• Internet Hoaxes

Internet warning advises readers not to call +375 +371 numbers

9 years ago

Warnings are spreading across social media that advises readers not to call back a variety of phone numbers should you…

  • Facebook

“Hi I’m Mark the director of Facebook” hoax claims site will cost money

9 years ago

The latest regurgitation of the "Facebook is charging" genre of hoaxes claims that the director of Facebook, "Mark", has announced…

  • Facebook

False Facebook post damages dog grooming businesses reputation

9 years ago

Occasionally on this site we do try and highlight the lurking dangers of social media bandwagons and the harm that…

  • Facebook

No, Safeway isn’t giving $75 coupons away for anniversary

9 years ago

Facebook links are spreading virally across the social networking site purporting to be giving away free $75 coupons for the…

  • Facebook

No, that company isn’t giving away gift coupons on Facebook for their anniversary

9 years ago

Cyber crooks are trying to trick Facebook users into clicking spammy links, sharing posts and following pages by telling them…

  • Facebook

You won’t win a Camper RV for sharing a Facebook post. It’s a scam (again)

9 years ago

A Facebook post is trying to lure users into liking a Facebook page called Estilo by claiming that they are…

  • Facebook

Like-farming spammers are creating fake RIP pages of the Manchester Arena victims

9 years ago

Facebook spammers are pretending to be grief-stricken friends of the Manchester Arena victims to trick people into following RIP Facebook…

  • In The News

UK now at “critical” threat level – what does that mean?

9 years ago

Following the Manchester attacks on May 22nd, the UK has raised their threat level status to critical. This is the…

  • Phishing

Watch out for fake phishing scams after WannaCry attacks

9 years ago

After serious cyber breaches or malware attacks like the WannaCry ransomware attacks, it has become customary for companies to reassure…

  • Twitter

Did Twitter user Owys663 threaten Manchester before attack?

9 years ago

Screenshots of a series of tweets from user Owys663 are spreading social media that appear to show the user threatening…