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Let’s face it – we live in “interesting” times.
Fraudulent, fake and untrustworthy websites are all over the Internet these days, and it’s easy to find yourself on one without even realizing it.
According to Internet Live Stats there are currently over 1.5 billion websites on the World Wide Web. Unfortunately, not all of them are legitimate. [Read more…]
It seems like the scammers of the world never sleep, and unfortunately they’re increasing in number every day.
The latest scam that’s making the rounds is targeting unsuspecting iPhone users.
As usual, there are several slight variations of this scam, but luckily they’re pretty easy to recognize if you know what to look for. [Read more…]
Scams and hoaxes of all types pop up every day on Facebook, and some of them have a habit of rearing their ugly heads time and time again.
These recurring hoaxes are often more annoying than dangerous, but it’s still good to avoid them whenever possible.
I have received several messages over the past few days asking about the legitimacy of a recurring hoax that’s currently making the rounds again. [Read more…]
Well, there’s yet another dangerous Facebook-related scam making the rounds right now.
I know, I’m shocked too!
As usual, there are several variations of this scam.
They seem to primarily be spreading via fake SMS text messages and emails.
However, I’ve seen a few reports of it being spread via IMs on Twitter as well (which is interesting since this is a Facebook-related scam that has nothing to do with Twitter).
As you surely know by now, there are numerous crooks, spammers and scammers using Facebook to perpetrate scams and hoaxes on innocent people.
The miscreants use various methods and tools to scam their victims, and one of their favorite tools is fake Facebook profiles.
Fake profiles typically take one of two forms: [Read more…]