The Indian government recently warned people against a lottery scam that ran under the banner of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) along Reliance Jio Infocomm.

The scheme-scam sent messages to huge count of people and made promises to reward “winners” with ₹ 25 lakh.

Sharing an image of the scheme on Koo, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check account clarified that it was a fake scheme and the government has no connection with it.

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फोन कॉल, ई-मेल और मैसेज पर धोखेबाजों द्वारा यह #फ़र्ज़ी दावा किया जा रहा है कि प्राप्तकर्ता ने ₹25,00,000 की लॉटरी जीती है। #PIBFactCheck ▶️ऐसे लॉटरी स्कैम से सावधान रहें। ▶️ इस तरह के कॉल, मेल और मैसेज पर अपनी निजी जानकारी साझा ना करें। 🔗https://t.co/qQYdoRZuMn https://t.co/3hamEuleFc

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- PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) 26 Nov 2021

According to NDTV, 'The PIB also provided a link to Delhi Police's Cyber Cell in its Instagram handle that offered more details about the “KBC Lottery Frauds” and asked people to follow some precautions when dealing with such claims.'

Stay alert if you too have received these texts, don't fall in the trap. Several internet users have come across such fraudulent messages promising of lottery offers on the brand of KBC. Some have taken to social media to write and inform officials, take a look:

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