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There’s a new scam making the rounds on Facebook just in time for the New Year. This one claims to be giving away a $250 Kroger Gift card just for filling out a survey or performing some other innocent sounding task.
The problem is the folks behind the “giveaway” have no relation whatsoever to Kroger. They are actually just a bunch of scammers who are out to steal the personal information you provide when “signing up” for the “giveaway” for their own sinister purposes. [Read more…]
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The scammers just never seem to take a break from Facebook, and one of the most enticing scams of them all is making the rounds yet again.
It’s basically just a variation of the old “Free Gift Card” scam that pretty much stays viral on Facebook.
In a nutshell, the scam post says Walmart is giving away free $250 gift cards to anyone who wants one. [Read more…]
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I’ve recently noticed a major increase in the number of scam posts claiming to offer Ray-Ban sunglasses at huge discounts, often at up to 90% off.
These Ray-Ban discount scams have been making the rounds for years, but typically just a few here and there at any given time.
But right now it seems they’re everywhere.
These Ray-Ban scams take many forms, but the most common one consists of a simple image similar to the one below: [Read more…]
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How many times have you seen something like this on Facebook?
“I’d like to wish my amazing husband John Doe a very happy 53rd birthday!”
Chances are, you see posts like this all the time.
Facebook makes it easy to wish loved ones and friends a happy birthday and elicit additional birthday greetings from lots of other folks.
But truth be told, it’s a very dangerous practice to mention the person’s actual age in the greeting because it’s an open invitation for identity theft. [Read more…]
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Well, the scammers never seem to take a break on Facebook, and right now they’re striking extra hard while everyone’s hunkered down at home and spending a lot of time on the Internet.
Scammers love to strike during special events and holidays because they know that many of us have our guard down during those times.
Every year at this time the insidious “Lowe’s Mother’s Day Coupon Scam” starts making the rounds again, and right on schedule it’s back for 2025. This is how the scam works: [Read more…]