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HOTMAIL ALERT I can’t believe this old fake phishing scam to steal your hotmail account is still being sent – its a variation of a spam email from years ago – but this has better English apart from a few spelling mistakes –  and is possibly going to catch more people out. We’ve seen these types of phishing scams on Twitter ... Read More »

More scams …. I got this today – on my Facebook wall – shared by one of my friends, you might think it is authentic as it had my name in it. It shows the link as a blogspot address which if you look at it – doesn’t look too real – UYTUTIUYUIUIOU looks like someone had a heart attack ... Read More »

  UPDATE BELOW It all started here…… Today Forbes published an article Dude And 50K Friends: Serious About Saving Stargate Universe About the success of the Facebook “Save Stargate Universe” page and the passion that is found within the group! The article soon found it self on the front page of Digg! A story you Dugg was promoted to Top ... Read More »

Many Facebook users accounts are being hacked at the moment; there seems to have been a spate of complaints coming from friends and acquaintances. Edit: What to do if you have been hacked through the recent porn hacks – November 2011  There are many ways to get hacked on Facebook; using an open Wifi connection seems to be the quickest and easiest way. ... Read More »