• Malware

Help! My computer locked me out and is demanding payment

10 years ago

If you're unlucky enough, you may login to your computer one day to find a rather worrying message claiming that…

  • Facebook
  • Survey/Rewards Schemes

JD Wetherspoon ’37th Anniversary’ £150 coupons scams spread on Facebook

10 years ago

Links are spreading via Facebook that claim pub chain JD Wetherspoons are giving away £150 coupons to those that click…

  • Facebook
  • Survey/Rewards Schemes

Free Sharpie “12th Anniversary” scam spreads on Facebook

10 years ago

Links are spreading via Facebook that claim marker pen manufacturer Sharpie are giving away free 24-market sets of their marker…

  • Facebook

Why you shouldn’t type ‘Amen’ on a Facebook post

10 years ago

We take a look at those Facebook posts that ask you to type 'Amen' in the comments section, and we…

  • Internet Hoaxes

Warnings about HIV infected bananas and fruit spread online

10 years ago

Rumours are spreading that claim that people are injecting fruit – specifically bananas – with HIV infected blood, and readers…

  • Internet Hoaxes

4 times iPhone users were tricked into messing up their phones

10 years ago

The Internet can be quite a malevolent place at times. And there is no shortage of devious pranksters out there…

  • Internet Hoaxes

Can criminals press a contactless POS device to your wallet?

10 years ago

A warning spreading on social media claims that criminals can make unauthorized payments by pressing a contactless POS terminal against…

  • 419 Nigerian Fraud

Forget the scam Nigerian prince. Now it’s Nigerian astronauts.

10 years ago

In outrageous news this week, UK based website Anorak reported on perhaps one of the most bizarre email scams we've…

  • Facebook
  • In The News

Criminal gets summoned back to court after Facebook post

10 years ago

A drug dealer from the UK is having his suspended sentence reviewed after writing a derogatory comment about his court…

  • In The News
  • Internet Hoaxes

iPhone “Easter Egg” message will brick your phone

10 years ago

A message is spreading across the Internet that claims iPhone users can "warp back in time with a classic Macintosh…