Germany’s Friedrich-Alexander University conducted a study to determine how many Facebook users click on links without knowing the people who posted them.
To say the least, the results are shocking.
The study found that approximately 40% of all Facebook users click on links that were posted by people they don’t even know, let alone trust.
What’s more, they also found that a whopping 56% of email users click on links in emails from unknown senders, the vast majority of which are likely phishing emails sent by hackers and online crooks. [Read more…]
Have you ever received a message from a Facebook friend that reads something like this?
If you’ve been a Facebook user for more than 10 minutes you probably already know that scams and hoaxes pop up all the time on there.
As you probably know, the scammers never take a break from Facebook.
Unfortunately, there are about as many scams on Facebook as there are stars in the sky.