Tag: Scams

Facebook Beefs Up Messenger Security
Facebook has announced significant new measures to increase the security of Messenger, as well as combat predators and scammers....
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Facebook Scam Targets Those Impatient for a Dislike Button
So you want to be able to show your friends and family just how much you hate their posts? You may, at some point, get a dislike button....
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Facebook ‘Powerball’ Scam Screws Woman out of $10K
Neither Facebook nor its CEO Mark Zuckerberg are ever going to give you money, unless you're a charity – then you might get a fat donation from Zuck. But for average, everyday peop...
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Tax Advice: 5 Dirty Tax Scams to Watch Out for This Year
Some tax advice is not worth the hot air that pushes it out of a crooks mouth. The IRS has put together a list of a...
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Jessica Chambers: Scammers Move In to Make Money Off Burned Girl’s Memory
Jessica Chambers has lots of people who remember her, and hundreds more who want to help find out who killed her. Support for the family has been steady and deep. But some peopl...
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Identity Theft A Serious Problem During The Holidays
Nothing puts a serious damper on holiday shopping quite like identity theft. Identity the...
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Facebook Scam Results in Just the Saddest Story
Normally, if someone told me that they'd been conned out of thousands of dollars by Nigerian hucksters on Facebook, I'd probably tell them that they'd just given me the single most...
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Work From Home Opportunities And Scams
A rising number of Americans have found themselves so disillusioned with the traditional work landscape that they're seeking far more flexible job opportunities. This includes...
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Weight Loss: What Is That One Weird Trick Anyway?
Weight loss is still the pot of gold at the end of the Internet rainbow. If a casual perusal of offers on the Internet is to be believed, Al Gore's invention is mainly useful for s...
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We Sure Hope This Red Hot Chili Peppers Fan Likes Bagpipes
Buying concert tickets online is always a scary proposition. Sure, most of the time it works out - most people out there are honest, right? But sometimes you're left with a pair of...
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Scammer Sells Online iPhone-Shopper Two ‘Apples’
Someone basically pulled the ol' "Oh, so you want a new Apple for Christmas" dad trick on an unsuspecting online shopper in Brisbane, Australia last week....
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Rite-Aid Scam Targets Elderly In “Sweepstakes”
Pennsylvania state police have issued an alert to residents about a phone scam that ap...
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Chili-Finger Lady: Wendy’s Scammer Is Going Back to Jail
An infamous fraudster is going back to jail for once again attempting to deceive law enforcement. Anna Ayala, better known as the "chili-finger lady," is about to spend another...
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Teacher Faces 44 Years for Fake Facebook Sex Scam
An Anaheim high school teacher is set to be arraigned on 60 fel...
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‘Craigslist Killer’ Convicted of Murdering Victims of His Phony Labor Ad Scheme
In the conclusion to one of the stranger homicide cases to spring from a classifieds website that you'll ever hear, 53-year-old Richard Beasley from Akron, Ohio,...
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