The internet continues to create conflicts for parents who want to give their children the benefits it provides without exposing them to the dangers it harbors. Online videos games are part of that struggle. Staying up-to-date on safety issues helps parents better negotiate the benefits and costs of online gaming….
About three years ago, Jannette, an 80-year-old woman living in New Zealand got a phone call at 11 in the night. It was strange for her to get calls at such an odd time and it seemed ominous, but she took it anyway. “Hello, ma’am. Some people are trying to…
Starting next month, dating app Hinge will begin rolling out a new profile verification feature to combat a surge in fake accounts. Dubbed “Selfie Verification,” the feature will prompt users to upload a video of themselves, which the app, with a combination of machine learning and human oversight, will use…
This 2014 article has been updated with a newer article HERE. Needless to say, there are plenty of scams on Facebook. Whether its fake giveaways, like-farming pages, phishing attacks and spammy links, you only need to scroll through your newsfeed for a few moments before you come across something suspicious….
A Twitter post claims that former The Real Housewives of Durban star Londie London is dating an alleged scammer Mabonga, the alleged scammer, is said to have paid lobola for Sbahle Mpisane and Ameigh Thompson before Londie London The page reports that Mabonga allegedly scams people for a living and…
Even scammers are looking for love, and that’s very much a problem. That’s the takeaway from an equally detailed and depressing warning from the Federal Trade Commission documenting skyrocketing incidents of so-called romance scams. The report, released the Thursday ahead of Valentine’s Day, notes that the specific type of online…
Run by organized crime, these traps can be financially devastating and even fatal For seven days, Black Press journalist Andrea DeMeer played the victim in a romance scam executed over Facebook Messenger, to understand how criminals manipulate others and try to walk away with their money. A message in the…
사진 확대 Kim Sang-hyuk confessed to the damage from the romance cam. Photo of ㅣ YouTube “Namdari Mac.” Amid the recent surge in damage from romance scams using “loneliness,” Kim Sang-hyuk, a former broadcaster from ClickB, who turned 40 this year, also confessed that he suffered financial damage due to…
Rebecca Whenham, who co-owns Fruitful Specialty Shop with Andrea Whenham and Aurora Bechard, says they have a legitimate Valentine’s Day giveaway happening and thinks because it has gotten a lot of comments and attention, somebody is taking advantage of that. “Somebody had created a fake personal profile rather than our…
McKala was scammed by a person posing as Stranger Things’ Dacre Montgomery (Picture: YouTube/Catfished/REX) A mother-of-one has revealed she ditched her relationship and spent thousands of pounds on a Stranger Things romance scam. McKala, from Kentucky, United States, believed she was dating Dacre Montgomery, who plays Billy Hargrove in the Netflix…
