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If you have received the "WhatsApp Covid19 Curve Flattening in Argentina Video" message below, please do not share it because it is a hoax. There is no such malicious video and no such news was featured on CNN.
"Just a heads up....They are going to start circulating a video on WhatsApp that shows how the Covid19 curve is flattening in Argentina. The file is called "Argentina is doing it", do not open it or see it, it hacks your phone in 10 seconds and it cannot be stopped in any way. Pass the information on to your family and friends.Now they also said it on CNN."
"Just a heads up....They are going to start circulating a video on WhatsApp that shows how the Covid19 curve is flattening in Argentina. The file is called "Argentina is doing it", do not open it or see it, it hacks your phone in 10 seconds and it cannot be stopped in any way. Pass the information on to your family and friends.
Now they also said it on CNN."
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As soon as I saw the line about it being on CNN, I knew, without a doubt, that this is a hoax.