What to do if you get a WhatsApp message offering a free Easter chocolate basket – iNews

A free Easter basket sounds like just the ticket, especially when the cost-of-living crisis is already starting to bite into people’s budgets.But some unscrupulous scammers are preying on people’s good nature, offering some chocolate treats as a way to get them to click on a suspicious link.Here’s everything you need to know.What is the scam?Messages are being sent, reportedly through Whatsapp claiming to offer a free Cadbury Easter chocolate basket. Had this sent to me from loads of family members on WhatsApp this morning. A Free Cadbury Chocolate Basket! Spreading like wildfire with a shortened Russian URL. Probably worth telling your folks not to click it.. pic.twitter.com/Yzqx5xxfZA— James Murphy ???????? (@jwmurphy) March 31, 2022 It comes with a picture of an Easter egg with Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt, which is similar to a promotion the company is doing in real life, written on it. It claims that there are 5,000 free gifts to be won.But, of course it is not real.Accompanying it is a shortened URL link, that looks like it could be Russian due to its use of .ru instead of .co.uk or .com.It is recommended that you do not click on the link, enter any personal information, or…
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