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Is someone REALLY saying nasty things about you on Twitter?

Is someone REALLY saying nasty things about you on Twitter?

Tweet Well, they might be, but if you get a Direct Message (DM) telling you about it, it’s probably a [...]

Jan 27, 2012     No Comments
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Facebook game “Pet Society” is now safer for 6.5 million users

Tweet Following pressure from Internet Safety Consultant Charles Conway, a “dangerous” loophole in popular social game Pet Society has been [...]

Oct 18, 2011     No Comments
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Facebook game encourages and rewards underage “cybersex”

Tweet Internet safety consultant Charles Conway accuses popular Facebook game “The Sims Social” of rewarding kids for engaging in underage [...]

Oct 14, 2011     No Comments
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Social networks – harmless fun or harmful to your business?

Tweet Last month security firm RSA revealed that their systems had been hacked and highly sensitive data relating to their [...]

Apr 6, 2011     No Comments
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NEVER let your browser store your password!

Tweet When your web browser offers to remember your password for Twitter, Facebook, Google or any other website, it can [...]

Mar 24, 2011     No Comments
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Scam Detectives – Facebook friend to the stars?

Tweet Wow! Hollywood star and Mrs Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie wants to be my friend on Facebook! For those who [...]

Jun 8, 2010     No Comments
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“No straightforward way” to stop under 13′s joining up says Facebook

Tweet Facebook is a great social network. Alongside other sites like Myspace and Bebo, it allows us to keep in [...]

May 28, 2010     8 Comments
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Facebook Porn. It won’t send you blind but could harm your computer

Tweet Internet security specialists Sophos have today urged social networking site Facebook to set up an “early warning system” after [...]

May 25, 2010     3 Comments
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Another Twitter Phishing email

Tweet We received an email at Scam-Detectives HQ this morning from “Twitter Support”, telling us that we have 3 unread [...]

Apr 23, 2010     No Comments
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Scammers get smarter every day – Scam emails get personal

Tweet We were very concerned this morning at Scam Detectives HQ when we received another round of “Facebook Password Confirmation” [...]

Mar 19, 2010     4 Comments
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Scam Detectives is having a facelift

We know that you've found this page in Google, on Facebook or on Twitter, so we've left it here for you to find. However, we're in the middle of a facelift and so not all of the usual Scam Detectives functionality is here just now. Please bear with us, normal service will be resumed shortly...

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