Beware: Is Govt offering employment allowance?

Cyber Dost, a Twitter handle maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has alerted citizens asking them not to fall prey to fake employment allowance registration, as fraudsters are using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to deceive people.

As per the tweet, fraudsters are using covid pandemic as an opportunity to deceive innocent citizens using various tactics like offering fake employment allowance.

The tweet further read, “They may ask to register on fake websites such as “Pradhanmantri berozgar bhatta yojna” or may send fake registration request through SMS, email or other social media platforms.”

Cyber Dost warned people to avoid responding/clicking any such call/messages/email or malicious links and do not share your personal details.