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Ex-girlfriend sex videos, browser plugins and Facebook survey scams

Feb

2012

Scammers are up to their old tricks on Facebook, tricking users into visiting revenue-generating survey scam websites by appearing to offer sex videos. Using a thumbnail which suggests a link to a sex video, messages posted on compromised Facebook users’ walls attempt to lure their unsuspecting Facebook friends into clicking to see more. And if […]

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Lady Gaga is still not dead – stop falling for Facebook scams

Sep

2011

This weekend we saw another spate of Facebook messages claiming to link to a BBC News report of the death of Lady Gaga. Of course, the claims are untrue – and Lady Gaga is still alive. But that isn’t stopping Facebook scammers from creating money-making websites that claim that the eccentric pop star has been […]

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Red Arrow crashes during air show – a cold-hearted Facebook clickjacking scam

Aug

2011

Scammers on Facebook have once again proven themselves to be cold-hearted opportunists, unafraid to take advantage of personal tragedies for their own financial ends. In the latest scam seen surfacing on the social network, innocent users are being tricked into believing that they will see a video of a crash at an air show which […]

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Ex-girlfriend sex videos, browser plugins and Facebook survey scams

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