<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="//purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="//wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="//purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="//www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="//purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="//purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>UM Todayonline scam &#8211; UM Today</title>
	<atom:link href="https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/tag/online-scam/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca</link>
	<description>Your Source for University of Manitoba News</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
		<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
		<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Global Winnipeg: ‘You want to help’: Social media scam plays on emotions, U of M expert says</title>
        
          <alt_title>
                 
</alt_title>
        
        
		<link>https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/global-winnipeg-you-want-to-help-social-media-scam-plays-on-emotions-u-of-m-expert-says/</link>
		<comments>https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/global-winnipeg-you-want-to-help-social-media-scam-plays-on-emotions-u-of-m-expert-says/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fiona Odlum]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UM in the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faculty of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online scam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=200456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t believe everything you see on social media. That’s the message from cybersecurity experts as a new online scam gains traction on platforms like Facebook. The scam, University of Manitoba computer scientist David Gerhard says, plays on people’s emotions. Posts appearing to be spreading the word about a missing child are later manipulated into attempts [&#8230;]]]></description>
        
        <alt_description><![CDATA[<img width="120" height="90" src="https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/video-editing-120x90.jpg" class="attachment-newsfeed size-newsfeed wp-post-image" alt="A person using a laptop computer to view or edit a video file." style="margin-bottom:0px;" decoding="async" /> ‘You want to help’: Social media scam plays on emotions, U of M expert says]]></alt_description>
        
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don’t believe everything you see on social media.</p>
<p>That’s the message from cybersecurity experts as a new online scam gains traction on platforms like Facebook.</p>
<p>The scam, University of Manitoba computer scientist David Gerhard says, plays on people’s emotions. Posts appearing to be spreading the word about a missing child are later manipulated into attempts to get your cash.</p>
<p>To read the full story or listen to the interview, please visit <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10628729/facebook-scam-university-manitoba-security/">Global Winnipeg</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>CTV Winnipeg also covered the story, here is the <a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-s-a-scam-flood-of-fake-missing-child-posts-on-social-media-prompt-warning-1.6967948">link</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/global-winnipeg-you-want-to-help-social-media-scam-plays-on-emotions-u-of-m-expert-says/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
