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Scam alert: Don’t fall for this fake Microsoft ‘Tech Support’ scam

Posted on June 25, 2024

There’s an old scam that keeps popping up from time to time, and I’m hearing lots of reports that it’s spreading like wildfire at the moment.

A while back I wrote a post explaining that neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you to let you know that your machine has a virus.

And they won’t, so if you get a call like that from out of the blue you should know right off the bat that the call is a scam. Just hang up on them.

But now there’s a quickly spreading variation of that scam that’s costing a lot of folks a lot of money and causing tons of grief to boot.

[Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for these dangerous lottery scams

Posted on May 23, 2024

As you probably know, scams of various types are ubiquitous on social media (here’s looking at you, Facebook).

Some scams run their course and are never seen again, but most just seem to pop up every now and then.

One of those recurring “pop-up scams” is a lottery scam targeting people who enjoy playing the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lotteries that frequently advertise massive prize payouts for the winners. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for this dangerous Netflix scam

Posted on May 16, 2024

With almost over million active users, Netflix is one of the most popular streaming video services in the world.

And as you might imagine, that makes them and their customers extremely popular targets for hackers and scammers.

Netflix users have been receiving phishing emails for years, but the one that’s making the rounds right now is extremely dangerous, and far too many Netflix customers are falling for it.

The scam works like this:  [Read more…]

Scam alert: No, Facebook is not going to start charging users a fee.

Posted on May 11, 2024

It’s back yet again…

Every now and then the old “Facebook is gonna start charging a fee” hoax pops up and starts making the rounds again, and right now is one of those times.

Luckily, this is one of those hoaxes that’s more annoying than dangerous, but it is REALLY annoying!

The text of the hoax messages vary, but they typically look something like this: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware the ‘Clearance Sales Summary’ Facebook scam

Posted on May 10, 2024

Well, there’s yet another dangerous recurring scam making the rounds on Facebook, and this one is targeting unsuspecting users in two different ways.

This scam post itself is basically just a graphic that lists several companies that are supposedly holding clearance sales.

These are well-known companies that typically offer items that are in high demand, and that of course makes the temptation to click through very strong.  [Read more…]

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