Fortunately, this is not the freshest Rihanna scoop you’ve missed on TMZ. It’s a Facebook post I just found that set the alarm bells in my head, so I set out to investigate. Clicking the link of this supposedly scandalous video …

Here’s a Spanish language Facebook scam about the “World’s richest man” giving away thousand dollar cheques to anybody that wants one. You could probably write “Oh dear” and leave it at that, but let’s take a peek anyway. Scams involving …

I’m sure a McDonald’s themed Facebook scam seemed like a good idea to somebody at the time, but wow is this one all over the place. It’s your typical “Click here to Like”, “Post a spam comment saying how good …

Or, to put it another way, you didn’t. However, spam mail doing the rounds wants you to think otherwise. Click to Enlarge “You have three lost messages on Facebook, to recover the messages please follow the link below.” The links …

No, Apple are still not giving away iPads. Here’s another Facebook fakeout located at the groanworthy URL stevejobsappleipad2giveway(dot)tk: Click to Enlarge Clicking the page elements they want you to click on takes you to the usual collection of offers and …

Matthew, one of our researchers at the AV Labs, flagged us regarding a Facebook scam he spotted late last weekend. And his timing could not have been more impeccable. The scam is about Southwest Airlines giving away free tickets. Now, …

It seems scammers have a bit of thing for spoofing BBC websites at the moment. Yesterday it was work from home scams, and last month it was a Facebook wheeze which (in a nutshell) went like this: “Lady Gaga is …

Years ago, at a company I used to work for, a large group of employees, myself included, were the target of a spam email that had been deliberately sent through the corporate network and encouraged us to click on a …

Here’s a phishing scam that lures users with the promise of getting their “old Facebook profile” back. What that means is up for debate – maybe the scammer is harking back to a land of slightly less privacy options, or …

As much as we dread hearing about disasters—the natural ones, most especially—happening on certain parts of the globe where most of our families and friends are, we still keep an eye out for what’s happening. And as much as we …