A friend of mine sent me this video recently. I’ve always been cognoscent about the potential threat of revealing your location in personal tweets and photos, but I never realised how easy is it for cyber criminals to find out so much from just a few pics on the Internet. If you’re a parent, you [...]
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I have often warned people about free classified websites like Gumtree because they are a breeding ground for scams and fraudsters out to deprive you of your money and your possessions. I’ve never actually experienced being scammed on these sites, but the number of stories you hear from friends and family who have lost money [...]
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I have no doubt that live auction sites such as Smokoo and ViaZiz have been all over the Internet for years. But they’re a pretty new phenomenon in South Africa – to their benefit, because they are making a killing. In a nutshell, here’s how these auction sites work: You sign up for free and [...]
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So I’m probably one of thousands of South Africans who have been cold-called by telemarketers who claim to be from any one of a number of marketing organisations, representing a bunch of timeshare companies. (*Before I go on, let me just preface this with the fact that I have not been scammed by these guys [...]
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