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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…]
If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you’ve probably noticed that many people “Like” their own posts just as soon as they post them.
That can be viewed as a form of vanity, right?
I mean, seriously, is it really cool to “Like” your own posts?
Well, truth be told, in most cases it isn’t vanity at work at all. It’s simply a method you can use to jumpstart the engagement you’ll receive on every post you publish on Facebook.
Question from Vallery: A woman was on a local news show talking about ways to make Facebook easier to use.
One of the things she recommended was to turn on ‘Dark Mode’ because it’s supposed to be easier on the eyes. But she didn’t explain how to do it.
So how do you enable ‘Dark Mode’ on Facebook? [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
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…]
Substack…
By now you probably know that Facebook accounts are getting cloned by scammers right and left these days.
Luckily, having a scammer clone your account isn’t as bad as having someone hack into it, but it’s still bad – especially for the people on your friends list.
In case you’re unfamiliar with account cloning, it’s where a scammer creates a completely new Facebook account in your name and populates it with photos and personal information they’ve copied from your real account.
They then use the new fake account to send friend requests to all the people on your real account’s friends list. [Read more…]