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Escrow Scams Searching New Avenues

09

May

2013

People dream big when buying expensive items like a car or a property. When those dreams are seen with very affordable price tags it certainly attracts everybody’s interest. There are lots of websites available that allow people to post free classified advertisements online and one of the biggest categories is that of used cars. This […]

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Baby cancer and heart transplant hoaxes on Facebook

10

Jan

2012

Facebook is a fertile breeding ground for hoaxes, spam and chain letters. Users of the social network have to wade through a seemingly constant tide of messages shared by their well-meaning friends, making it hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. Here’s an example that is spreading across Facebook right now, claiming that Facebook […]

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Facebook WON’T donate 45 cents per share for beaten boy’s surgery. It’s a hoax!

14

Nov

2011

Almost 200,000 Facebook users have been duped into sharing and reposting a message about a 14 year old boy who was allegedly beaten badly by his stepfather after protecting his little sister from being raped. The message, which comes attached to an image of a young boy’s injured torso, claims that Facebook will donate 45 […]

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