Too Good to be True? Scams on Social Media by T E Hodden

Informative article on social media scams in Mom’s Favorite Reads July magazine.

If you spend any length of time on social media, it’s growing increasingly likely that sooner or later you are going to see a friend, or a friend of a friend, sharing the kind of competition or deal that seems too good to be true. You know the sort of thing: Holidays given away for liking a page, vouchers for everybody who shares a link, or some free gift for filling out a survey.

A lot of the time, they come from sites that look like they belong to the real company, and even the most wary of us could be forgiven for thinking it might be worth taking a punt.

After all, they aren’t asking for money, so what’s the worst that can happen?

Read the full article in our magazine

https://issuu.com/momsfavoritereads/docs/july_2019