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Category: Hoaxes

Facebook DO NOT Donate For Likes and Shares!

Posted on 15th September 2018 by Alan Leaver
Facebook DO NOT donate money to any cause based on the number of likes or shares that a photo receives. Several photos of injured or sick children and animals are circulating on Facebook claiming that... Read More

Copy and Paste Facebook Statuses….Why?

Posted on 6th February 20187th February 2018 by Alan Leaver
So why do these posts ask you to copy and paste rather than sharing? And how can it be potentially scamming you? When we see your friends post these statuses, most of us don’t question it and we agr... Read More

Facebook Rolls Out “Disputed News” Tag

Posted on 7th March 2017 by Alan Leaver
After taking criticism for months for not doing enough to curb the spread of fake news, Facebook finally introduced a feature this week that will “dispute” the authenticity of hoax content. In one... Read More

Facebook Delete Like-Farming Accounts

Posted on 24th February 201718th November 2017 by Alan Leaver
Facebook deleted two accounts this week that stole photos of a 3-year-old boy affected by chickenpox and used them to scam users. The cybercrooks falsely claimed the boy in the photos had cancer, and ... Read More

Bad Luck If You Don’t Like And Type Amen’ SCAM Facebook Posts

Posted on 7th February 2017 by Alan Leaver
Various posts on Facebook claim that you will suffer bad luck for a specified number of years if you do not click like and type amen.  The posts feature images of people with injuries or serious he... Read More

Top Ten Facebook Scams

Posted on 6th February 2017 by Alan Leaver
If you have been on Facebook for any length of time, then you know full well how scam and spam laden the site can be. Scammers love crowds, and there isn’t one bigger than Facebook. Some of these sc... Read More
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