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, Fundly 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…]
If you’ve been using Facebook Messenger for more than 10 minutes you’ve probably received an instant message that begins with something like:
As you probably know, the scammers of the world are getting sneakier by the day.
Email scams have been around almost as long as email itself, and the problem seems to be getting worse instead of better.