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If you’ve been on Facebook lately you’ve probably seen sponsored posts advertising incredibly large, but portable solid state drives (SSDs) for sale.
Oddly, these ads don’t mention a ridiculously low price as most fraudulent Facebook ads do. They simply say the drives are 50% off.
I guess they figure that “savings” plus the fact that the drive has an enormous amount of storage will be enough to draw people in. [Read more…]
A very dangers scam is making the rounds again, and it’s one that you really need to be aware of. It works something like this:
You receive a phone call from someone who claims to work for either Microsoft or Apple tech support.
The name of the department the caller uses might vary, but he’ll either hint that he works for Microsoft or Apple, or just blatantly come right out and say so.
The problem is, he doesn’t work for either of those companies. He’s actually a scammer out to make a quick buck. [Read more…]
The Internet is a haven for legions of scammers who use it to deliver all manner of fraudulent “offers” to potential victims.
One of the most dangerous scams you’re likely to encounter on the web is making the rounds right now via email.
As usual, there are several variations of this scam, but they all work pretty much the same way: [Read more…]
Well, we all have our favorite time of the year, and for many scammers and crooks that happens to be income tax season.
Every year about this time legions of scammers start sending out fraudulent emails designed to trick and take advantage of all the tax filers.
This post explains what you need to be on the lookout for. [Read more…]
Nary a day goes by when I don’t receive fraudulent emails in my inbox and see one scam post after another hit my Facebook Newsfeed.
And unfortunately, there are plenty of dangerous scams taking place in the offline world as well.
It seems that the scammers are getting more sophisticated every day, and more people are falling for their treachery as a result.
That’s why I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell you about some of the most insidious scams that seem to keep popping up at various times. [Read more…]