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BET VIP Concert Ticket Scam Spreading on Twitter

Jul

2013

This weekend one of my favorite bands won free concert tickets on Twitter. They tweeted about the message they received from another Twitter user. Figure 1. Sarcastic tweet about free concert tickets This type of scam looked familiar from a security standpoint. Upon further investigation, we at Symantec Security Response confirmed these suspicions. Figure 2. Spam account replies […]

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Free Stuff on Social Networks Not Free

Mar

2012

In recent years, scammers have flocked towards social networking sites as they have grown and made it easier to access a large number of potential eyeballs to convert into dollars. Brands have found value in leveraging social media to know what their customers are talking about, so, naturally, scammers are doing the exact same thing. […]

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Survey Scams Find Their Way into Pinterest

Mar

2012

Pinterest is the newest social networking site that’s steadily gaining popularity among users this year. Users can create their own “boards” where they can “pin” images or videos of anything they like. Users can “re-pin” images and videos posted by other users to their own boards or they can use the Pin It button to […]

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