Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
The viral social media warning claiming that strangers use drugged perfume samples or chemicals like "ether" or "axter" to make people faint and rob them is a decades-old urban leg...
The watermelon mosaic virus "scam" refers to viral social media misinformation claiming that watermelons with swirling, circular, or ring-like patterns on their rind are toxic or dangerous t...
Officers Ballinger and "Beasley" are not missing. There is a scam with pictures of both officers with an urgent alert claiming they are missing. This appears to be part of a social media gro...
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 stea...
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 potenti...
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 l...
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,...
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 medi...
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 soc...
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 w...
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 medi...
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 oth...
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 ...
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 pandem...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already killed thousands of people worldwide, we have seen COVID-19 scams where companies and individuals attempt to sell products they claim can prevent or cur...
President Donald Trump did not send Barack and Michelle Obama a $214 million bill "to repay the government for all of those vacations that weren’t official state business" while they were th...
The Broom Challenge or Broom Standing Up Challenge is a hoax that started as far back as 2012, which shows viral videos and photos posted by social media users showing how they can make brooms stand u...
Anessa Bryant, the wife of Kobe Bryant who was killed on January 26, 2020, tragically in a helicopter crash along with one of his daughters and 7 other persons, did not kill herself. Therefore, if you...
The new "Instagram New Privacy Policy" below is an old Instagram privacy policy hoax, not a scam, that started in 2012, and is making its rounds again in August 2019. The hoax claims the pho...
There is an old Instagram privacy policy hoax that started in 2012 and is making its rounds again in August 2019. The hoax claims the photo-sharing social media website has a new rule that states ever...
There is a video on social media that shows Teejayx6 being arrested by US Marshals midway in his performance at a Los Angeles show. The video shows him being handcuffed and taken away in an undercover...
WhatsApp users who have received the "Whatsapp Gang of Boys Burnt Me Alive Horror" message below are asked not to share or forward it to their friends. This is because the message is a hoax ...
Yesterday, a fake-news article claiming Vybz Kartel has won his appeal started circulating like wildfire on social media and the rest of the internet. The fake-news article was an April's Foo...
Some Twitter users fell for the "Twitter Change Your Birth Year to 2007" prank and got their account suspended for hours. The prank claims Twitter users can change their birth year to 2007 i...
Online users who have received the fake "New Whatsapp with Facebook Services Activation" message, see below, are asked not to forward it to their friends or follow the instructions in it. Th...
There is currently a fraudulent Little Caesars coupon in circulation, stating "Little Caesars is rewarding everyone with 3 free large pizza coupon on their 60th anniversary". This coupon was...
There is a hoax called the "Bangkok 8.5 Earthquake Video" that is spreading rapidly on social media and the rest of the Internet. The hoax or fake-news, which claims online users should dele...
The claims made by the social media post below that an HIV positive Cadbury worker contaminated Cadbury's beverage products with his blood is a hoax or fake news. The man in the post(see below) is...
The hoax or fake-news below, which claims that Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, an American actor, and director, has died from prostate cancer, is another celebrity death hoax. This is why online...
Be aware of fake-news websites that have published the article "I Killed Bob Marley - CIA Agent Confesses On Deathbed." The article (see below) is a fake because the man in it which they cla...
The claims made by the social media post below that a HIV positive Pepsi worker contaminated Pepsi's beverage products with his blood is a hoax or fake news. The man in the post(see below) is not ...
DO NOT visit the website www.impulsecyberbites.com. The is because, the website, which goes by the name "Impulse Cyberbites," is a fake news website that is spreading misleading information ...
The website www.impulsecyberbites.com, which goes by the name "Impulse Cyberbites," is a fake news website that is spreading misleading information about famous people to trick online users ...
Impulse Cyberbites located at www.impulsecyberbites.com is a fake news website that is spreading misleading information about famous people to trick online users into visiting it or drive web traffic ...
