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As you probably know, there are almost as many scams and hoaxes on Facebook as there are grains of sand on a beach.
Old scams and hoaxes never really go away, and new ones keep popping up all the time.
There’s an old and very irritating hoax that’s making the rounds again right now, and it’s causing quite a stir among my Facebook friends and blog readers. It works something like this… [Read more…]
Do you use the ultra-popular video conferencing service known as Zoom?
If so, you should know that the login credentials for approximately half a million Zoom users are now being actively sold, traded and even given away on the dark web.
And yours could well be among them!
By now you’re probably familiar with the terms malware and freeware, but now there’s a new term you need to be aware of: Fleeceware
That’s the name security company Sophos has assigned to a new class of malicious mobile apps.
These malicious “fleeceware” apps list themselves as “Free With In-App Purchases” on the app store’s download page.
The problem is they create a fraudulent subscription and start charging you a weekly, monthly or quarterly fee soon after you install them.
Here’s a list of known fleeceware apps that are actively stealing money from unsuspecting users: [Read more…]
As you surely know, the Coronavirus pandemic has already caused a lot of financial pain for millions of Americans.
And unfortunately things are likely to get even worse before they get any better.
To help ease the pain for the American people, the US Congress has passed and President Trump has signed a massive $2 trillion economic stimulus bill that includes a provision to provide cash payments to most Americans.
These “stimulus payments’ will be greatly appreciated by the folks who are suffering the most from the economy’s screeching halt, but as you might expect the scammers of the world are already hard at work trying to get their own piece of the stimulus pie.
There are currently dozens of stimulus related scams being perpetrated. Here are just a few of the most common ones: [Read more…]
As you probably know, Facebook scams and hoaxes take many forms.
Whether they show up in your newsfeed or arrive in your Messenger inbox, the results are always the same…
Lots of folks either get scammed or they become very irritated due to the deluge of fraudulent messages they receive.
The latest hoax to come to my attention is being spread primarily via Facebook Messenger.