Cadbury fans have been warned over a fake email and Facebook page that promises punters free chocolate.
Fraudsters posing as the popular chocolate producer have been tempting fans with a “free Cadbury pack” in a string of dodgy emails.
Unsuspecting victims are then asked to hit an unknown link - which experts have urged people not to click, the Mirror reports.
Clicking on the link will take the user to a malicious website, which will steal your personal and financial information.
ProPrivacy has advised Scots to check to see which firm the email address is attached to.
The scam experts say that a dead giveaway that shows you’re dealing with a fraudster is if the email address isn’t from a reputable company.
For example, a screengrab of the fake Cadbury email on Twitter shows the sender’s email is made up of random letters.
The message in the email reads: “A Cadbury Pack Could Be Yours!”
You can identify if an email address is legitimate by hovering over or tapping on the sender in the email message.
You should also look for misspellings or other grammatical mistakes in the email which are tell-tell signs of a scam.
Meanwhile, there also appears to be a fake Cadbury World page doing the rounds on Facebook.
Again, this has been set up by fraudsters and wrongly promises free Cadbury chocolate in return for likes and shares.
This is commonly referred to as “like-farming” which is where someone sets up a fake page to gain “likes” - making the page more popular than it actually is.
Scammers then change the name of the group and either start spamming the people who've liked it with other fake adverts, or they'll sell the page on.
The most obvious sign that this page is fake is that it has been incorrectly spelt as “Cadbury Word”.
But worryingly, 47,000 had still liked the page when it was checked this week.
Cadbury World tweeted yesterday: “A huge thank you to everyone who has reached out to us to let us know about the fraudulent Cadbury World Facebook pages offering free hampers.
“We are working hard to have them taken down. Please do not interact with the pages or disclose any of your personal information.”
