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Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘Mother’s Day’ coupon scam

Posted on April 16, 2025

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Well, the scammers never seem to take a break on Facebook, and right now they’re striking extra hard while everyone’s hunkered down at home and spending a lot of time on the Internet.

Scammers love to strike during special events and holidays because they know that many of us have our guard down during those times.

Every year at this time the insidious “Lowe’s Mother’s Day Coupon Scam” starts making the rounds again, and right on schedule it’s back for 2025. This is how the scam works: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Blank Images’ email scam

Posted on April 11, 2025

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As you probably know, the scammers of the world are getting sneakier by the day.

One of the latest scams that’s making the rounds right now consists of a mostly blank email with a line stating some variation of the following:

“If you can’t see the images below, click here.“

In all the scam emails the words “click here” will be hyperlinked to a malicious web page.

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Scam alert: Protect yourself against fraudulent or misleading crowdfunding campaigns

Posted on April 4, 2025

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Crowdfunding campaigns have been around for a while now, and truth be told, they have really helped a lot of people out of some really unfortunate jams and done lots of good for the world overall.

Sites like Kickstarter, IndieGogo, GoFundMe and others have helped bring numerous innovative new products to market and allowed families in need to raise much needed cash for critical surgeries, emergency housing after devastating fires and countless other legitimate needs.

But unfortunately the emergence of crowdfunding has also made it much easier for scammers to take advantage of kind-hearted and generous people on a massive scale. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Expiring Apple ID’ phishing scam

Posted on April 3, 2025

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Well, another very insidious phishing scam is making the rounds again.

This one won’t show up in your Facebook Newsfeed or in an email.

Instead, you’ll receive it in an SMS text message, and if you fall for the bait it could end up costing you dearly.

The scam works like this…

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