As you probably know by now, Facebook is a favorite hangout for scammers, tricksters and hoaxers.
And as luck would have it, there’s another very irritating recurring hoax making the rounds yet again.
Scam alert: Your favorite Facebook app or game could be leaking your personal data to third-parties
Unless you’ve just returned from an extended vacation on a deserted island you’re probably aware of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that resulted in millions of Facebook users having their personal information leaked or sold to a third party.
Well, truth be told, Cambridge Analytica was just the tip of the iceberg. [Read more…]
Scam alert: Beware the insidious ‘Amen’ scam that’s targeting Christians on Facebook
As you probably know by now, Like and Share Farming is a popular method used by scammers to quickly build successful Facebook pages that they can use to scam other Facebook users.
In a nutshell, the scammer uses innocent-looking (and often heart-tugging) posts to attract thousands of “Likes” and “Shares” to a new page to make it “popular” among the Facebook community.
Well, there’s a rather insidious form of “Like and Share Farming” taking place right now, and it’s targeting Christians.
These posts are simply another variation of the “Feel Good Posts” that I have written about in the past.
The current scam typically works something like this… [Read more…]