Scams

According to this email, the sender has infected your computer with malware and was thus able to record video of you when you visited a porn website.

According to a post being shared on Facebook, Walmart is giving away free $50 off coupons to celebrate Thanksgiving. 

Supposedly, a hacker created screenshots of you while you were “having fun on web-sites of personal content” (porn sites) and also installed malware that harvested all of your contacts.

A post currently circulating on Facebook is claiming that US retailer Kroger is giving every family a $200 off coupon as a means of celebrating Black Friday. 

According to this email, you have won £1,130,883 via the Big Lottery Fund and should contact the Foreign Exchange & Remittance Department manager to request payment. 

According to a post currently being shared on Facebook, Costco is giving every family a free $75 coupon to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary.

If you sell art online, keep an eye out for overpayment scams.  These scams are designed to trick you into receiving dodgy cheques, money orders, or bank transfers and sending part of the funds back to the scammer.

Circulating Facebook post claims that employee-owned US supermarket chain Hy-Vee is giving everyone a free $80 off coupon to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary.

This email, which purports to be from a regional manager at a European bank, offers you a 40% share in a multi-million dollar fund.