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By now you’re probably aware of the many fake gift card scams that are making the rounds on the Internet, but now there’s a semi-offline version that’s affecting people nationwide here in the U.S.
I used the term semi-online because that’s pretty much what it is.
As usual, there are several variations of this scam, but most of them are perpetrated in the following manner: [Read more…]
Are you aware that hackers could be using malicious apps installed on your Windows 10 machine to send spam and virus-laden emails to other people, in your name?
This is taking place right now on the unsuspecting users’ PCs, and it’s happening on a massive scale.
And guess what? If people are receiving malicious emails that were sent from your computer they’re almost certainly thinking it was YOU that sent them!
Well, the scammers are working overtime to try to take advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic while it lasts.
The latest Covid-related scam is very simple in concept, but it’s turning out to be extremely effective at stealing the personal and financial information of countless unsuspecting users.
Email scams have been around almost as long as email itself, and the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.
Add in all the scams that are constantly making the rounds on social media and it’s easy to see that fraud is a major problem in today’s connected world.
There’s a rather tempting email and social media scam that pops up every now and then, and unfortunately it’s making the rounds again right now.
Unfortunately, this scam is quite easy to fall for because of the way it’s perpetrated.
It’s called the “Get a Free Gift Card” scam, and there are several variations of it that I’ve seen to date. Here are the three that rear their ugly heads most often: [Read more…]
A recent study have found that almost half of all Americans get their news from Facebook.
That’s a startling number, and it’s even more startling that almost two-thirds of millennials use the social media giant as their primary news source!
There’s nothing inherently wrong with an Internet company delivering the news of the day, but the almost constant barrage of “fake news” stories that show up in our Facebook Newsfeeds makes it hard for many users to recognize which stories are true and which are fake.
Luckily, there are things you can do to identify and avoid fake news: [Read more…]
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