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By now you surely know there are multiple scams making the rounds on social media at any given time.
That’s just a sad fact of life in this Internet era.
There’s a very dangerous scam that’s been popping up on Facebook at times for years, and unfortunately it’s making the rounds again right now.
This scam works something like this: [Read more…]
Horrible events like a hurricane or tornado that causes massive damage to a city or region tend to bring out the very best in humanity.
Millions of generous individuals and companies typically donate billions of dollars in relief funds for the storm victims.
What’s more, armies of volunteers travel to the affected areas, with more waiting to go in just as soon as they receive approval from officials.
But unfortunately, natural disasters of this scale also tend to bring plenty of scammers of out of the woodwork.
Well, the infamous “Target 50% Off Store-Wide” coupons have started popping back up on Facebook again.
They usually pop up right before Thanksgiving but they’ve started making the rounds REAL early this year.
Sounds pretty good, right? After all, who wouldn’t like a 50% discount at Target?
The problem is, these coupons aren’t real. They’re nothing more than a ploy to get you to “Like” their Facebook page and visit a very realistic (but fake) copy of Target’s website. [Read more…]
By now you probably know how terrifying it can be to have your online accounts hacked.
Did you know that many of the victims of cyber attacks are unable to get justice or even get their lives back on track after being victimized?
Unfortunately, online criminals don’t care who their victims are. They only care about getting your personal information, your account login details and other important information about you that they can exploit for various bad deeds. [Read more…]
There are many ways for hackers and scammers to use your Facebook account to do malicious things, and make it appear that YOU are the culprit.
Most hackers simply find a way to break into your account and use it to publish SPAM posts and malicious links or spread malware to your friends via chat or instant messages.
Luckily, those hackers and scammers can be easily kicked off and locked out of your account by changing your password and enabling Two-Factor Authentication, but the truly devious miscreants can cause you all kinds of grief long after you’ve booted them off and locked them out of your account.
Yes, the really serious hackers can actually keep using your account to send SPAM and spread malware even without being able to log back in to your account.
And how they do that just might surprise you… [Read more…]