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In December 2020, some social media users encountered a message claiming that Cadbury was giving away hampers (or baskets) filled with chocolate to celebrate its 70th anniversary. This was not a genuine message from the famous confectionary company, however. It was just another social media scam. Here's an example of one such message that circulated on WhatsApp: A similar scam circulated on Facebook. That message claimed that everyone who shared and commented on the post would get a Cadbury Hamper delivered to their door in celebration of the company's 126th anniversary. This type of scam is common on social media. Users are asked to share and comment on the content in order to ensure that it gets spread to as many people as possible, and then users are asked to provide personal information, such as email addresses or even credit card numbers, under the guise of completing a survey or some other questionnaire. We've had many occasions to alert readers to this kind of fraud: This Cadbury scam has been circulating in various forms on social media since at least 2018. The company addressed these fraudulent posts in a November 2020 message on Facebook: The Better Business Bureau offers consumers several general tips to avoid getting scammed:
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