: These days, scammers are adopting new ways to target people. Now recently it has been revealed that cyber thugs are targeting Indian celebrities these days through fake news reports and advertisements on social media. Recently, an investigation revealed such fraud content, in which people are being sent to fake investment websites through fake reports. The special thing is that in these reports, the false 'arrest' of celebrities is being talked about.

News of false 'arrest' of celebrities

The purpose of these scams is to take social media users to be trapped through missleeding news articles and false reporting to the websites with fraud. In a similar case, a fake news report claimed that the police have taken into custody by the police after giving a controversial statement to the famous singer Shreya Ghoshal.

“Fans demanded Shreya Ghoshal's release after a controversial interview” This fake news was shown as an advertisement on social media platform x. On clicking this advertisement, users were redirected on the fake news website, where they were shown fraud links to investment.

Amitabh Bachchan in custody?

Not only this, scammers are also using the names of Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar and Neha Kakkar. Many fake news has been received for these Indian celebrities being arrested. These articles claim that Indian celebrities were detained to disclose information about their investment on some platforms.

How to protect against such fake scams?

Do not trust any such sensational news. Check news source to confirm the information. Avoid clicking on the link of any unknown website. Apart from this, be cautious with fake ads seen on social media.

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