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This tool can help you stay safe while using Messenger

Posted on March 23, 2025

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By now you’re probably aware that Facebook and other popular social media sites are favorite playgrounds for the hackers and scammers of the world.

Unfortunately, those same miscreants are using Facebook’s hugely-popular Messenger app to perpetrate their evil deeds as well.

I’ve written about several dangerous Messenger-related scams and hoaxes in the past, and I’ll continue bringing you the information you need to avoid the new ones that will inevitably pop up in the future.

But today I want to tell you about a valuable resource that Facebook has created that can help you recognize many new scams the first time you see them pop up in your Messenger inbox.

[Read more…]

Scam alert: Ignore this very irritating Messenger hoax

Posted on April 19, 2023

Well, here we go again with yet another round of a very irritating Facebook hoax.

Once again, this particular hoax is being spread via Messenger, and as usual lots of folks are falling for it.

The hoax message varies a bit, but it typically reads something like this: [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I block Instagram users from contacting me on Messenger?

Posted on September 29, 2022

Question from Joni:  Hi, Rick. I have a question for you.

Is there a way to block Instagram message requests on Facebook Messenger?

I don’t use Instagram at all and I’m getting a lot of message requests from scammers pretending to be friends of mine.

When I get a message request from a name I recognize I always hit them with my security question to see how they answer.  [Read more…]

Reminder: Your SMS text conversations are not private.

Posted on May 6, 2022

Countless people send and receive sensitive information via SMS text messages every day.

If you’re one of them you might be surprised to learn that the content of your texts are wide open to anyone who manages to intercept them, and that’s incredibly easy to do.

Truth be told, there are LOTS of folks out there who can, and do intercept SMS text messages, and as the article I linked to above explains, it isn’t limited just to law enforcement.  [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I unblock someone on Facebook Messenger?

Posted on March 8, 2022

Question from Amber:  I really hope you can help me.

I started dating one of my Facebook friends a while back but then I got mad at him and blocked on Messenger.

We ran into each other a few days ago and ended up agreeing to go out again.

The thing is I don’t know how to unblock him on Messenger. Can you tell me how to do it?  [Read more…]

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