Every day on social media, users come across posts showing well known personalities promoting investment schemes that claim to offer unbelievable profits. But are these truly legitimate opportunities?
Factcrescendo has investigated and uncovered the truth behind these claims.
Social Media Posts :
Posts circulating online claim that Sri Lankan citizens can invest Rs. 75,000 and earn up to Rs. 750,000 per month in interest, supposedly through a government program announced by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in a public address.
Links to register for these “programs” are shared with such posts, followed by videos allegedly showing the President promoting these investments.
Other videos feature figures like Charith from “WildBook”, who supposedly revealed that investing Rs. 75,000 could yield Rs. 300,000 within a single day.
Similar posts also mentioned Otara Gunawardena in connection with this investment scheme.
An article further promoted a platform called NetherexPro, stating that citizens could receive Rs. 750,000 for life by investing Rs. 75,000 on the website.
Additionally, a video circulated on Facebook showed billionaire businessman Dhammika Perera allegedly promoting a financial investment platform, claiming that an initial investment of Rs. 75,000 could double to Rs. 150,000.
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