Viral Message: Heineken® is giving away free kegs in celebration of its 140th Anniversary, and encourages recipients to share the message. This is indeed a scam and is not sanctioned byHEINEKEN is fake message.
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Heineken® is giving awayfree kegs in celebration of its 140th Anniversary, and encourages recipients to share the message. This is indeed a scam and is not sanctioned byHEINEKEN.
Watch out for messages on social media – like WhatsApp – that urge recipients to click a link to receive a free keg of Heineken beer who – according to the message – are celebrating their 140th anniversary.
Heineken is giving away 4 Barrels (5 LT) Limited edition to celebrate.
Viral Message Verification:- A message being circulating on the social media regarding HEINEKEN giving away free beer is false. The links given in the message will you land you on a page where you will end up giving your personal information which might be helpful in certain way, but will definitely will ot be helpful to you and will not even give you a free beer.
Here’s what the scam message looks like in WhatsApp:
HEINEKEN company responded to this and the social media and gave the below statement
Please be advised there is currently a ‘Free Beer’ phishing scam circulating through social networks. The promotion states Heineken® is giving away free kegs in celebration of its 140th Anniversary, and encourages recipients to share the message. This is indeed a scam and is not sanctioned by HEINEKEN.
Promotions of this type will always be announced via official Heineken® channels. We do not advise consumers to click on the link, share personal data, or share the message within their networks.
When in doubt, please contact the consumer service hotline in your market.
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