The Growth of Instagram When Instagram came out in 2010, little did we know how big a part of our everyday lives it would be a decade later? What started as a simple photo-sharing and social networking app has turned into a must-use platform for most brands and businesses and is pretty much responsible for…

The Growth of Snapchat Snapchat, the social media app best known for its vanishing images and videos, was launched in 2011 but didn’t really become popular until about 2013. What made Snapchat blow up so quickly, even with so many other social media platforms to compete against, was that theoretically, nothing users sent or uploaded…

Isn’t Tinder Full of People Trying To Find True Love? Tinder can be a great place to meet interesting people and maybe even form a lasting romantic connection. There’s no doubt that the platform is full of tons of real profiles of people who are there looking for love, but there are also Tinder scams…

Imagine you’re a business owner and you receive an email with an invoice from one of your overseas suppliers. You transfer them a large sum of money to pay for the invoice, only to realize sometime later that the email was really from scammers impersonating your suppliers and you’re not going to receive any goods…

TikTok might have risen to fame because of its viral dance videos, but scammers are also taking advantage of the platform to reach whole new audiences. There are tons of fake accounts on TikTok that will try to lure you into providing payments or sensitive information. In this article, we’ll explain what some of the most common…

QR codes are a convenient, seemingly harmless way for consumers to get quick access to information, but they aren’t always what they seem. Unfortunately, the more prevalent new technologies become, the more ways scammers find to use them to their advantage. We’re here to fill you in on what exactly a QR code scam is…

One of the most common ways scammers steal your sensitive information online is by employing a technique known as “phishing.” You may have heard this term before, but do you know what all the different types of phishing scams are? Keep reading to find out what phishing scams are most common in 2021, so you can be…

Phishing is a general term used to refer to different types of online scams designed to steal your data. One common way scammers “phish” for sensitive information is by sending fake emails. In this article, we’ll go over some of the most common ways scammers try to trick you into giving up your personal data…

PayPal has positioned itself as probably the most popular online payment system since it started out back in 1998. Whether to provide a platform for those who have their own online businesses, send money between family members across countries, or to have a faster, more secure way of making transactions online: it’s easy to see…

Let’s be honest, who doesn’t do online shopping these days? Brick-and-mortar locations have definitely felt the blow over the years, which is why they all have an online presence. Those that don’t have either long since faded out or likely don’t have long left. Even grocery stores made the move in recent years. But with…