Monthly Archives: November 2023

New Scams are Making the Rounds on Facebook – How to Spot Them

Users report receiving strange messages that appear to be from Facebook threatening to disable their accounts or Business Page if they don’t “verify” personal information or contact “them” because your page violates copyright.

“They” say in their direct Facebook message, “WARNING! Dear admin page! Your page is at risk of permanent deletion. If you do not confirm [click on their link], our system will automatically block your account. Thank you for helping us improve our account service.”

DON’T CLICK ON THE LINK!!!!!

See More on How to Spot Scams [R. Michael Brown Consulting]

Some World War II POWs Escaped With Help From Bicycle Playing Cards

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By Robert Klara

Shuffled by sharks and snuck in by spies, this deck has been the standard American since 1881

Of the roughly 94,000 U.S. soldiers who became prisoners of war in Germany during World War II, an especially unfortunate several hundred wound up in a camp called Oflag IV-C, better known as Colditz Castle, a 12th-century stone fortress built atop a 250-foot cliff in Saxony. The Germans believed that escape from Colditz was impossible.

But it was possible, thanks to Bicycle playing cards.

Unbeknownst to the Wehrmacht, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) and British Special Operations Executive had secretly commissioned the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC) to create top-secret Bicycle-brand decks—spirited in by the Red Cross—where the cards could be peeled apart to reveal miniature maps of Germany.

See More [ADWEEK]