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“Cadbury is giving 500 Free baskets of Cadbury chocolates to everyone on its 196th Anniversary”
Social media posts Claim dated 15 May 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Mondelez India Foods Limited, the producer of Cadbury chocolates in India, has not made any such announcement of free Cadbury chocolate hampers. Cadbury had warned the customers not to be exploited by such phishing scams

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 15 May 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 August 2020, 81 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.

This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.