Google announced that it'll be restricting tech support ads.Image: Getty Images/fStopBy Johnny Lieu2018-09-03 07:39:13 UTC Tech support scams are a problem on the internet, and Google is trying to stop people from getting tangled in them through their ads. It's decided to restrict ads by third-party...
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Summer 2018's brightest star has been the scammer. Grifters of all sorts have been in the headlines this year, from thieves to embezzlers to animals impersonating other animals. What's bringing on all this Big Scam Energy? We're not sure, but it's made for some fun headlines....
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[ad_1] In an interesting twist, Facebook is being sued in the UK for defamation by consumer advice personality, Martin Lewis, who says his face and name have been repeatedly used on fake adverts distributed on the social media giant’s platform. Lewis, who founded the popular MoneySavingExpert.com...
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[ad_1] Twitter is taking some steps to combat cryptocurrency scammers on its platform. But these are best classified as ‘baby steps’ at this point. The company does not currently have a specific ad policy relating to cryptocurrency and ICO related ads — which Facebook banned in January. “We...
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[ad_1] Yeah. Not good.Image: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GETTY IMAGESBy Jack Morse2018-03-01 00:30:21 UTC The blockchain can't solve for stupid. That painful truth hit the internet-of-things blockchain project Waltonchain hard today, with one Twitter huge fuck up leading to the erasure of tens of millions of dollars in the...
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[ad_1] Twitter verification, or the blue checkmark that appears next to an official account's name, is seen by most people as a badge of credibility. It's meant to distinguish real accounts from the fake ones. But for scammers, the same blue checkmark can be exploited to...
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[ad_1] Seriously don't do that.Image: Mark Brake/Getty ImagesBy Jack Morse2018-02-21 23:37:08 UTC People, please please please listen closely: Elon Musk is not giving away Ether. Scammers have swarmed Twitter in recent weeks in an attempt to trick people out of their hard-earned cryptocurrency, and as a...
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[ad_1] Bitcoin has been on a run. Despite its recent dip, the cryptocurrency has impressed skeptics and believers alike in its monumental rise in value since its creation nine years ago. But all that could be on the verge of change. Because while the argument rages...
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[ad_1] Venice is unfortunately full of tourist traps.Image: Getty Images/EyeEmBy Johnny Lieu2018-01-23 02:57:47 UTC Avoiding being ripped off is an inevitable part of travelling, but sometimes you get unlucky. Four Japanese visitors were presented with a €1,143 ($1,350) bill at a Venice restaurant, prompting anger from...
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[ad_1] Image: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagicBy Chloe Bryan2017-12-22 14:01:07 UTC It appears that some reckless online scammer has decided that of all the celebrities to impersonate, they'd like to take a stab at Oprah. As expected, though, Oprah is onto them. In a video posted to her Instagram...
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