The anniversary WhatsApp scam is back, now it’s Lulu Hypermarket ‘offering free gifts’!

Remember how some of your friends were convinced a few months back that Amazon — founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 — was giving away free gifts through a promotional event to mark their 30th anniversary? By the time they were convinced it was a scam and no Santa Claus was coming with free gadgets, they had already spammed many more over WhatsApp. Although no after-effects were reported, thousands fell prey to the fraud and the forwarding cycle went on for a few days before it eventually died down.