Facebook Free Starbucks and Tim Horton’s is a Scam

It’s been a while since we’ve seen an outbreak of free voucher scams hit Facebook but in the last two days American and Canadian coffee lovers have been targeted by would-be phishers.

As our friends at Sophos explain, offers purporting to be from Tim Hortons started targeting Canadian users Monday. Users were asked to “Like” a page and share it with Facebook friends in exchange for free coffee.

Today, the scam has spread to include Starbucks. Tim Horton’s is primarily a Canadian chain and the ubiquity of Starbucks makes U.S. users potential targets.

We’ve seen this sort of scam before — either with the promise of free goods or access to Justin Bieber’s cell phone number. In some cases, users are tricked into a “likejacking” cycle after accessing a nefarious link. In others, users agree to install a rogue Facebook application.

In this case, users are asked to provide an email address and other sensitive information.

The danger with these sorts of scams is that they can spread so quickly across social networks. Unlike email chain letter scams of the past, these scams can post to your Facebook page and instantly entice others into falling for the same rouse.

Do not give your email address to these rogue companies. Do not “Like” their pages or share the scam with your friends.

If you have fallen victim to the scam, we advise you to change any passwords associated with your Facebook account or email login as a precaution (as well as any logins that share those same passwords).

Source : Mashable 

Facebook enable dislike button wall post scam

The wall post says:

Facebook now has a dislike button! Click ‘Enable Dislike Button’ to turn on the new feature!”

This is quite clever and looks exactly like it might be a genuine add-on, the “Enable Dislike Button” link appears exactly where the “Share” button appears on regular posts.

If you click on the link, the same wall post will be posted to all your friends’ walls, meaning that more and more people will be tricked the same way.

This is a scam. No “Dislike” button will be added anywhere.

Many Facebook users have been suggesting for quite a while now that facebook have a “Dislike” button so this scam is probably going to fool quite a few people people.

Please let everyone know about this “enable dislike button” scam and ensure your friends understand that they should be cautious of posts like this put on their walls, even from if they come from their own friends!

If you, or anyone you know, has this message posted on their wall, you can either hide it or mark it as spam. If you mark it as spam it helps Facebook to hopefully become aware of and remove this rogue application.

Source: alanhart.co.uk

Fake Job Scam Email - SUSPECT: immediate employment

Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information. Here is an example of job scam....

from    company admin@***office.com.ua
reply-to sky****company@mail.com
subject    SUSPECT: immediate employment


SKY ***** OIL AND GAS. Is a publicly traded American company with valuable oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of central West SKY **** OIL AND GAS, Inc, Has immediate employment opportunities.

We intend to invite experienced Individuals/Expatriates or Consultancy firm who are capable of rendering expertise services in various fields of Engineering, Construction and Installation, NDT , Geology, Project Management, Welding and Fabrication, Plant/Start-Up, Maintenance,  Mechanical/Technical/Design Engineering, Information Technology, Administrative, Commissioning and Medical Experts.


ENTITLEMENT, BENEFITS AND PACKAGES:
A very attractive net salary paid in US$, Sterling or Euros equivalent depending on employee home country and currency preference with annual salary review. Quality single or family housing accommodation (up to 5 people) in company community.
1.  Free medical/dental care in UNITED KINGDOM and other surrounding company
countries  for employee and family.
2. Excellent educational assistance benefits with family status employment.
3. Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel.
4. Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances.
5. Full access to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, UNITED KINGDOM and subinates WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES.
1. Life Insurance and Paid vacation.
2. Employees who would not want to remain in the USA office will be granted
transfer to the UK or other affected countries.
3. Official vehicle/Maximum security in work environment and housing community.

Note:
All job recruitments are done in the USA offices(SKY *** OIL AND GAS). ALSO Applicants will be responsible for him/her visa and all other necessary travel documents (company policy), that will enable him/her to come over to his job community (here). We also ensure to stand in favor of your name and plead with the consulate office of the USA High commission to assist you making sure that visa and all the travel documents are issued to you smoothly.

JOB STATUS:

Full-Time and Half Time .

SALARY INDICATION:

GBP6, 7500 USA DOLLARS (Seven thousand five hundred Dollars) and above pending on work experience and field of specialization.

Capable and Interested Candidates are to E - mail resumes and details of experiences to:-

Dr. Hugh.W. Thompson
(Personnel Manager)
(RECRUITMENT OFFICE)
sky*****company@mail.com

Some spammers send fraudulent mass-messages designed to collect personal information, called 'spoofing' or 'password phishing'.

Beware! Charity Scam on the Prowl

Beware! Charity Scam on the Prowl : Some time you would have got such type mails on charity fraud or scams Beware from such frauds and scams.

Here is an example of such scam emails:

Orthodox Church Charity Donation

Your Mail-ID has been award £750.000.00 GBP from Orthodox Church Foundation for your own  personal,educational and business development.help the underprivileged in your country.

1.FULL NAMES:
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
8.MOBILE NUMBER:
9.STATE:
10.COUNTRY:

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

Rev Fr Isaac Thomas
Rev.Fr.isaacthomas@t***r.com
WWW.o**hodo**hurch.in

How to deal with Fake Tech Support Scam

You can check the phone to avoid a scam advice here, but you'll never receive a legitimate call from a Microsoft or partners who charge you for computer fixes. If someone calls claiming that Microsoft,
Check out the things you need to have in your mind for such scams:

• Never give control to the computer with a third party, unless you can confirm that this is a legitimate representative of the computer support team to which you are already a customer.
• Never provide your credit card or financial information to someone claiming to be from Microsoft tech support if you can not initiate a call to Microsoft first.
• Ask upfront if you have to buy software or pay a fee or subscription-related "services." If there is, hang up the phone.
• Take down the information of the caller and immediately report it to local authorities. If you think you've been the victim of a scam, check out these tips that can help you protect your money and identity.

419 company scam example

Sometimes the victim will be asked to pay the winning prize in quiz game receiving. Demanded money from you guys will make payments to the customs or the airport, making clearances for the price to your land.

The Black Money Scam also known as the Nigerian 419 scam. 419 refers to a portion of a Nigerian law that deals with fraud.

An e-mail questions to help you to move money, new set packages, or collecting money for a company or person anywhere in the world must be regarded as a scam.

A typical example for such emails is:
From:   
"Mr. Udoma Almond" <udomaal--------54@att.net>  | Add to Address book |This is not spam
 To:    undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject:    Re: I hope we can work together.
Date:    Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:50:41 IST

From The Desk of Mr. Udoma Almond.
CBB Packaging/Courier Officer
Central Bank of Benin .
General Computing,
Packaging/Courier Office Ankpa Road ,
Cotonou . Benin Republic.
My Dear,
Urgent and Confidential: Please let this not come to you as a surprise because you do not know me, I am Mr. Udoma Almond, I Work with the central Bank of Benin, Packaging and Courier Department. I got your contact through online directory while I was searching for a good person for this mutual business I want you to help me clear this package that is already in Europe which I shipped through our CBB accredited courier agent, the contents of the package is $12,500,000.00 all in $100.00 Bills, But the courier company does not know that it is money that I have in the package. Please be aware that the money can be brought to you any where you want.

All I want you to do for now is this, give me your mailing address your private phone to receive the fund and for you assistance, you will have 50% and 50% for me. Please my identity must not be revealed to anybody for security reasons. Other modalities will be discussed as soon as you get back to me.

Note: Communication should be strictly through telephone and email for security reasons and you can reach me on my private telephone number: +22998156480 as you received this mail or send me email via: udomalmond@w.cn

Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Udoma Almond.


You must be careful, these scams are dangerous to your finances.