Video of a man in police uniform applying Vaseline to an ATM card wrapped with silver foil and inserting the card in ATM to withdraw cash is being shared as real incident. Let’s find out the truth behind the video.
Claim: Video of a man in police uniform applying Vaseline to an ATM card wrapped with silver foil and inserting the card in ATM to withdraw cash.
Fact: The original full-length video was uploaded on the Facebook page of ‘Adley’ on 11 March 2022. However, the uploader mentions it as a scripted video and is meant for entertainment purposes only. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Reverse image search using the keyframes extracted from the viral video led us to the original full length video uploaded on the Facebook page of ‘Adley’ on 11 March 2022. The title of the video says, “ATMs don’t want you to know this”. However, the description mentions it as a pre-taped video intended for entertainment purposes only and not a real incident.
To sum it up, scripted video of man withdrawing cash from ATM by applying Vaseline to the card is shared as real incident.
