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Resident Evil 6 Pre-order Code Generator is a Jill Sandwich

03

Oct

2012

No sooner has Resident Evil 6 released to rave reviews than scammers are grunting “Got some rare things on sale, stranger” and dangling a fakeout in front of end-users wanting to get their hands on an exclusive Amazon pre-order bonus. This particular site – highseasfortresslevelaccess(dot)blogspot(dot)com – claims to have a generator that, er, generates DLC […]

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Fake Tumblr Marketing Blog Leads to “Viral Gift Giveaway”

04

Jun

2012

Click to Enlarge Many of the cash generating advertising gimmicks making their way across Tumblr tend to skirt around the edges of legitimacy. This one is a full on, straight up fakeout and should be ignored as such. There are two types of spam promoting the website Tumblrmarketing(dot)com – the more regular kind of spam […]

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The fake BBC video Facebook scam returns

24

Sep

2011

It seems scammers have a bit of thing for spoofing BBC websites at the moment. Yesterday it was work from home scams, and last month it was a Facebook wheeze which (in a nutshell) went like this: “Lady Gaga is dead and here’s a BBC video to prove it, also click here.” Maybe the (unrelated) […]

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