Lidl customers warned over Whatsapp competition scam

By The Newsroom

Published 1st Jun 2017, 16:39 BST

Updated 4th Jun 2017, 21:21 BST

People are being urged not to enter their details.

Discount supermarket giant Lidl has this afternoon, Thursday June 1, issued a warning to its customers about a WhatsApp scam using its branding.

A statement put out by the company on social media this afternoon read: “Dear Lidlers, a number of you have contacted us about a competition to win prizes from Lidl via WhatsApp. Unfortunately this is a scam.

“If in doubt about a competition, please contact us and we’ll be happy to verify any promotion we’re currently running.”