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Fake news of Hugo Chavez’s death leads to malware

13

Dec

2011

Internet users in Latin America were the intended victims of a malware campaign last week, when an email was spammed out claiming to contain breaking news of the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. The email claimed that government officials had confirmed the death of 57-year-old Chavez, after a struggle against cancer. The news of […]

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Justin Bieber stabbed by a crazed fan? It’s a Facebook scam

08

Dec

2011

Facebook scammers are claiming that teen hearthrob Justin Bieber has been stabbed in an attempt to trick concerned fans into clicking on a link which will earn them money. The messages, which include a thumbnail image of a young man’s back badly slashed with a knife, say that the pint-sized singer was stabbed by a […]

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Facebook Invitation and the Olympic Torch

24

Nov

2011

Old hoaxes never die. They just get transplanted to Facebook. Sometimes literally, when a classic email hoax starts to spread with minor emendations through Facebook message or news feeds. In this case, the actual message (at least, as I received it) is still email, but it’s been adapted to appeal to the more than 800 million Facebook […]

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