MiscellaneousfromThe Globe and Mail2 weeks agoFairfax warns investors to ignore online scams impersonating CEO Prem WatsaInvestors are warned against social media scams falsely advertising stock recommendations from Prem Watsa.
fromwww.theguardian.com1 month agoIt's thieving': impersonators steal elderly people's TikToks to hawk mass-produced goodsElderly individuals are increasingly becoming victims of identity theft on social media platforms like TikTok.
fromBleepingComputer1 month agoInstagram ads mimicking BMO, EQ Banks are finance scamsInstagram ads are being used to impersonate financial institutions for phishing scams targeting Canadian consumers.
fromwww.bbc.com3 months agoDog groomer urges caution after social media scamThe consequences of them getting access to your Facebook page is that they could take down your page, and maybe change the name of your page to show something else, to push out their message to your followers.Social media marketing
France newsfromBuzzFeed6 months agoA Woman Divorced Her Husband And Sent $855K To A Scammer Who Convinced Her They Were Brad PittOnline scams are leveraging AI-generated images to mislead victims, becoming more sophisticated.A French woman was scammed out of €830,000 by someone impersonating Brad Pitt through social media.She divorced her husband, believing in a fabricated relationship with the scammer.