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DATA ROUNDUP English, Fact Check, Fake News # Fake website falsely claims that workers will receive benefits of Rs. 80,000 from EPFO 0 By Akhil Reddy on October 31, 2019 * A A A Twitter Facebook Reddit A post with a website link is being widely shared on social media with a claim that workers who worked between 1990 and 2019 and find their name in the list on the website are eligible for benefits of Rs. 80,000 by Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). Let’s try to analyze the claim made in the post. ![\\"\\"](\\" Post.jpg\\")The archived version of the post can be found here. > Claim: Benefits of Rs. 80,000 by EPFO to workers who worked between the > years 1990 and 2019. > > Fact: EPFO has tweeted asking users to be beware of the fraudulent websites > and posted the screenshots of the website which claimed that workers can get > benefits of Rs. 80,000. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE. On clicking the link given in the post, the website with the url: gets opened. All the government websites generally have the domain ‘.gov.in’ but the above website has ‘.top’. Also, the website asks to share a message on WhatsApp to avail the benefits. No government website asks people to share messages on WhatsApp to receive benefits. ![\\"\\"](\\" Website-1024x865.jpg\\") On Twitter, EPFO has tweeted asking users to be beware of the fraudulent websites and posted the screenshots of the above website. > Beware of FAKE OFFERS by Websites/Telecalls/SMS/email/Social Media, ASKING > TO DEPOSIT MONEY into any Bank Account towards Claim > Settlement/Advance/Higher Pension/ or any other service provided by > #EPFO.#Fraud #FakeCalls #Lottery pic.twitter.com/ekuvhcyJsq > > — EPFO (@socialepfo) October 29, 2019 Also, on opening the official website ( of EPFO, a pop-up comes with the message that ‘ is the only official website of EPFO. ![\\"\\"](\\" Official-Website-1024x495.jpg\\") It was also found that similar messages went viral last year in India and this year in South Africa. The clarification given by the South African government to their citizens can be read here. ![\\"\\"](\\" South-Africa-1024x411.jpg\\") To sum it up, fake website falsely claims that workers will receive benefits of Rs. 80,000 from EPFO. _Did you watch our new Episode of the DECODE series?_ ![\\"Factly\\"](\\" WhatsApp-channel-minified-scaled.jpeg\\") Share. Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email __Previous Articleకంప్యూటర్ లో చేసిన ఫైర్ వర్క్స్ వీడియోని ముంబై లో జరిగినట్టు గా షేర్ చేస్తున్నారు Next Article __Maratha Quota Protests video from Aurangabad shared as ‘angry public chasing away Police in Assam after NRC’ ### About Author ![\\"\\"](\\" Akhil Reddy ### Related Posts సోషల్ మీడియా లో వదంతులని నమ్మకండి. పోలియో వాక్సిన్ సురక్షితమే ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్‌లో హిందువుగా మారిన ప్రియాంక గాంధీ కేరళలో క్రిస్టియన్ వే... Video of Congress leader Dolly Sharma slamming BJP leaders and PM Mo... 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Benefits of Rs 80000 by EPFO to workers who worked between the years 1990 and 2019