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Facebook claim trading scams “don’t violate ad policies”

Cyber crooks are continuing to use fake media articles and fake celebrity endorsements to promote a series of trading scams…

5 years ago
  • In The News

Windows 7 has exactly ONE YEAR left of extended support

There is exactly one year left of support for Windows 7, as the operating system nears the end of its…

5 years ago
  • In The News

New most retweeted tweet ever resembles typical online scam

The much coveted honour of most retweeted Tweet ever has a new owner from today as a Japanese billionaire smashes…

5 years ago
  • Facebook

Tommy Robinson post about hit and run incident contradicted by police

A viral post made by a page purportedly belonging to far-right UK activist Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) that…

5 years ago
  • Internet Hoaxes

The five BIGGEST Internet hoaxes of 2018

Well it's that time of the year where we put down the mince pies, finish off the sherry and find…

5 years ago
  • Facebook

Fake LEGO website promoted through Facebook’s sponsored adverts

Crooks have yet again managed to exploit Facebook’s sponsored adverts feature to promote scams leading to spoof LEGO websites. We've…

5 years ago
  • In The News

Quora breached. Change your passwords immediately.

Users of question-and-answer website Quora are being told to urgently change their passwords following a data breach that affected around…

5 years ago
  • Twitter

Did Twitter allow people to “invade” Rudy Giuliani’s tweets? Fact Check

A claim made by politician Rudy Giuliani asserts that social media micro-blogging platform Twitter allowed someone to "invade" his "text"…

5 years ago
  • In The News

Man scammed out of £20,000 in online dating scam

A man from the UK has been scammed out of £20,000 by a criminal on an online dating website. Simon…

5 years ago
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Pay your respects to the real John Lewis, Twitter’s most patient user

This festive season, spare a thought for the man dubbed the "most patient Twitter user on the planet". Mr John…

5 years ago