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Update: This one is making the rounds yet again. Beware…
If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you surely know that scams abound on that site.
And as the latest scam proves, the scammers are getting bolder all the time.
And as you will soon see, this one is nothing more than straight-up fraud.
As you well know, Facebook makes it easy to keep in touch with your friends, and even make some new ones.
Unfortunately, every now and then one of your Facebook friends will do something or say something that upsets you.
When that happens you’ll have four choices you can make: [Read more…]
Question from Keenan: I got a really nasty message from a someone I was friends with on Facebook.
This message was so bad that I instantly blocked him because I don’t even really know him.
My question is since I blocked him on my laptop do I need to block him on my phone and iPad too? [Read more…]
A while back I wrote a post discussing several things you can do to protect your Facebook account from hackers.
That post explains how hackers will try to use phishing attempts and various social engineering techniques to trick you into handing over your Facebook password or the personal info they can use to guess it. [Read more…]
Facebook is a wonderful venue for sharing information, photos and fun with friends, but unfortunately it is also a haven for scammers.
Every post you see and every message you receive must be viewed with a skeptical eye if you want to avoid falling victim to those who are out to cause you grief or separate you from your money.
Now there is a type of scam making the rounds that is even more insidious than most. Scammers are making virtual copies of real Facebook accounts by copying the photos and info from the real account’s “About” page to the fake ones. They then send friend requests to the friends listed on the real account.