New Delhi: PIB Fact Check on Monday warned internet users of an AI-manipulated video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman suggesting an investment scheme to earn Rs 60,000 in 24 hours and Rs 10 lakh a month.

The fact-checking unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB) said that the video is false and misleading as it was digitally altered.

“A video on Facebook falsely shows Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman promoting an ‘investment program’ that promises easy daily income. The Finance Minister or the Government of India has NOT launched or endorsed any such scheme,” the PIB Fact Check said in an official post on X.

PIB urged people not to fall for such get-rich-quick traps and first verify any such claims before taking any financial action.

“Don’t fall for such get-rich-quick traps! St

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