Tag "social media scam"

Fake Facebook ALDI Coupons

Scam artists are pretty creative, targeting social media sites like Facebook ALDI shoppers who are looking for coupons.  However, if you click this link it could put your comport or phone at risk for a virus. RELATED: Yahoo Customer Service Scam Here is what

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Government Grant Scams Target Businesses Social Media

Scammers have several tactics they use, email, online ads and now the rise of social media scams have targeted businesses into government grant scams.  If you own a small business, they’re trying to contact you too because lately scams have been going

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Spot Instagram Scammers

Anyone who posts pictures of money on social media sites and talks about investment opportunities is probably leading you to some trouble. These so called hallmarks of the “money flipper” scam, a criminal scheme that’s been troubling Instagram for years.

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5 Social Media Scams to Avoid

Scammers have been worming their way into giant social media networks to trick people into giving over their personal and financial information. Over the past year, the number of phishing attempts on social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and

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Instagram Bank Scam Costs Woman $37,000

Omaha, Nebraska – A woman was recently told she must pay back her bank more than $37,000 after falling prey to an Internet loan scam that targets social media users. The 32-year-old woman told police she was contacted via Instagram by

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Top Facebook Scams Revealed

Telegraph –  Facebook users continue to fall for the same old scams, according to new research, with even well-educated people giving themselves up to inappropriate and even dangerous behavior on the social network. In a two-year study of over 850,000

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