{"id":846,"date":"2018-10-08T10:15:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/?p=846"},"modified":"2018-10-08T10:15:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T18:15:10","slug":"social-media-scams-and-hoaxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/social-media-scams-and-hoaxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Scams and Hoaxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Social Media scams and hoaxes<\/strong>\u00a0come around every year and unfortunately, unsuspecting Social Media users are perpetuating and helping spread these erroneous tales.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-854\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SM-scams.jpg?resize=525%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Social Media Scams And Hoaxes\" width=\"525\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SM-scams.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SM-scams.jpg?resize=150%2C82&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SM-scams.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SM-scams.jpg?resize=350%2C191&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Who Are Creating These Social Media Scams and Hoaxes?<\/h4>\n<p>Unfortunately, with tremendous popularity, also comes a dark side. Virus writers and other cybercriminals go where the numbers are and the most popular Social Media sites are Twitter, LinkedIn, and the biggest, Facebook.<\/p>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/share-social-media-scam.jpg?resize=300%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Social Media Scams And Hoaxes\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/share-social-media-scam.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/share-social-media-scam.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/share-social-media-scam.jpg?resize=768%2C478&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/share-social-media-scam.jpg?resize=350%2C218&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/share-social-media-scam.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Why Are Social Media Scams and Hoaxes Created?<\/h4>\n<p>By empowering users to share and connect, social media platforms open the door for a variety of different\u00a0security and privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistakes about it,\u00a0Social Media scams and hoaxes can do damage. If not direct damage to your pocketbook, it can do damage to your reputation \u2014 both personally\u00a0or professionally. In fact, one of the fastest ways to get singled out by your employer is falling for these tricksters.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>&#8220;As any security professional will tell you, allowing your employees to use social media sites on corporate networks could make your system increasingly vulnerable.&#8221;<\/em> ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/securityintelligence.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SecurityIntelligence.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-851\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Facebook-Scam.jpg?resize=300%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Social Media Scams And Hoaxes\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Facebook-Scam.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Facebook-Scam.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Facebook-Scam.jpg?resize=350%2C208&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Facebook-Scam.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>So, How You Can Protect Yourself Against Social Media Scams and Hoaxes?<\/h4>\n<p>According to several consumer\u00a0protection agencies, most scams start with an approach through contact you weren\u2019t expecting. If someone contacts you out of the blue \u2013 whether over the phone, through the post, by email, on a website, in person or on social media \u2013 always consider the possibility that it may be a scam.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the basics above, I suggest keeping your personal information &#8220;locked-down&#8221; and not exposed to public view. In fact, because some sites, e.g. Facebook, like to prompt you to secure your account with your contact information (usually your cell phone), I would go one step further and make your settings so that only you (and not even your friends) can see your details. If your friends need to contact you, they will\u00a0have all the info needed, and as such, there is no need to share it on Social Media.<\/p>\n<h4>What To Do If You Suspect Social Media Scams and Hoaxes?<\/h4>\n<p>The #1 thing to do if you suspect you are the target of Social Media cams and hoaxes is to <strong>change your password(s)<\/strong> <strong>and sign out of all devices<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-852 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Social Media Scams And Hoaxes\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?resize=350%2C350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/red-sign-scam-alert.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Seven Biggest Social Media Scams And Hoaxes Of 2018!<\/h4>\n<p>According to SecurityIntelegence.com, the seven biggest hoaxes and scams of 2018 have been as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>1. Catfishing<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Catfishing is an internet scam in which a cybercriminal creates a fake online profile to seduce a victim into a fictitious online relationship \u2014 usually to get money or other benefits from the victim.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>2. Profile Hijacking<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Facebook profile hijack is another take on using a fake profile for nefarious means. In this case, cybercriminals often use the attributes and details of real people \u2014 like their photos, hometown and occupation \u2014 to set up profiles pretending to be that person.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3. Lottery Schemes<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A ruse emerged earlier this year involving fake profiles that appeared to belong to top Facebook executive Mark Zuckerberg. The cybercriminals sent messages to other users informing them that they\u2019d just won lottery prize money.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>4. Quizzes That Mine Your Information<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Which \u201cStars Wars\u201d character are you? What city were you meant to live in? Which celebrity is your soulmate? Sound familiar? These are all popular quizzes that have been widely shared on Facebook, imploring users to take a few minutes for what seems like harmless fun.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>5. URL-Shortening Cons<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">While URL shorteners are very useful for sharing a website link within a tight character limit, such as Twitter, they can also be used to mask a malicious page<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>6. Chain Message Hoaxes<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Social media app Snapchat has run into a problem with chain message hoaxes, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techadvisor.co.uk\/how-to\/social-networks\/how-avoid-common-snapchat-scams-3676895\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Advisor<\/a>. The ruse here involves trying to alarm users about something terrible that is going to happen to their data within the app.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>7. Money-Flipping<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Money-flipping is a growing financial scam on Instagram and other social media channels. Criminals seek to extort money from users by convincing them to make a bum investment.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This is a summary; <a href=\"https:\/\/securityintelligence.com\/what-are-the-seven-biggest-social-media-scams-of-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read the entire blog from SecurityIntelligence.com here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lastly, on this subject, reach out to me directly. Nothing beats &#8220;peace of mind&#8221; like a good phone call. Go to my <a href=\"https:\/\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/conversation\/\">contact page<\/a> and send an email or, if you are within North America, call me direct at 1-888-502-3523.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Media scams and hoaxes\u00a0come around every year and unfortunately, unsuspecting Social Media users are perpetuating and helping spread these erroneous tales. Who Are Creating These Social Media Scams and Hoaxes? Unfortunately, with tremendous popularity, also comes a dark side. Virus writers and other cybercriminals go where the numbers are and the most popular Social &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/social-media-scams-and-hoaxes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Social Media Scams and Hoaxes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[102],"tags":[104,105,103,42],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-media-scams-and-hoaxes","tag-hoaxes","tag-online-security","tag-scams","tag-social-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social Media Scams and Hoaxes &#8211; Cortex Marketing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dickinsonent.com\/cortex\/social-media-scams-and-hoaxes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Social Media Scams and Hoaxes &#8211; Cortex Marketing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Social Media scams and hoaxes\u00a0come around every year and unfortunately, unsuspecting Social Media users are perpetuating and helping spread these erroneous tales. 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