Warning over fake EasyJet scam doing the rounds on Facebook – here’s why you should NEVER click on it

EASYJET has warned customers about a new scam doing the rounds on Facebook.

The post offers two free flights for each customer to celebrate the airline's 22nd anniversary and includes an image of an EasyJet boarding pass.

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But on closer inspection it looks very dodgy.

The url for the website - EasyJetlover.us - is is really a malware site used by scammers to steal personal information from those who click on it.

But that hasn't stopped Facebook users from the sharing the post.

A spokesperson from the budget airline said: “EasyJet is aware of this fake Facebook competition and can confirm this is not a genuine EasyJet ticket giveaway. We posted on our own Facebook page earlier this week to warn customers of this.

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“Genuine competitions of this nature will only be hosted on EasyJet’s official Facebook page.

“There are a number of posts of this nature currently mentioning a number of airlines and we encourage customers to flag these to us so we can work to get them removed.”

It's not the first airline to be targeted by a viral scam on Facebook.

Last week, Ryanair issued a warning to customers following a similar post that cropped up on the social media site.

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