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How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 admin bbb, Better Business Bureau, child sexual abuse, e-cards, fake dating sites, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, john wallace, lockdown loneliness, malware, online scam, phishing, romance scam, SCAM, scams, sextortion, social media scams, social media shopping, survey scams, valentine's day, valentine's day scams, wymoo

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:14 +0000

From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, here’s how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentine’s Day.

Categories: Scams

Tags: BBB Better Business Bureau child sexual abuse e-cards fake dating sites Federal Trade Commission FTC John Wallace lockdown loneliness malware online scam phishing romance scam scam sextortion social media scams social media shopping survey scams valentine’s day Valentine's Day scams Wymoo

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Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant

November 11, 2019 admin advertising reporting tool, cloned accounts, concert tickets scams, Facebook, facebook bad ads, facebook scams, grant, lottery, messenger grant scams, rogue ad campaigns, SCAM, scams, social media, social media scams, tickets

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:27:46 +0000

Despite the company’s efforts to clamp down on bad ads and bogus accounts, Facebook scams continue to run rampant. We highlight a few popular examples.

Categories:

Scams

Tags: advertising reporting tool cloned accounts concert tickets scams facebook facebook bad ads facebook scams grant lottery messenger grant scams rogue ad campaigns scam social media social media scams tickets

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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 admin Anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, Safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

Categories:

Social engineering

Tags: anti-phishing anti-phishing tool email emails from instagram Instagram mail malicious email malspam phishing phishing scams safety scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks social media scams

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