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Phishing scam attempts are distributed in many forms, but most of them arrive in our email Inboxes in the form of fraudulent emails.
The scammers are getting better at their evil craft by the day and it’s pretty hard to tell some of the fake emails from real ones.
Luckily, that isn’t the case with this latest round of phishing emails.
Here’s a screenshot one such email that landed in my Inbox this morning: [Read more…]
Facebook is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, and with over two billion registered users it’s a virtual gold mine for scam artists out to make an easy buck.
There are countless scams being perpetrated on Facebook at all times, but every now and then a particularly insidious one pops up.
The purpose of this post is to warn you about a scam that has cleaned out the bank accounts of at least three of my own Facebook friends.
This year’s Christmas shopping season in now in full swing, and you know what that means…
Yep, the scammers are out in force on Facebook trying their best to scam innocent users out of their hard-earned money.
As you probably know, Facebook is a haven for crooks and scammers due to its massive 2+ billion world-wide user base.
An old Facebook scam that exploits the trust and love people have for their family members is once again making the rounds, and it’s easy to fall for this one if you aren’t careful.
There are subtle variations of the scam, but it typically works something like this: [Read more…]
Update: This one is making the rounds yet again. Beware…
If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you surely know that scams abound on that site.
And as the latest scam proves, the scammers are getting bolder all the time.
And as you will soon see, this one is nothing more than straight-up fraud.