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Question from Ellen: I’ve been following your blog for a while now, Rick.
It seems like you write about a new Facebook scam or hoax at least once a week or so.
I always forward your ‘scam alerts’ to my sister to make sure she sees them, but the other night she asked me to stop. She said there can’t really be that many scams on Facebook because they keep them cleaned up.
I got to thinking about it and it does seem like there are an awful lot of them. Are you sure they’re all real? [Read more…]
As you probably know by now, scammers love to target unsuspecting users on social media.
And of course Facebook is their favorite venue for perpetrating their scams due to its massive user base.
Well, there’s a recurring scam once again making the rounds on Facebook that’s targeting users who enjoy participating in lotteries. [Read more…]
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Regular readers of this blog know how much I detest scammers and malicious hoaxsters.
That’s why I try my best to warn you ASAP every time a new scam or hoax starts making the rounds.
While they are all absolutely awful, the scams I hate the most are the ones that target the most vulnerable among us.
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Well, this frequently recurring hoax is making the rounds on Facebook yet again.
Like most Facebook hoaxes, this one should be easy to recognize as such, but for whatever reason it’s being shared all over the place once again.
The actual wording of the hoax varies a bit, but it basically says Facebook is going to make all of your posts, comments, photos and messages public unless you copy and paste the fake scam warning to your Timeline.
Here is the text of the most popular version of the scam: [Read more…]
As you surely know, scams and hoaxes are ubiquitous on Facebook. It probably seems like you see a new one every time you look at your Newsfeed.
And just like clockwork, there’s a new one making the rounds…