Written by: Megan Loe
Oct. 16, 2025
Think twice before clicking links about an alleged premium version of WhatsApp called "WhatsApp ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Aug. 17, 2025
Users can activate the Meta AI program in a chat, but end-to-end encryption remains the default ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 5, 2025
For years, Facebook and WhatsApp users shared the hoax, mentioning a "warning from Olga Nikolaev ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 30, 2023
The newest iteration of an old hoax said that a dangerous file was appearing on WhatsApp, disgui ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 12, 2023
This feels familiar, and similar to bogus email forwards from decades past.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 10, 2022
The scam was being promoted in Facebook ads and perhaps also on Instagram by an account that sho ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 4, 2021
The websites and apps for all four Facebook products were not available on the morning of Oct. 4.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 11, 2022
A reader emailed us and said they spotted the quote meme on WhatsApp.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 1, 2022
According to Facebook users who fell victim to the scam, their accounts were compromised and mes ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2022
Cadbury said in a statement that the viral post was "not been generated by us" and that consumer ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2018
One of several similar WhatsApp malware hoaxes warns that a "Martinelli" video could "hack" your ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 22, 2018
A viral hoax managed to trick some people.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 27, 2017
Another WhatsApp malware hoax is circulating, this time warning that a "Carnaval de las palomita ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 5, 2017
A warning about a WhatsApp group called 'Interschools' and its connection to ISIS is a hoax.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 15, 2016
Facebook purchased the texting app in 2014, but WhatsApp says personal user information won't be ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
A message advertising an unauthorized premium WhatsApp service tricked users into installing mal ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 6, 2007
Is an animal shelter closing for good and euthanizing all its animals that are not adopted befor ...
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