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Dad Drops His Daughter to Try to Catch a Baseball – Facebook Scam

25

Jul

2011

At the end of May, footage of a dad dropping his daughter when he tried to catch a baseball at a LA Dodgers-Florida Marlins game made for a much-viewed video. Nothing too surprising there, I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s the kind of video which often becomes popular on YouTube. However, this weekend, links began to […]

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Amy Winehouse death video scams appear on Facebook

24

Jul

2011

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her North London home today, making headlines around the world. Within four hours, cold-hearted scammers were taking advantage of her death on Facebook. If you see links like the following in your newsfeed, please don’t click on them. Amy Winehouse is dead!! Leaked Video!! Amy Winehouse On […]

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A spider under the skin? It’s a Facebook survey scam

12

Jul

2011

Everyone knows that a fear of spiders is arachnophobia. Maybe it’s time that we had an official word for a dislike of Facebook survey scams too? There are certainly plenty of people over on the Naked Security page on Facebook who are fed to the back teeth with the scams that spread virally across the […]

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