Is It Scam Or Legit? Free Chocolate on Cadbury World 147 Years Celebration - Genuine?
Beware of Cadbury World 147 Years Celebration scam circulating on social media apps/sites like WhatsApp and Facebook pretending to be send by one of the managers in the Cadbury World named Nicola Hamilton (they may use other names and positions as well) claiming that everyone who comments Love Cadbury and share such posts will get Cadbury hampers (free chocolates) in next 48 hours delivered to their door.
These kinds of scams may also ask you to click the link or trick you to submit your personal details by asking you to take part in survey or questionnaire but you should not follow their instruction. But mostly, these are like farming scams to get more likes, comments, shares on their social media pages.
One of the examples of Cadbury World scam is as below:
"Hello everyone, my name is Nicola Hamilton and I am one of the managers in the world of Cadbury. there is good news for all of you to celebrate 147 years of cadbury.,everyone who shares and comments Love Cadbury. in the next 48 hours will have one of these cadbury hampers delivered to their door.limit 1 per person.enjoy your free chocolate and Thank you all"
You may get similar types of such scams in several forms. So, you can help us by reporting similar kinds of scams below in the comment section. If you are concerned with your privacy, then you can comment below without submitting your email address.
What is the motive behind these fraudulent activities? The reality of the Cadbury Word 147 Years Celebration post claiming to giveaway free chocolates
These fraud social media posts are not from any genuine companies but from scammers. They may trick you to like, comment and share such posts so that they can get tons of followers on their social media pages. Once these scammers got enough number of followers on their social media pages, they will rename their social media pages and will sell to third parties as per the number of followers they have. Not only that, but they may also try to hack your personal information as far as possible.
They may ask you to click some link and submit the personal details on the fake website posing the real ones or call them or message/reply to them or take part in the questionnaire where they will trick you to submit your personal details. So, you should not follow any instructions provided in these posts or click any link or download anything (if provided any). The links or files provided on these posts may also contain some viruses or malware or spyware that can hack your device as well.
So, if you get confused about the legitimacy of the posts that you receive, then it's better you contact or check on the official website of the respective company (in this case you can contact Cadbury) to confirm either the posts you have seen are real or fake ones.
Once these cybercriminals get your personal information, they make money by selling those details. If they get your credit card information, even they can steal money from your credit card. So, you should not follow any instructions provided on these kinds of posts.
These posts may not come in the name of the same company or in the same format. These scammers may use multiple numbers, emails, and the name of companies to send similar posts or even messages. A few examples of scams are:
- Flipkart 15th Anniversary Questionnaire Scamadbury-world-celebration-scam
- Adidas 70th Anniversary Scam Claiming to Giveaway Free Adidas Shoes
- Honda 70th Anniversary Celebration Scam
- Jollibee 40th Anniversary Celebration Scam, etc.
So, help us by reporting similar types of posts by using the comment section below.
Now you know the reality of these kinds of fraud posts. So, if you want to say something about it or want to report any kinds of scams, then please feel free to leave your comment below. After all, we are here to spread awareness about scams. So, let’s do it together. Let’s save innocent people from scams.
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Good Luck!
Is this a scam? Cadbury will deliver hampers to everyone who comments before 20th January. The name of Nicola Hamilton is used again
Yes it is