stacey swinford
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stacey swinford
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stacey swinford wrote a new post, 12 Scams of Christmas 5 years, 5 months ago
Well hello all! Welcome back to my blog space.
I decided to write this blog after a bit of an eventful week in work. For those who don’t know I work in a well-known high-street bank and unfortunately am on the f…

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stacey swinford wrote a new post, Social Media Safety 5: Terminology 6 years, 2 months ago
Social Media Safety 5: Terminology
As we have seen over the last few weeks, there are lots of scams out there. Hard to keep up with them all. I thought I would use this blog as a quick list of technical names,…

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stacey swinford wrote a new post, Social Media Safety 4: Purchasing 6 years, 3 months ago
Ok so this is the last planned blog I have for Social Media safety, unless one of you lovely lot comment and give me some more ideas. This one will focus on payments and banking.
Facebook is a wonderful…

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I often see people complaining of unwanted calls. We have call blocking….but they still get through. This series keeping us up to date with scammers and criminals is really worth reading.
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OK with most of this except Paypal -had a few problems with them a few years ago and no longer use them. I do use Pay as guest but if there’s an alternative……..
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A very good read, I like to think that I’m sensible but even so I have been drawn in when I think something is a bargain that I simply must have!
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stacey swinford wrote a new post, Social Media Safety 3: Pharming 6 years, 3 months ago
Sorry to use Jargon in my title. For those that do not understand what it means you are about to find out in great detail. So, like we have discussed in the introduction the badies don’t go on bank raids anymore t…

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I am really finding this series helpful! Thank you!
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That holiday type scam actually happened to my daughter. Thought we were talking to the villa owner but someone had intercepted her phone and we were talking to the scammer.
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Stacey, I really like your blogs on the social media theme! So, so important for all of us to be aware. Thank you.
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This is so informative and easy to follow as it’s not full of jargon
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stacey swinford wrote a new post, Social Media Safety 2 : Facebook 6 years, 3 months ago
Social Media Safety 2: Facebook
Right we are all familiar with Facebook, are we aware of some of the scams on Facebook? Are we aware of maybe some quick etiquette tips?
I don’t want to sound preachy and c…

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Super . I really hope everyone catches up with this; crooks work so hard to defraud us!
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Well said Stacey, it’s easy for trusting people to be taken in by these scams
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I had exactly the same from a ‘friend’ on Messenger…got suspicious and What’s App’d her to let her know. We live in a very doubtful world..great blog tho x
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particulalrly with all the FB games, I have a friend who does the lot and reposts all sorts of nonsense. I have made the decision to put her on a restricted access status -she’s still my friend but I need to limit the damage she might do. When I have as gently as poss suggested that some of the things she gets into on FB may not be a good idea she just says she doesnt understand……
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stacey swinford recommended the post Social Media 1: An Introduction 6 years, 3 months ago
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stacey swinford wrote a new post, Social Media 1: An Introduction 6 years, 3 months ago
Firstly, I would like to introduce myself, I am Stacey, first time blogger. Some of you may already know me from the Postcard swapping group (shout out to all my fellow admin). I have some how managed to agree to do…

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Why? is a really useful thing to ask yourself. A great start to what will, I am sure, be a really useful series of blogs. Looking forward to the next installment.
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Thank you Stacey. I can see this being a really popular series. We all need to keep ahead of the crooks because they work so hard at being dishonest!
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stacey swinford changed their profile picture 6 years, 3 months ago
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stacey swinford became a registered member 7 years, 4 months ago
5 years, 5 months ago
What a very helpful blog! Thank you.