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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, March 27, 2022
• How to remotely sign out of Google on a lost or stolen device
• Scam alert: Don’t fall for this dangerous ‘Apple Gift Card’ scam
• Q&A: How can I stop Bing from opening search links in a new tab?
• Time-lapse video: The amazing Northern Lights
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Friday, December 17, 2021.
• Will the apps on a Windows 10 PC work with Windows 11?
• Scam alert: Beware scammers asking for gift cards
• How to make Windows start up with your last-used programs and websites already open
• Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives – Instrumental: “Over the Moon”
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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…]
Facebook consists of a vast community of “friends” who are interconnected to one another in a multitude of ways.
The whole thing can be both overwhelming and amazing.
Throughout a typical Facebook session we can see people we don’t even know pop up out of the digital woodwork to comment on and “Like” things that we or our friends have posted.
Nary a day goes by when I don’t receive fraudulent emails in my inbox and see one scam post after another hit my Facebook Newsfeed.
And unfortunately, there are plenty of dangerous scams taking place in the offline world as well.
It seems that the scammers are getting more sophisticated every day, and more people are falling for their treachery as a result.
That’s why I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell you about some of the most insidious scams that seem to keep popping up at various times. [Read more…]