WhatsApp

According to this widely circulated WhatsApp post, you must forward a message to your WhatsApp contact list or your account will be deleted.

According to a message that is circulating via WhatsApp, the company has decided to let the app “work without Internet” at no extra cost. 

Unfortunately, this message combines information about a real threat with a silly virus hoax and this has caused considerable confusion.

According to a message circulating via WhatsApp, you can follow a link to win a 2018 Toyota Yaris. Supposedly, Toyota is offering the chance to win the cars as a means of celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Message claims that smartphone instant messaging application WhatsApp needs its users to re-send the same message to everyone on their contact lists to prove that they are active users because the company’s “servers have recently been really full” or are “very congested”.

A message that is circulating primarily via WhatsApp claims that European brewer Heineken is giving away 4 barrels of beer to celebrate its 140th anniversary.

According to a message that is currently circulating via cross-platform instant messaging service WhatsApp,  Pizza Hut is giving everyone 2 large pizzas as a means of celebrating “60 years of quality service”.

WhatsApp users are currently being hit by “urgent” posts claiming that they can get a free car by following a link. 

A message currently circulating via WhatsApp warns users not to open a video called “martinelli” because it will hack your phone in 10 seconds and you will not be able to stop it.

If you use WhatsApp, keep an eye out for fraudulent messages claiming that you can click to get new colours for your app.