scams

n what universe is it NOT a violation of any decent set of ‘community standards’ to steal a picture of a sick baby and use it just to gather social media likes? 

According to a post that is currently being shared on Facebook, you can win a family trip to Lapland this Christmas just by liking, sharing, and commenting.  

Question from Reader: I know there are a lot of fake Pages on Facebook that are just designed to get people to…

If you tend to be the hoax and scam debunker among your social media friends, chances are you’ve come across the rather lame ‘just in case’ justification more than once.

Have you seen a Facebook post claiming that a particular store is giving EVERYONE a free voucher or coupon to celebrate its anniversary? Hundreds of these giveaway scams have flooded Facebook over the last year or so.

While there are a great many giveaway scams on Facebook, there are also plenty of legitimate competitions. How can you tell the difference? In this report, I discuss some ways that can help you ascertain if a giveaway is a scam.

Every time I publish an article about a scam attempt, there are at least a few comments suggesting that if people are dumb enough to fall for such a trick, they DESERVE to be scammed. But, I think there are good reasons why people should rethink this ‘deserve to be scammed’ attitude.

Email purporting to be from philanthropist and lottery winner Bob Erb’s ‘publicity secretary’ claims that, via the random selection of your email address, you have been chosen as the recipient of $850,000 as part of a ‘Christmas Donation Project’.