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11,000 users fell into a WhatsApp scam

29

Jul

2013

A young Spanish hacker developed a fictive application, which offered users to spy on private messages of their WhatsApp friends. Thousands users went into the site, which required them to register their mobile number. Whoever typed the number fell into a huge fraud by automatically being assigned to an advertisements site that sends ads for […]

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Will Twitter will donate $1 for every retweet about baby with cancer? No. It’s a hoax

16

Jan

2012

Tens of thousands of Twitter users have retweeted a message claiming that Twitter will donate $1 per retweet to a baby needing treatment for cancer. This baby has cancer, Twitter will donate $1 for every retweet. <3 Unfortunately, it’s codswallop. Quite why this particular user chose to post this picture is something that, frankly, is […]

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Protecting others from getting ripped off – online or offline

02

Sep

2011

This week, I’ve been attending and presenting at a conference in Brisbane, Queensland, entitled Seniors’ Fraud Protection Symposium. The event was organised by the Queenland cybercops – the same guys who brought you Fiscal the Fraud Fighting Ferret – and aimed to get law enforcement, business and industry groups to work together to reduce the […]

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