Hoax Message Claims Video Titled ‘India Is Doing It’ Will Hack Your Phone

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BOOM had previously debunked this claim in July 2020 when it went viral as a hoax in Argentina, and again in October 2020 when the 'Argentina' was replaced by 'India'. The message is verbatim to the previous message except the "Now they also siad it on TV news" part. It still asks readers to forward the message. The way the message has been written is a telltale sign of an obvious hoax, since it relies on people forwarding the message to their friends and relatives. Additionally, it threatens with extremes such as "it hacks your phone in 10 seconds" and that it cannot "be stopped in any way." Such extreme threats are usually meant to scare the reader and hinder them from thinking logically.