Online scams are abundant; everything from Nigerian princes wanting to give you a cut of their wealth, to duff online purchases. Here’s the latest.
Tag Archive for facebook
Jitters, Hoaxes & Rumours
by Martin Myall •
(GIL) Unfortunately, the Barcelona terrorist attacks have spawned irresponsible online hoaxes about attacks across the country, especially in Granada.
Child Images & Social Media
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
Use common sense when posting pictures of your children:
If you are a parent and your child asks that you to remove their picture from Facebook, do not resist: it is their legal right.
Hate on the Net
by Martin Myall •
Social media is nature’s way of letting the idiotic and despicable immolate themselves in public. Read on.
Almuñécar Girl in Trouble
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Internet social networks are busy with the fate of an Almuñécar woman under house arrest in Colombia. Her name is Alejandra.
Libel Against Police Punished
by Hugh MacArthur •
A local magistrate in Motril has found a man guilty of publishing defamatory comments about the Policia Local on facebook.
Marina del Este… California
by Martin Myall •
There’s a very odd video doing the rounds on facebook at the moment that has many residents of La Herradura/Almuñécar scratching their heads:
Missing Facebook Child?
by David Darby •
Most of us would agree that nowadays a good deal of information that is spread around on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter is complete rubbish, believed and ‘shared’ only by the ignorant and misinformed. However, evidently even the police can be dragged in sometimes… read on.
Close Second
by Paula Anthony •
Do you remember the competition by the private TV channel, Antena 3, to decide on Spain’s Nº1 beach? Well Maro came Second! Yes out of all the beaches in Spain, which is a peninsular, don’t forget, Maro obtained 57,299 votes, which was barely 3,000 fewer than the winner.
Embarrassing Party Companions
by Martin Myall •
The provincial headquarters of the conservatives (PP) must have choked on their morning coffee when it became known what one PP member had on his facebook account.