A post is doing rounds on social media according to which global superstore chain, Aldi – a German supermarket chain, is giving ‘special gift bags’ to mark its 51st anniversary.
The claim read: “To celebrate 51 years of @ALDI, we’re sending out a special Gift Bag to everyone who types “Done”.”
The above post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be false.
We started our investigation with a Google search with relevant keywords, but we did not find any credible information about such a scheme.
On scanning through Alid’s social media handles, there was no post announcing the giveaway.
NewsMobile reached out to Aldi Stores UK on Twitter (@AldiUK), who confirmed to us that the above claim is baseless and not true. “We can confirm that this is not a genuine post from Aldi. We would recommend not to share any personal information,” Aldi UK told NewsMobile.
Hence, it is clear that the viral post is fake.
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