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Hoax warning about “photo of the little girl disfigured” spreads on Facebook

A warning is spreading across social media that claims a photo of a little disfigured girl is circulating on Facebook…

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

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

7 years ago
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False Facebook post damages dog grooming businesses reputation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 years ago
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Brutal Shooting In… hoaxes sweep across Facebook

A series of fake news links are sweeping across Facebook that claim a brutal shooting has happened in a specific…

7 years ago
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Do “copy and paste” messages put my Facebook account at risk?

We clear up some confusion about Facebook messages that ask you to "copy and paste" them and discuss the accusation…

7 years ago
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Why do Facebook posts ask me to share and type “amen”?

Why do Facebook posts ask you to type amen and share them? Are the authors genuinely asking for divine intervention,…

7 years ago