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Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
As you surely already know, the Internet can be a very dangerous place – and social media has made it more dangerous still.
I have already written several posts warning parents about the dangers of posting photos of their small children online, and now the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has boosted the danger to an entirely new level. [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Email scams are certainly nothing new, and there’s one making the rounds via email once again that causes tons of heartache every time it rears its ugly head.
And unfortunately, this one will trash your PC’s Windows installation if you fall for it.
As usual, the wording of the scam varies a bit, but this seems to be the version that most people are receiving: [Read more…]
If you use Facebook you’ve probably started seeing ads that appear to be from Lowe’s Home Improvement offering to sell lawnmowers at ridiculously low prices.
I’m talking lawnmowers that sell for as much as $800 being sold on “clearance” or via a “Flash sale” for $99.
I checked into these “offers”, and as expected, they are all scams. [Read more…]
Once again this very dangerous scam is making the rounds on Facebook and via email.
What makes this scam so dangerous is the way it appears to come from Facebook themselves.
But trust me, it does not.
The scam is a fake warning that Facebook is preparing to disable your account. [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Facebook for more than five minutes you’re surely familiar with all the ads that show up in your Newsfeed and over in the sidebar.
And if you’ve been using Facebook for more than an hour you probably know that a good portion of those ads are actually scams.
Well, there’s something you should know about those scam ads… [Read more…]