Craig Haley

  • Malware

Help! My computer locked me out and is demanding payment

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

11 years ago
  • Facebook
  • Survey/Rewards Schemes

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

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

11 years ago
  • Facebook
  • Survey/Rewards Schemes

Free Sharpie “12th Anniversary” scam spreads on Facebook

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

11 years ago
  • Facebook

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

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

11 years ago
  • Internet Hoaxes

Warnings about HIV infected bananas and fruit spread online

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

11 years ago
  • Internet Hoaxes

4 times iPhone users were tricked into messing up their phones

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

11 years ago
  • Internet Hoaxes

Can criminals press a contactless POS device to your wallet?

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

11 years ago
  • 419 Nigerian Fraud

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

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

11 years ago
  • Facebook
  • In The News

Criminal gets summoned back to court after Facebook post

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

11 years ago
  • In The News
  • Internet Hoaxes

iPhone “Easter Egg” message will brick your phone

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

11 years ago