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As you probably know by now, scammers love to target unsuspecting users on social media.
And of course Facebook is their favorite venue for perpetrating their scams due to its massive user base.
Well, there’s a recurring scam once again making the rounds on Facebook that’s targeting users who enjoy participating in lotteries. [Read more…]
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Well, this frequently recurring hoax is making the rounds on Facebook yet again.
Like most Facebook hoaxes, this one should be easy to recognize as such, but for whatever reason it’s being shared all over the place once again.
The actual wording of the hoax varies a bit, but it basically says Facebook is going to make all of your posts, comments, photos and messages public unless you copy and paste the fake scam warning to your Timeline.
Here is the text of the most popular version of the scam: [Read more…]
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Facebook is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, and with over two billion registered users it’s a virtual gold mine for scam artists out to make an easy buck.
There are countless scams being perpetrated on Facebook at all times, but every now and then a particularly insidious one pops up.
The purpose of this post is to warn you about a scam that has cleaned out the bank accounts of at least three of my own Facebook friends.