Posts With Malicious Link Claims That Govt Will Give ₹5000 For Rakshabandhan

There are no official announcements or news reports to prove the credibility of this claim.

Fact-Check: The link in the viral post is fake and not real.

(Source: The Quint) 

A post on social media containing an external link has gone viral, which claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is providing ₹5,000 cash rewards to citizens for the festival of Rakshabandhan (9 August) and Independence Day (15 August).

The post read, "On behalf of the BJP, to the people of the entire India, click here to transfer money to your bank account."

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: Facebook) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• The external link is fake and there is no official announcement by the government in this matter.

What we found: At first, we clicked on the link provided in the post. It led us to another page which noted that the ₹5,000 cash reward came under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).

• We went through the supposed page and found a scratch card which would reveal the reward. Upon scratching it, Team WebQoof got rewards worth ₹669.

Here is a preview of the page. 

(Source: wh1463450.ispot.cc) 

• We scrolled down and found another link which led us to a pop-up that asked the method to receive the cash reward.

Here is the preview of the page. 

(Source: wh1463450.ispot.cc) 

More about the link: Team WebQoof searched for "wh1463450.ispot.cc" the link address on Google and were led to an index page which further contained links to other webpages. Readers can swipe right to view them.

• The other pages were also about the alleged cash rewards on the occasion of Rakshabandhan.

• One of the pages noted that this alleged reward came under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.

Here is a preview of the index. 

Here is a preview of the page which lists this scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. 

Here is a preview of the page. 

• We checked the domain details of this page on 'WhoIs.com' and found that it was registered in 2014, with its location listed as New Jersey, United States of America.

Here are the details of the page. 

(Source: WhoIs.Com/Screenshot) 

• Team WebQoof also checked this link on EasyDMARC, a website to detect Phishing links. It's noted that the URL was 'suspicious.'

Here is a preview of the results. 

(Source: Easy DMARC)

About Facebook page: The account was created in 2022 as "Trend Hunter," and registered as a 'Gaming video creator. ' It changed its name to 'BJP INDIA' in July 2025.

• The account had not posted anything, except, an update in their profile photo on 2 August.

The page changed its username thrice between 2022-2025. 

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot) 

• We checked the Meta Advertisement Library and found that similar posts from August by this account were running on ads which were currently inactive.

Here is a preview of the Advertisement Library.

(Source: Advertisement Library/Screenshot) 

No official reports: We did not find any official announcements or news reports regarding such a move by the government.

• Additionally, the viral post claimed that these rewards were given under the PMJDY. However, government websites in India end with 'gov.in' in their URLs, which was not in the viral link.

• The URL which leads to official website of PMJDY is: https://www.pmjdy.gov.in/

This is the official government website of the PMJDY.

(Source: PMJDY/Screenshot) 

• Moreover, Team WebQoof has previously debunked a similar claim which noted that the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was giving a reward of ₹5000 to the citizens in order to celebrate its win. You can read the story here.

Conclusion: A social media post containing a fraudulent link has gone viral to falsely claim that the central government was giving cash rewards on the occasion of Rakshabandhan and Independence Day.

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