Social Media Scams

03/25/2024

A reminder:
Texts like these are scams intended to streal your payment information.

Note the email at the top. USPS would not use a phony email account like that.

If you believe you have a package waiting, call the post office.

07/26/2023

New Scam Alert:
1.) A scammer will create a fake page and PAY to run an ad with hopes that you will click on the link and enter your credit card information willingly for the “free” item.

2.) Scammer will create multiple fake profiles to interact the ad to attempt to give it credibility.

3.) In this case, by clicking on the “about” section you can see that each of these people were from the same town, in France none the less. They even follow the same pages. When I went to click on those pages, they also were running additional scams of their own.

NO ONE IS GIVING AWAY FREE ITEMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

04/19/2023

SCAM: ”There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Scammers goal: To entice you to enter personal information into a Google doc to steal your identity or Facebook profile.

How it works:
1.) Scammer creates a fake page resembling that of a popular restaurant or business.
2.) Scammers page will “auto reply” to anyone who comments, reminding them to like and share the page. (With the intent of conning more people into disclosing personal information.)

How to identify:
ALWAYS check the “about” section of a page/profile before interacting. In this case, the page was created within the last month. I can assure you that a restaurant chain will have a much older date than this.

01/10/2023

Friends, after the holidays there is typically an uptick in "romance scams." They typically prey on vulnerable individuals who have suffered a loss, and frequently they target individuals who are advanced in age.

Here are five points from a Dr. Phil episode that points out habits of these scammers.

Dr. Phil continues his conversation with Jane, who recently sold her dream home and has sent her online boyfriend, “Jonathan,” close to $1 million dollars. T...

06/29/2022

Report those fake profiles!

Did you get a friend request from someone pretending to be another Facebook friend? These duped accounts can wreak havoc online and our stress on our friendships. Please be sure to report those profiles. Here’s a step by step instruction on how to do so.

(Screenshots from iOS 6/29/22. Personal information blurred to protect privacy)

06/27/2022

First, PLEASE don’t answer this.

These posts harvest your personal information. Questions about your graduation year, first car, first job, place where you met your spouse are all attempts to steal your password recovery questions.

06/24/2022

Tip: If you get a message out of the blue from a friend you never talk to, they've probably been hacked. Also, Facebook doesn't have a lottery.

06/23/2022

Captured from a local buy/sell/trade group. You can’t make this stuff up.

06/22/2022

Call it the Nigerian Prince, Facebook Lottery, whatever. It's the same thing, and it's still plaguing the internet.

06/21/2022

The tale of "Greg" the agent who's giving away millions of dollars vs. Rusty Shackelford. Dale Gribble's Alias from the TV Show King of the Hill. This came to me from friend's profile which has been hacked. See how many red flags you can catch?

06/20/2022

Gift cards are for gifts and anyone who claims they want you to pay with a gift card is not legitimate. Gift cards are almost like sending cash and can be re...

06/20/2022

They wouldn't keep trying if it wasn't working. Please spread awareness that these are NOT legitimate jobs.