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Facebook used to make scams look legitimate

22

Dec

2011

One of the recurring web spam themes I saw in 2011, was the “Work from home and make $X,000/month” scam. In some variations of the well-known and well-used scam, websites are set up to look like a well-established newspaper with a front-page (fake) article about making a lot of money from home. Here are a […]

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CASEY ANTHONY ADOPTS A BABY | Another Hoax by the Weekly World News

18

Nov

2011

The Weekly World News strikes again! This spoof site has been responsible for several Facebook hoaxes in the past. Their latest story spreading rapidly on Facebook claims that Casey Anthony adopted a 2 year-old girl from Eastern Europe. Clicking the wall post takes you to the full, yet bogus story:If you look around this site, you […]

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Google Anniversary scam mail gets it horribly wrong

03

Oct

2011

It seems scammers need to play a little catch up, or at least read the odd news site occasionally. Here’s an email going around trying out the well worn theme of “Google Anniversary” 419 scam mails: Click to Enlarge “We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won you an Award in […]

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