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People are NOT Stealing Baby Photos to Post on Facebook Pages

09

May

2013

A new, viral warning has many moms and concerned Facebook users in a panic. An example of one such message is shown below:The uproar is over Facebook Community Pages that automatically aggregate data based users’ likes and interests. Here’s what’s happening, a user clicks on one of these community pages, and then that user sees […]

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

04

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

29

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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