100M Facebook Users’ Private Details Exposed

By Ripoffs Scams, on July 29th, 2010%

100M Facebook Users’ Private Details Exposed
The most dramatic “data theft” to hit social networks in quite a while isn’t a theft at all.

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Twitter’s Adding Paid ‘Fake Trends’ Advertising, But Will Users Object?

By Ripoffs Scams, on June 13th, 2010%

Twitter’s Adding Paid ‘Fake Trends’ Advertising, But Will Users Object?
Twitter ’s march to earn a dime or two from its millions of users and billions of tweets per month is picking up speed. Now we’ve learned that the plans for advertising include paid “promoted trends” among the more usual trending topics. We know Twitter’s in the . . . → Read More: Twitter’s Adding Paid ‘Fake Trends’ Advertising, But Will Users Object?

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Facebook users warned of sexy ‘Candid Camera Prank’ attack

By Ripoffs Scams, on May 18th, 2010%

Facebook users warned of sexy ‘Candid Camera Prank’ attack
Security firms are warning Facebook users to beware of what’s being called the “Candid Camera Prank” attack recently spotted on Facebook that tries to use the lure of a sexy video of a scantily clad woman on a bicycle to download a video player that’s actually Hotbar adware, . . . → Read More: Facebook users warned of sexy ‘Candid Camera Prank’ attack

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Fake antivirus software is ‘growing threat’ to computer users, warns Google

By Ripoffs Scams, on April 30th, 2010%

Fake antivirus software is ‘growing threat’ to computer users, warns Google
Millions of computer users are being duped in to installing software they think will protect them online but actually leaves their computer vulnerable to hackers, a study found.

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Police: Scam aims at cell phone users

By Ripoffs Scams, on March 18th, 2010%

Police: Scam aims at cell phone users
This article has been read 0 times. Two area residents say they knew better than to give out any information when they recently received calls on their cell phones requesting their credit card numbers.

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Find A Cell Phone User’s Location With This Simple Method

By Ripoffs Scams, on January 2nd, 2010%

Mobile phones have rapidly increased in size and numbers in the last few years. You can find a mobile phone with almost everyone these days. With the increasing use of cell phones also comes the increased chances of abusing the whole system. Whether you need to find out whether the phone caller is merely a prank . . . → Read More: Find A Cell Phone User’s Location With This Simple Method

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Good News for Online Dating Users: Scam-free Dating Website Will be Your Savior

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 21st, 2009%

Tired of online dating? Haven’t found your love yet? The scam-free dating website will help you find your perfect match with little worry. Millionaire Cupid is the first website which can exclaim the whole website is scam free and all users on the website are safe and secure.

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Crooks target mobile phone users

By Ripoffs Scams, on December 20th, 2009%

Crooks target mobile phone users
A rash of cell phone text messages claiming to be from banks or credit card providers has prompted a warning from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.This type of scam is known as “Vishing” and involves crooks sending out thousands of e-mails to cell phones that may appear to be from the

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