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“Stop Scrolling and Get Paid” Spam Delights Tumblr Users

18

Sep

2012

Well, maybe not “delights”. It’s time for your regularly scheduled bout of Tumblr spam. This is what’s currently doing the rounds at the moment: “Stop scrolling and get paid”, a work from home system being promoted by lots of unwanted Tumblr posts and a fake news website. Click to Enlarge So I convinced my mom […]

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Facebook used to make scams look legitimate

22

Dec

2011

One of the recurring web spam themes I saw in 2011, was the “Work from home and make $X,000/month” scam. In some variations of the well-known and well-used scam, websites are set up to look like a well-established newspaper with a front-page (fake) article about making a lot of money from home. Here are a […]

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FBI rounding up suspected ‘Anonymous’ group members

20

Jul

2011

As of 1:20 EST today, The Atlantic Wire reports an FBI official has stated there have been raids and arrests of multiple individuals at multiple locations nationwide. Later reports from CBS/AP pegged the arrest number at 14, and report “FBI agents conducted raids at four New York residences as well as locations in California, New […]

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