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Scammers are posting fake news messages on social media websites with the iPhone scam warning messages below, claiming the US Government is warning the public about a bank emptying or credit card stealing text. The aim of the messages is to frighten and trick potential victims into clicking the links in them, thinking they are from legitimate news ...

If you have received the "Pegasus Email" scam below, please do not follow the instructions in it. This is because it is another sextortion email being used by scammers to trick their potential victims into sending them Bitcoins. The fake email claims it has collected information about the potential victims' private lives, which can be...

The Circumvent Facebook OO5251839 post or message circulating on the social media platform is a hoax. So, do not be fooled. The hoax claims users can bypass Facebook's algorithm, which will let them see posts from people they do not see anymore. But, this is not true. All the post is doing is instructing Facebook users to share it with the...

The viral hoax or fake news below, which tells users they will have to pay to continue using WhatsApp, has been resurrected again in 2021. The hoax started in 2016, popped up in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and now in 2021. If you have received the hoax or fake news, just delete it, do not share it....

The "UK Stay In Scheme" for all who stay indoors for the next six months is just another internet hoax posted on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and other social media websites by pranksters....

The "UK Gov £300 To Stay Home" scheme or reward for all who stay indoors for the next six months is just another internet hoax posted on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and other social media websites by pranksters....

The "Stay In To Help Out £300" scheme or reward for all who stay indoors for the next six months is just another internet joke or hoax posted on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and other social media websites by pranksters....

The "UK Gov Stay In To Help Out" scheme or reward for all who stay indoors for the next six months is just another internet hoax posted on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and other social media websites by pranksters....

The "Stay In To Help Out £300" scheme or reward for all who stay indoors for the next six months is just another internet hoax posted on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and other social media websites by pranksters....

There is no "Stay In To Help Out £300" scheme or reward for all who stay indoors for the next six months. This is just another internet hoax posted on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and other social media websites by pranksters....

The WhatsApp Martinelli scam is a virus hoax that started in 2016 and has resurfaced in 2020. The hoax, which spread false information claiming there is a video virus on WhatsApp that can hack phones and nothing can fix or stop it, does not exist. Every year, the scam is resurrected and used to frighten WhatsApp users and trick them into sharing th...

The fake FEMA Facebook posts below which claims that the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is offering hazard pay compensation to individuals who worked during the novel coronavirus pandemic is a hoax. The link in the post goes to spam, malicious, and phishing websites. Therefore, online users are asked not to click it, they should just...