People who run a business will understand how important it is to find a good gimmick in order to encourage sales. Of course, the gimmick actually has to be ‘good’ in order to work. Pink Taco learned this the hard way when their little stunt of spray painting a donkey pink and writing “Pink Taco”…

Facebook has played a huge part in the uprisings that occurred and are occurring in the Middle East. As such, the remaining dictatorships in the area are trying to control their problem by cracking down on Facebook operations. One prime example of this is the current online attack being targetted towards Syrian users on social…

Teens often find the idea of drinking and smoking pretty cool – which is probably why they’ll never learn that it’s best to keep photos of them doing so off of Facebook. A group of teens were sanctioned and suspended last week after photos of them holding alcoholic beverages and smoking tobacco were found on…

Compassion is all well and good, but it’s deadly to have too much of it and too little common sense. One woman from Shah Alam, Malaysia, was scammed of over RM1.1 mil, or $366,000, after she fell for the con artist’s sob stories on Facebook. Police have been able to apprehend six likely suspects but…

Scam Signature Message: Army Video Leaks.What The Government Does Not Want You To See. Scam Type: Malware, Fake Page Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: Clicking on the “Watch The Video” link loads the following page: Here the scammers want you to follow…

Scam Signature Message: This is sick!!You have to see this!!Finally a way to see who views your facebook profile Scam Type: Malware, Fake Page, Profile Peeker Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: If you “Click Here To Start,” your system will be attacked…

Facebook Scams Profiled this Week: Free Subway Gift Cards – Limited Time PHOTO! Girl accidentally sends dad SMS about her FIRST TIME Need help please.. 🙂 can you please click “Click Here” in her profile.. Thanks! [name] made you an administrator of the Page “iPad 2 Market Research”. LOL !! Me cant believe that you…

Scam Signature Message: Free Subway Gift Cards – Limited Time Scam Type: Survey Scam, Bogus Offer Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: If you read the fine print, you must complete a total of 5 Sponsor Offers. Not only is this a ridiculous…

Scam Signature Message: PHOTO! Girl accidentally sends dad SMS about her FIRST TIME Scam Type: Survey Scam, Like-Jacking Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: Clicking anywhere on the page like-jacks your account and loads the following survey scam: : Here we see the…

A new privacy control has been implemented by Facebook allowing users to easily hide recent activity displayed on their wall. Users now have the option to apply a “Hide All” setting to virtually any activity that normally shows up on their “Recent Activity.” (friending, liking, comments posted, questions, etc.) Hovering your mouse over the top…

Scam Signature Message: [name] Need help please.. 🙂 can you please click “Click Here” in her profile.. Thanks! Scam Type: Malware, Chat-jacking Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the link takes you to profile page of the lovely, Estella Gillespie. She looks harmless enough, right? Think again – The “CLICK HERE” link on…

If you happen to read “Bout 2 kill ma kid” in your newsfeed, would you think that it was just a joke, a potential scam or a harmless threat that a tired parent doesn’t really mean? Would you think it was just a figure of speech? After all, people say “I’m going to kill you”…