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Social Scams – Part 2: How to Clean Up Your Browser and Facebook Timeline

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Apr

2013

During recent weeks, I have seen different scams on Facebook attempt to convince users to install Google Chrome extensions. I have noticed some conversations taking place around the scams; people not sure how to get rid of the scammer photos or how to prevent the scams from spreading further. Some users have unfortunately gone as […]

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Social Scams – Part 1: Reusing Old Scams to Push Browser Extensions

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Apr

2013

Last year, we talked about scams and spam circulating on Facebook in our whitepaper. Social networking scammers often reuse common lures to trick users, such as offering free products or additional features that are not available on their network of choice. What these scammers do differently is find new ways to get more eyeballs to […]

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Who Viewed Your Profile – More ways to experience Facebook – Scam

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Mar

2013

Scam Message: Who Viewed Your Profile – Introducing the new “Who Viewed Your Profile” feature on facebook!The scam creators cleverly import the profile pictures of the user’s Facebook friends to make the scam appear more legitimate.Scam Type: Profile Viewer, Rogue Browser ExtensionTrending: March 2013Why it’s a Scam:Clicking the scam link takes you to an external […]

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