What The Tech: How the elderly can protect themselves from Facebook scammers
During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Facebookâs parent company, Meta, is introducing new tools to help older adults recognize and avoid scams.
During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Facebookâs parent company, Meta, is introducing new tools to help older adults recognize and avoid scams.
When a stranger sends you a friend request, you ignore it as you should. But what most people don’t know is that even if you decline or ignore it, that person is still following you. That is how scams start.
These days, it’s best to treat every unexpected message about money as a scam. Especially if it tells you to ‘click here’ to claim your payment.
Scammers know if they can trick you into believing they’re a friend, they can scam you out of money, and the scams work. But how?