Swift Collider located at www.swiftcollider.com is a fake news website that is spreading misleading information about famous people to trick online users into visiting it or drive web traffic to it. O...
Swift Collider located at www.swiftcollider.com is a fake news website. The website is misleading information about famous people to trick online users into visiting it or drive web traffic to it. One...
Online users are asked to stay away from the fake news website www.swiftcollider.com that goes by the name "Swift Collider." The website, which was created less than six months ago is publis...
Online users are asked to stay away from the fake news website www.fortheloveoffilms.com that goes by the name "For the Love of Films." The website, which was created less than a month ago i...
Mr. Bean did not crash his car performing a stunt and was not killed. Mr. Bean, an English actor and comedian whose real name is Rowan Atkinson, is alive and is another victim of a celebrity death hoa...
The message below, which claims that that members cannot leave or exit a WhatsApp group called "Interschoolsbelongs" if they have joined it, is another hoax or fake-news. We are not saying t...
Your mobile or smartphone will not explode or "blast" if you receive a call or message from telephone number 777888999 or any other number. The so-called warning messages below, which are cu...
The message below which claims that a huge security breach in WhatsApp has caused hackers to send a malicious voice message disguised as a Trojan virus to WhatsApp users is a fake, hoax or chain lette...
Social media users, please do not be fooled by the message below, which claims that you should not post anything regarding politics or religion, or else you will be arrested without a warrant. The mes...
The message below, which claims that that members cannot leave or exit a WhatsApp group called "Firdaus we ascend" if they have joined it, is another hoax or fake-news. We are not saying tha...
WhatsApp does not make charitable donations for sharing photos, messages, audio, or posts. Therefore, WhatsApp users should not share posts with instructions to share a photo or message to help raise ...
The hoax below, which claims that the paracetamol with the name "P / 500" contains the "Machupo" virus, was created by pranksters to create public panic. If the claims in the messa...
The messages below, which claim that Microsoft's co-founder, William Henry 'Bill' Gates, is sharing his fortune, are hoaxes created by pranksters. Therefore, online users who have received...
If you receive a Make-A-Wish Foundation chain letter or social media post like the ones below, please delete it. This is because the Make-A-Wish Foundation does not participate in these kinds of wishe...
The article below: "Reggae Legend Buju Banton Is DEAD After Committing Suicide Inside US Prison," published on "www.NetLiveMedia.com," is another celebrity death hoax. The hoax or ...
The "Pictures of Donald Trump Suffering from a Stroke Virus" post or message below is another reason why the saying: "do not believe everything you read online or on the internet,"...
The article: "Ex-Army Sniper Takes Out Neighbor’s Home Intruder From Bedroom Window," published on fake-news website: "www.theseattletribune.com", never happened because there are ...
Whatsapp users, please do not share the message below, which claims that you should remove your display picture or photos because ISIS will use them and your telephone number maliciously. The message ...
The "Donald Trump Arrested" virus post below is another reason why the saying: "do not believe everything you read online or on the internet," should be taken seriously. The "...
The post below shows a giant insect and the hand of someone riddled with what seems to be horrible holes. The same post claims that the horrible holes are caused by a virus that is being spread by the...
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and other social networking websites or apps are been flooded with the message below, which claims that there is a virus called the "Dance of the Hillary." The me...
There are messages circulating on WhatsApp and the rest of social media, like the ones below, claiming the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Jamaica online banking system has been hacked, and are warning...
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt, an American actor and producer, is not dead. The fake Facebook post below, disguised as a Fox News article, claiming the 52-year-old actor committed suicide, is ...
WhatsApp users, beware of fake messages(see below) claiming that WhatsApp will no longer be free and they are deleting accounts because their servers are congested and they need to remove inactive use...
The article below: "Million Pounds of Rat Meat Being Sold As Boneless Chicken Wings in U.S," published on fake-news websites: "www.tmzworldnews.com" and "www.celebtricity.com,...