Mumbai, May 23: There is scam currently running online, so stay alert, don't fall prey to it.  You must have noticed while scrolling through Facebook-'Jet Airways Airline is giving 2 Free Tickets to everyone, To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, Click here to get yours'. It is a scam, and the airline is in no way connected to it.

The airline has issued a statement regarding this and, has posted on Twitter, that it is not an official contest, and to be cautious. The post further mentioned that all genuine contests and giveaways are hosted from Jet Airways' verified social media accounts, indicated with a blue tick.

Check the airline's Twitter post

Some people have fallen prey to the fake message which reads like - "Jetairways Airline is giving 2 Free Tickets to everyone,To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, Click here to Get yours: http://www.xn--jetarways-ypb.com/ticketsjetaırways.com/tickets ."

These kind of scams are very common, and time and again, we have seen them on our social media walls. A similar type of fraud was traced in February this year in the name of Thai Airways. It was a survey, and on completing it, free tickets were promised to the consumers as part of their anniversary promotion. However, the intention behind the scam was to make people divulge their personal information

Last year, there was a Facebook scam, promising two free Delta airline tickets. It was a survey, and the spammers were collecting consumer data with the help of it. Delta immediately clarified that it was fraudulent activity, and asked those who provided information to spammers, to change their SkyMiles account password immediately and monitor their account for any misuse.

A fake post is usually filled with grammatical and spelling errors, like in the above mentioned case, the url is- http://www.xn--jetarways-ypb.com/ . Also, the easiest way, you can spot, if it is a fake link is see if it uses "https" and not "http". Always keep your eyes and ears open in today's age of social media. After all there ain't no such thing as a free lunch!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 24, 2018 09:17 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).