Hoax: No Ramadan contest with up to $5M in cash prizes in the UAE | via PesaCheck | April 2023

The offer is not among the charity offerings in the UAE during Ramadan.

this associate In a WhatsApp group that purports to offer a Ramadan contest run by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with up to $5 million in cash up for grabs, it is a scam.

When you click the link, an image of Sheikh Mohammed, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears. Next came the news that the Prime Minister will be offering cash prizes during Ramadan.

To qualify, users need to answer questions related to Ramadan and Islam, including what are the fasting instructions during Ramadan and how many chapters are in the Qur’an. Provides the user with a drop-down list of answers to choose from.

PesaCheck tries the quiz three times, selecting different answers each time, and notifies that all answers are correct on each attempt. This leads to a section where boxes with cash offers must be selected.

However, once the correct box is selected, in addition to instructing users on how to claim their cash, they will also be directed to share the link with other WhatsApp users.This trick works with phishing scamin which people are lured into providing personal information based on false promises.

Pessac has debunk Similar statements have been made before, and it is found that they are mischief.

To further confirm the veracity of this statement, we visited UAE Government Websitewhere we find Information about Ramadan events and charities. The so-called cash donation has no content.

We also checked the Ruler of Dubai’s personal website And has nothing to do with the so-called Ramadan competition.

PesaCheck investigated a link in a WhatsApp group announcing a Ramadan contest by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with up to $5 million up for grabs, and found that it was a scam.

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This fact check was written by a PesaCheck fact checker Flavia Nazaca Edited by PesaCheck Senior Copy Editor cedric thanks and Acting Chief Copy Editor Francis Mwaniki.

Article approved for publication by PesaCheck Editor-in-Chief Doreen Winaina.

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