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As you probably know, scammers love targeting the 2+ billion worldwide users on Facebook, and unfortunately many of the scams can be quite tempting.
These scams typically piggyback off the success of large corporations because just the name of the company alone tends to lend an air of legitimacy to the fraudulent “offers”.
A perfect case-in-point is the “Free Red Lobster Meals” scam that’s making the rounds yet again on Facebook. [Read more…]
Have you ever received an email from someone that seems to know you personally, but the sender’s name is nowhere to be found in the email?
It happens to me fairly often, and I’ve discovered a way to quickly determine the sender’s identity in at least some of those cases.
All you need to do is check to see if the sender of an anonymous email used that same email address to open a Facebook account. Just follow the instructions below for the device you’re using. [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.
Question from Laura: I know we can hide posts that we don’t like on Facebook, but I heard that hidden posts aren’t actually hidden from everyone.
If that’s true, what’s the point in hiding them? And who are they NOT hidden from?
Rick’s answer: That’s a great question, Laura. And what you heard is correct – hidden posts aren’t hidden from everyone. In fact, the odds are great that the number of people who can see a hidden post will far exceed the number of people who can’t. [Read more…]
As you probably know, Facebook is a vast social media platform that offers numerous ways for people to interact with one another, and just generally have a good time.
One of Facebook’s most popular features is the ability to run third-party apps.
If you can think of something you’d like to do on Facebook, there’s probably an app that makes it possible. And many apps are indeed quite useful.
But there’s something you need to know about Facebook apps: Some of them can be quite dangerous. [Read more…]