Oct
1
One of the most effective techniques anti-spam products have to block spam messages from reaching your inbox is reputation filtering.
Yes, to a degree, anti-spam solutions may still look for v1@gr@and Mrs. Gaddafi offering you $40 million, but the biggest bang for your buck comes from reputation.
What do you do if you are a spammer? Figure out a way to get a legitimate mail provider to deliver your messages for you…
Sep
26
Will Facebook start charging due to the new profile changes?
No.
But don’t let the truth get in the way of a good old-fashioned chain letter, spreading like billy-o across the social network.
IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY
Sep
21
A hoax is spreading like wildfire on Facebook, claiming that hackers are posting pornographic movies on users’ walls which are invisible to the owners of the wall but are visible to friends and family.
You can imagine how that would be pretty embarrassing if it were true. Fortunately, it’s nonsense.
Here’s what a typical message looks like, spread by a Facebook user who thinks they are warning their friends – but really perpetuating the hoax.
ATTENTION FRIENDS! HACKERS ARE DOING DAMAGE AGAIN ON FACEBOOK! PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES ARE BEING POSTED ON OUR BEHALF ON THE WALLS OF OUR PROFILES! WE DO NOT SEE THEM, BUT OTHER PEOPLE DO, AS IF IT WERE OUR PUBLICATION! SOMETIME EVEN OUR SUPPOSED Comments APPEARS. IF YOU SEE SUCH A THING IN MY HOMEPAGE, ALERT ME AND DO NOT OPEN IT BECAUSE IT IS A VIRUS! ...COPY AND RE POST THIS MESSAGE
Sep
20
This weekend we saw another spate of Facebook messages claiming to link to a BBC News report of the death of Lady Gaga.
Of course, the claims are untrue – and Lady Gaga is still alive.
But that isn’t stopping Facebook scammers from creating money-making websites that claim that the eccentric pop star has been found dead in her hotel room, and tricking Facebook users into sharing the links.
BREAKING: Lady Gaga Found Dead in Hotel Room
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This is the most awful day in US history
Sep
14
A shocking video of a man in a wheelchair falling down an elevator shaft? Is that really what you want to watch?
Well, if it is, then you’re just the kind of person that a newly-discovered Facebook scam is looking for.
Messages on the social network have been seen like the following:
Man in wheelchair falls down the elevator shaft *SHOCKING VIDEO*
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This Video is really shocking. a man in a wheelchair is falling down the elevator shaft.
Sep
13
You must be the luckiest person on the planet – You keep winning lotteries! Here’s the latest notification – straight from Aunty Beeb herself, the BBC.
