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“Hungry Bear Tears Woman to Pieces” Facebook Video Scam
February 18, 2014 - Here’s a Facebook scam / fake video currently in circulation. Warning: a generally terrible standard of English used throughout: “Shocking Video:...
Scam Lures Facebook Users with “Hot Video”, Drops Trojan
April 16, 2015 - In January, The Guardian published a piece on Facebook‘s noteworthy success with its user-generated videos along with their growing shareability and viewability within the...
“Huge Snake Eats Man Alive!” Video Scam Spreads on Facebook
June 18, 2014 - Users of Facebook may feel that familiar feeling dawning upon seeing a post, such as the one below, that is quite...
PartnerLeak scam site promises victims full access to “cheating” partner’s stolen data
September 12, 2024 - We dug into PartnerLeak, the site behind the "your partner is cheating on you" emails, including how and where the scammers get their information.
Financial sextortion scams on the rise
June 5, 2024 - Financially motivated sextortion of teenage boys is the fastest-growing global cybercrime, according to the FBI and Homeland Security.
Google ad for Facebook redirects to scam
April 23, 2024 - Beware of this malicious ad campaign currently making the rounds. Read our blog for more details and how to protect yourself.
[Updated]Facebook fatal accident scam still rages on
February 7, 2024 - We look at a scam campaign on Facebook that continues to do the rounds, and how you can recover your compromised account.
“I’ll miss him so much” Facebook scam uses BBC branding to lure victims
January 16, 2024 - We found a Facebook scam that aims to redirect victims to sites promoting PUPs, adware, or other fraudulent sites.
4 sneaky scams from 2023
December 28, 2023 - Online scams abound every day, but these four scams from 2023 were particularly devious.
Warning: Victims’ faces placed on explicit images in sextortion scam
June 8, 2023 - The FBI has issued a warning about criminals digitally manipulating people’s faces on to pornographic images—known as deepfaking—and then using those images to...
