As you know, the scammers of the world are always on the lookout for new ways to separate you from your hard-earned money.
And unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has given them plenty of new ways to do it.
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How to find and remove ‘ghost friends’ from your Friends List on Facebook
Facebook is a vast community consisting of approximately 2 billion users, and over time it’s easy to amass a large number of “Facebook friends”.
As your friends list grows, it’s inevitable that some of your friends will deactivate their accounts for some reason but never got around to actually deleting it.
The thing is, when a friend’s account is deactivated that person isn’t automatically removed from your friends list.
Those friends who are no longer active on Facebook are called “ghost friends”.
Scam alert: Beware the dangerous ‘Your friend wants to connect with you’ Messenger scam
As you probably know, Facebook is a favorite playground for scammers and hoaxsters.
It seems like a new scam or hoax pops up on a daily basis while others seem to come and go like the tides.
Right now a very dangerous recurring scam is once again targeting Facebook Messenger users.
The actual scams being perpetrated vary quite a bit but most of them typically work something like this: [Read more…]
Scam alert: Don’t fall for the irritating ‘Busy Servers’ Messenger hoax
Well, the scammers and hoaxsters never seem to take a break from Facebook and it’s companion Messenger app. It seems like a new one starts making the rounds virtually every day.
The latest hoax to come to my attention is being spread primarily by Messenger.
The text of the hoax messages vary, but they usually read something like this: [Read more…]
5 tips for enhancing the security of your Facebook account
It seems like much of this past week was spent answering various questions about Facebook, so I thought I would pass along a few links to some of the posts I referred to in my responses.
Probably the most common Facebook question that I receive is how to prevent one’s account from getting hacked. And the answer is it all boils down to security.
With that in mind, here are five things you can do to make your Facebook account as secure as possible: [Read more…]
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