Category: Scam Alerts
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The Anatomy of a Suspected Facebook Group Scam, Part 3: Follow the Money
What started as suspicious Facebook activity led to merchandise links, an outside storefront, and then something much more personal: my own photograph showing up in the trail.
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The Anatomy of a Suspected Facebook Group Scam, Part 2: Engagement Is the Bait
A Facebook group with nearly 28,000 members was getting people to comment, share photos and supply local knowledge. In Part 2, I look at what those requests may tell us, and why the pattern matters.
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The Anatomy of a Suspected Facebook Group Scam, Part 1: Who’s Running the Show?
A Facebook group about Guam had nearly 28,000 members and looked perfectly normal. Then I checked who was running it. Here’s what I found, and what you can learn from it.
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Why Pinktober Needs a Rethink
Did you know? The original Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbons were peach-colored loops handmade in 68-year-old Charlotte Haley’s dining room. The reason we don’t use those peach-colored loops now is that she didn’t want her call to action to become a commercialized money-maker. October is often associated with breast cancer awareness, and it’s a time when…
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Police issue curb painting scam alert
Here’s a scam happening in our local area. We do encourage everyone everywhere to read it because this scam could easily come to your neighborhood. http://pasoroblesdailynews.com/police-issue-curb-painting-scam-alert/15788/
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Scam Alert!
SCAM ALERT!!! About 2 weeks ago I got a call from a number based in Mexico. When I answered, no one was there. Over the course of the next week, I received phone call after phone call from that same number. Of course, I can’t say for sure that these calls were related to this…
MeShawn Dimos 