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Facebook game “Pet Society” is now safer for 6.5 million users

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

Oct 18, 2011     No Comments
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How Facebook rewards kids for “talking to strangers”

“Stranger Danger” is one of the first lessons children are taught. At home and at school, the message that if [...]

Sep 23, 2011     No Comments
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Scam Detectives – Facebook friend to the stars?

Wow! Hollywood star and Mrs Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie wants to be my friend on Facebook! For those who can’t [...]

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

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

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

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

May 25, 2010     3 Comments
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Scammers get smarter every day – Scam emails get personal

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

Mar 19, 2010     4 Comments
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Who’s talking to your kids on Facebook?

We’ve just been reading the full, horrifying details of young Ashleigh Hall, a 17 year old girl who was groomed [...]

Mar 9, 2010     1 Comment
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Beware Free iPad scam on Facebook & Twitter

We’re getting reports of another scam doing the rounds on Facebook & Twitter. This time, scammers are trying to recruit [...]

Mar 2, 2010     4 Comments
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Updated account agreement – Another facebook virus alert

Dear Facebook user, Due to Facebook policy changes, all Facebook users must submit a new, updated account agreement, regardless of [...]

Feb 10, 2010     No Comments
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Facebook Password Reset Confirmation! Customer Support.

Yet another attempt to trick you into downloading a virus. The attached zip file doesn’t contain a new Facebook password, [...]

Feb 8, 2010     11 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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