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by deadalus 1492 days ago
Came across this article about Whitehat Jr, its hilarious : https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/who-wolf-gupta-story-b...

They created a fictional character 'WOLF GUPTA' to promote their brand.
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kburman 1492 days ago
Creating a fictional character is not a bad thing but what they did is the claim that it is a real story with a success story that he got a job offer from Google and package in crores(INR) all being a kid. Ran this ad nationwide on all media and mislead many parents who already have FOMO.

When asked about this kid wolf Gupta they sent a full legal team to threaten anyone who raises questions mass reporting bad reviews as a task from their employees.

And when it got out of hand they acknowledged that it was all a lie and continued misleadig parents like nothing bad in it.

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ClumsyPilot 1492 days ago
If I pulled that kind of shit in my job, I'd be fired or in jail. Surely this is fraud?
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s09dfhks 1492 days ago
Reminds me of the fictional highschool prodigy musician "Ling Ling" that the "Ling Ling 40hrs" subreddit created
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simonh 1492 days ago
Was anyone ever threatened with legal action for saying Ling Ling was a fictional character?
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