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People have been falling for the ‘Facebook giving away money scam’, so much so they have been copying and pasting a text status message onto their wall. It was such a good practical joke that millions have already shared the message. Facebook shares giveaway is just a hoax, seriously it really … [Read more...]
A website is reporting breaking news where people can earn a good living thanks to the new ‘Facebook Work from Home’ program, but please read on because this is a scam and it will not pay you money. Facebook has not launched a new 'Work From Home' program, this scam started last year of 2014 and … [Read more...]
You are on Facebook and you see "Privacy Alert Notice" within your News feed, but was you one to copy and paste it onto your timeline? Does it really protect your privacy and data? Of course it doesn’t, we had already reported yesterday about Facebook better safe than sorry post. No one knows … [Read more...]
A new Facebook hoax has resurfaced called the “Better safe than sorry’ post. The aim is to copy and paste the message to avoid losing your Facebook intellectual property. The message we have noticed being posted onto Facebook Timelines says, “Better safe than sorry, right? Channel 13 news was … [Read more...]
Facebook is always full of surprises, and its users have to be aware at all times for new hoaxes. Not this time, because the latest Facebook hoax is gaining grounds again to do with privacy settings and legal copyright notice. An automated notification explaining in detail about new updates to … [Read more...]
Be aware of a new Facebook scam link, cybercriminals are trying to get users to click on a link to stop their unread messages being deleted. The new warning goes out to Facebook users because the hoax makes them believe their unread Facebook messages may get deleted if they do not read them now … [Read more...]
Miley Cyrus fans around the world panicked after news of her death was posted on Facebook, after they were led to believe she died after taking an overdose. Do not worry - She is alive and well and this hoax was a nasty scam that hit on July 19, and two days later on July 21 Miley confirmed she … [Read more...]
The Facebook Purge where you can say anything you like, expose any picture or anyone as well as tagging anyone in whatever is all rubbish, this new Facebook Purge was inspired by the new horror movie “Purge: Anarchy”, and since many Facebook pages have been created across the social media … [Read more...]
Facebook users have to be very careful these days; so many people are opening Facebook videos and not realizing they are entering a scam. One to look out for is the “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” stars video starring Nikko and Mimi Faust. The Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith Facebook video we reported a … [Read more...]
Facebook scams have been around a while and the latest to hit is the Malaysia Airlines missing flight MH370 found in sea – 60 people alive found video. The video in question, which showed up on the social site went viral and hackers are making profits when you click, download, comment, like or … [Read more...]
With everybody looking for eleventh hour deals earlier than Christmas, scammers are on the hunt where they offer free gadgets and games on social networking sites such as Facebook for reciprocally for private info. This time round they are offering free PS4 consoles if you like and share their … [Read more...]
For all those coffee lovers out there, we are afraid that there are some horrible people out there, as they have started a Facebook scam, which involves Starbucks. Phishers have already targeted people in the US and Canada, but that scam has now spread to include the nations favorite coffee … [Read more...]
Today marks the sad passing of Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs as he has his body has finally given up the fight against his health issues including pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately many people see this as an opportunity as the Steve Jobs memorial Facebook scam has started. It carries the title “In Memory of … [Read more...]
It’s been a while since we talked to you about any of the scams that circulate on Facebook so we thought that whilst today’s scam is quite viral that we should talk to you about it. This FB Scam is titled “WOW, got a super free sexy T-shirt from facebook Team…” although it comes in many forms which … [Read more...]
When it comes to social networking we see a number of Facebook scams circulating where people are trying to obtain your personal details for further scams to be put upon you. We have heard about a few others where different pages are offering free new iPhone 5’s in a page giveaway, of course it’s … [Read more...]
Even with the introduction of Google+ Facebook is still rolling along as the largest social network we have. With that being the case we are constantly seeing different Facebook scams popping up all over the place, they normally target high profile names or different events. Now we have another one … [Read more...]
We all know that Facebook is becoming pretty cluttered with all sorts of different scams such as the apparent free tickets to Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 and the scam about Lil Wayne nearly parting company with the world from a car crash. Now we have another FB Scam it’s titled “WIN 800 FV CASH … [Read more...]
Another day another scam on the biggest social network of them all, Facebook! Recently we have reported on quite a few different ones including one titled “BREAKING: Lil Wayne Nearly Dies In FATAL Car Crash!” and another aimed at Lady GaGa. Today’s is titled, “Get a free tickets to Twilight Breaking … [Read more...]
With much attention being directed towards the rise of Google+ we didn’t want to lose sight of something we often report on, the scams that hit the largest of the social networks Facebook. Recently there have been a few including a sick one about Lady GaGa being found dead in a hotel room. Now … [Read more...]
At OSM we love to help you guys out by reporting on the latest scams that hit our beloved social network, Facebook. We have seen quite a few in recent times including the “dad who drops his daughter to try to catch a baseball” along with some bogus offers. Now we have another dirty Facebook scam to … [Read more...]
We regularly keep you up to date and in the know on the latest scams floating around Facebook, with well known ones such as "this girl will never forget to turn her webcam of again", regularly tricking users. You may be pleased that the sinister man who sits on the other side of the computer screen … [Read more...]
At OSM we have reported on a number of different Facebook scams that we have come across, some of the popular ones that keep reappearing include one titled “This is what happened to his Ex Girlfriend” and of course the crooks are already all over the tragic passing of Amy Winehouse with various … [Read more...]
As regular OSM readers will already know we regularly add articles that talk about the scams that are becoming more and more frequent on our beloved social networking website Facebook. Now we are hearing of another FB scam titled “Dad Drops His Daughter to Try to Catch A Baseball on LIVE TV!” and … [Read more...]
These dirty Facebook crooks are so quick off the mark; they lay in wait of a massive world event or even a celebrity death and try to use it in a way to better themselves. We have seen the same thing happening time and time again; literally the day after the tragic passing of Ryan Dunn there was a … [Read more...]
It seems that almost every day there seems to be another Facebook Scam to report lately and many people are being caught out by these global scams that circulate through social networking. These scams are always bad enough but the latest of these FB scam’s exploits human misery and suffering as it … [Read more...]
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