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As you probably know, lots of celebrities use Facebook to keep in touch with their fans and share news of upcoming events with them.
Unfortunately, lots of scammers are busy piggy-backing off the success of those celebrities by cloning their accounts and using those fake accounts to scam the celebrities’ fans.
One of the scammers’ favorite targets is Ellen DeGeneres because of her well-known penchant for giving things away, both on her show and via her social media accounts. [Read more…]
If it seems like the scammers and hoaxsters never take a break from Facebook, it’s because they really don’t.
At any point in time there are numerous scammers sitting around trying to think up new ways to scam innocent Facebook users.
And as is usually the case, there’s a particularly dangerous scam making the rounds right now via Facebook Messenger.
But luckily, as dangerous as this scam is, it’s extremely easy to recognize and avoid it when you see it.
Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Thursday, October 7, 2021.
• How to find out how much of your phone’s storage is being used
• Why you should avoid ‘Quizzes’ on Facebook!
• Announcing my new newsletter featuring nothing but the best blogging tips
• Want to see an aerial photo of your house?
• Did you know Alaska is both the westernmost AND the easternmost U.S. state?
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Question from Gene: Rick, is there any way to block app invites from just one friend on Facebook while still allowing other people to send them to me?
I read your post explaining how to block ALL app and game requests on Facebook, but I don’t want to do that.
I just want to block the app requests from one specific person. She’s driving me nuts trying to get me to use an app that I really don’t want to use.
I don’t want to block her completely or unfriend her. All I want to do is block her stupid app requests.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Well, another recurring and extremely irritating “Friend Request” hoax is now making the rounds yet again on Facebook.
Luckily, it’s very easy to avoid falling for this one.
All you have to do is ignore any messages you receive via Facebook Messenger, Chat or IM that read like this: [Read more…]