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Thursday, September 30, 2021 – Beware the dangerous ‘Cellular Carrier Loyalty Giveaway’ scam – How to permanently delete your Facebook account

Posted on September 30, 2021

Hello, and welcome…

Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Thursday, September 30, 2021.

 


 

Topics covered in this issue…

• How to search Google for multiple words at once

• Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Cellular Carrier Loyalty Giveaway’ scam

• Q&A: How do I permanently delete my Facebook account?

• How to quickly fix a WordPress blog that was broken by installing a ‘bad’ plugin

• The world’s oldest living tree is in California (and it’s over 5,000 years old)

• Info about my photo / file recovery service

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Scam alert: These malicious apps could be stealing your Facebook login credentials

Posted on July 5, 2021

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Regular readers of this blog know I often warn against installing apps from any repository besides the Google, Apple and Microsoft app stores because third-party app stores are typically riddled with malicious and malware-laden apps.

The big three mentioned above generally do a pretty good job at ensuring that the apps offered via their app stores are safe, but they are far from perfect.

To that point, a recent discovery by researchers for Dr. Web Antivirus has resulted in Google booting a total of nine malicious apps from the Google Play Store.

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Scam Alert: Don’t fall for the despicable “Sick Child” scam on Facebook

Posted on March 20, 2021

Just when I think the scammers on Facebook have reached rock bottom, they manage to come up with an even more despicable scam.

This ugly “sick child” scam makes the rounds from time to time, and unfortunately it’s back again.

It always works something like this…

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Scam alert: If you receive a message on Facebook saying ‘Hi….I actually got another friend request from you’, it’s a hoax.

Posted on August 20, 2020

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…]

Scam alert: One of these 25 popular Android apps could be stealing your Facebook login info!

Posted on July 13, 2020

I often write about malicious mobile apps that were designed to cause all kinds of problems on Facebook, but I usually write about just one or two of them at a time.

But now a group of 25 very popular Android apps that were all written by the same company have been removed from the Google Play Store for stealing the Facebook login credentials of millions of unsuspecting users.

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