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The Coronavirus pandemic has left millions of folks looking for new ways to make up for lost income.
Unfortunately, that presents an opportunity for crooks and scammers to make a few extra bucks as well.
The latest scam to hit the Facebook world is targeting people who could use a little financial help at this difficult point in time – which of course is pretty much everyone.
By now you surely know there are multiple scams making the rounds on social media at any given time.
That’s just a sad fact of life in this Internet era.
There’s a very dangerous scam that’s been popping up on Facebook at times for years, and unfortunately it’s making the rounds again right now.
This scam works something like this: [Read more…]
Question from Yvonne: I keep seeing all those posts asking people to post their senior year photos.
I know there’s a lot of scams on Facebook. Is this one of them?
I guess what I’m really asking is if it’s safe to participate in it?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Ellen: I’ve been following your blog for a while now, Rick.
It seems like you write about a new Facebook scam or hoax at least a couple of times a week.
I always forward them to my sister to make sure she sees them, but the other night she asked me to stop.
She said there can’t really be that many scams on Facebook because they keep them cleaned up.
I got to thinking about it and it does seem like there are an awful lot of them. Are you sure they’re all real?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Hello again! I hope you had a great week!
As you probably know, Facebook is a virtual playground for scammers who are experts at finding new ways to separate you from your money.
While there is always a scam or two making the rounds, this is apparently an especially busy month for the scammers.
Today I’m going to tell you about several current Facebook scams that you need to be on the lookout for: [Read more…]
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